2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

Respiratory Health

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
Medicaid Region 2 542 184 30.8 26.6-35.4 358 69.2 64.6-73.4
GENDER
Male 239 83 31.2 24.9-38.2 156 68.8 61.8-75.1
Female 303 101 30.5 24.9-36.7 202 69.5 63.3-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 394 144 33.3 28.2-38.8 250 66.7 61.2-71.8
Non-Hispanic Black 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 51 *** *** *** 41 85.5 72.9-92.9
AGE
18-44 160 36 21.4 15.3-29.2 124 78.6 70.8-84.7
45-64 204 78 38.5 31.4-46.2 126 61.5 53.8-68.6
65+ 169 69 37.0 29.0-45.9 100 63.0 54.1-71.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 199 73 31.7 24.9-39.3 126 68.3 60.7-75.1
Some Post-H.S. 167 57 32.3 24.9-40.7 110 67.7 59.3-75.1
College Graduate 173 53 27.0 20.3-34.9 120 73.0 65.1-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 226 88 35.6 28.7-43.1 138 64.4 56.9-71.3
$50,000+ 209 69 30.0 23.6-37.2 140 70.0 62.8-76.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 107 27 21.7 13.9-32.4 80 78.3 67.6-86.1

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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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