2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Respiratory Health

Do you have shortness of breath either when hurrying on level ground or when walking up a slight hill or stairs?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,759 1,039 25.4 23.7-27.2 2,720 74.6 72.8-76.3
Medicaid Region 2 549 151 23.7 20.0-27.8 398 76.3 72.2-80.0
GENDER
Male 241 50 16.9 12.3-22.7 191 83.1 77.3-87.7
Female 308 101 29.3 23.9-35.4 207 70.7 64.6-76.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 401 112 24.0 19.6-28.9 289 76.0 71.1-80.4
Non-Hispanic Black 97 28 26.8 18.2-37.7 69 73.2 62.3-81.8
Other 51 11 14.8 7.4-27.2 40 85.2 72.8-92.6
AGE
18-44 160 22 12.5 7.9-19.1 138 87.5 80.9-92.1
45-64 205 59 27.4 21.3-34.4 146 72.6 65.6-78.7
65+ 174 68 37.3 29.2-46.2 106 62.7 53.8-70.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 77 30.1 23.7-37.4 125 69.9 62.6-76.3
Some Post-H.S. 171 42 21.5 15.5-29.0 129 78.5 71.0-84.5
College Graduate 173 31 15.7 10.6-22.7 142 84.3 77.3-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 80 29.7 23.6-36.6 151 70.3 63.4-76.4
$50,000+ 211 34 13.7 9.4-19.6 177 86.3 80.4-90.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 37 31.4 22.1-42.4 70 68.6 57.6-77.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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