2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 3

Respiratory Health

During the past 3 months, did you cough up phlegm [FLEM] or mucus on most days?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,763 633 16.1 14.6-17.7 3,130 83.9 82.3-85.4
Medicaid Region 3 507 75 16.8 13.1-21.4 432 83.2 78.6-86.9
GENDER
Male 229 37 16.9 11.8-23.6 192 83.1 76.4-88.2
Female 278 38 16.8 11.7-23.4 240 83.2 76.6-88.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 328 47 16.9 12.3-22.8 281 83.1 77.2-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 95 17 19.9 11.8-31.6 78 80.1 68.4-88.2
Other 84 11 11.9 6.5-20.8 73 88.1 79.2-93.5
AGE
18-44 180 22 13.7 8.9-20.5 158 86.3 79.5-91.1
45-64 169 28 18.8 12.7-26.9 141 81.2 73.1-87.3
65+ 149 *** *** *** 125 79.3 67.0-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 40 23.9 17.1-32.4 139 76.1 67.6-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 166 24 15.1 9.6-22.9 142 84.9 77.1-90.4
College Graduate 159 11 7.2 3.7-13.6 148 92.8 86.4-96.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 210 43 22.8 16.4-30.7 167 77.2 69.3-83.6
$50,000+ 187 22 15.1 9.7-22.8 165 84.9 77.2-90.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 110 *** *** *** 100 91.9 82.7-96.4

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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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