2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

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 3 500 158 30.1 25.6-35.0 342 69.9 65.0-74.4
GENDER
Male 225 72 31.2 24.5-38.7 153 68.8 61.3-75.5
Female 275 86 29.2 23.4-35.8 189 70.8 64.2-76.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 321 109 33.4 27.6-39.8 212 66.6 60.2-72.4
Non-Hispanic Black 95 30 28.5 19.4-39.6 65 71.5 60.4-80.6
Other 84 19 18.1 11.0-28.5 65 81.9 71.5-89.0
AGE
18-44 177 36 20.0 14.2-27.3 141 80.0 72.7-85.8
45-64 167 54 32.8 25.3-41.2 113 67.2 58.8-74.7
65+ 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 61 34.1 26.3-42.7 117 65.9 57.3-73.7
Some Post-H.S. 162 53 28.8 21.7-37.1 109 71.2 62.9-78.3
College Graduate 157 44 25.6 18.8-33.9 113 74.4 66.1-81.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 208 66 29.8 23.3-37.3 142 70.2 62.7-76.7
$50,000+ 184 61 32.7 25.4-40.9 123 67.3 59.1-74.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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