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 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Medicaid Region 3 510 95 19.8 15.9-24.4 415 80.2 75.6-84.1
GENDER
Male 230 44 19.7 14.4-26.5 186 80.3 73.5-85.6
Female 280 51 19.9 14.7-26.5 229 80.1 73.5-85.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 330 61 20.9 15.9-27.0 269 79.1 73.0-84.1
Non-Hispanic Black 96 21 20.8 12.8-31.9 75 79.2 68.1-87.2
Other 84 13 13.6 7.7-22.9 71 86.4 77.1-92.3
AGE
18-44 181 32 19.8 14.0-27.3 149 80.2 72.7-86.0
45-64 169 31 19.2 13.4-26.9 138 80.8 73.1-86.6
65+ 151 31 22.1 13.8-33.5 120 77.9 66.5-86.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 181 42 23.9 17.1-32.3 139 76.1 67.7-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 166 34 19.8 13.9-27.5 132 80.2 72.5-86.1
College Graduate 160 19 12.7 7.7-20.1 141 87.3 79.9-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 211 54 26.3 19.8-34.1 157 73.7 65.9-80.2
$50,000+ 188 29 18.2 12.4-25.9 159 81.8 74.1-87.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 111 12 9.7 4.8-18.4 99 90.3 81.6-95.2

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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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