2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 507 130 26.2 21.9-31.1 377 73.8 68.9-78.1
GENDER
Male 230 40 17.7 12.4-24.6 190 82.3 75.4-87.6
Female 277 90 33.7 27.5-40.6 187 66.3 59.4-72.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 328 86 26.3 20.9-32.5 242 73.7 67.5-79.1
Non-Hispanic Black 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 83 13 13.1 7.3-22.5 70 86.9 77.5-92.7
AGE
18-44 178 34 20.3 14.5-27.6 144 79.7 72.4-85.5
45-64 169 42 27.7 20.5-36.3 127 72.3 63.7-79.5
65+ 151 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 61 33.7 26.1-42.4 117 66.3 57.6-73.9
Some Post-H.S. 166 39 23.7 17.0-32.1 127 76.3 67.9-83.0
College Graduate 160 29 16.9 11.2-24.6 131 83.1 75.4-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 71 31.6 24.8-39.2 138 68.4 60.8-75.2
$50,000+ 188 34 20.9 14.6-28.8 154 79.1 71.2-85.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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