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 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Medicaid Region 2 555 101 16.8 13.6-20.6 454 83.2 79.4-86.4
GENDER
Male 245 45 18.6 13.7-24.9 200 81.4 75.1-86.3
Female 310 56 15.2 11.3-20.1 254 84.8 79.9-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 404 78 18.3 14.4-23.0 326 81.7 77.0-85.6
Non-Hispanic Black 99 15 12.6 7.1-21.3 84 87.4 78.7-92.9
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 162 19 11.6 7.1-18.3 143 88.4 81.7-92.9
45-64 205 43 21.3 15.8-28.2 162 78.7 71.8-84.2
65+ 178 38 19.7 13.9-27.1 140 80.3 72.9-86.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 206 52 23.9 17.9-31.1 154 76.1 68.9-82.1
Some Post-H.S. 171 29 13.8 9.3-19.9 142 86.2 80.1-90.7
College Graduate 175 20 9.3 5.7-14.8 155 90.7 85.2-94.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 232 56 23.7 18.0-30.6 176 76.3 69.4-82.0
$50,000+ 212 25 11.1 7.3-16.5 187 88.9 83.5-92.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 111 20 13.1 7.9-21.1 91 86.9 78.9-92.1

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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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