2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

Respiratory Health

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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 5 670 201 28.1 24.1-32.4 469 71.9 67.6-75.9
GENDER
Male 296 75 22.7 17.6-28.8 221 77.3 71.2-82.4
Female 374 126 32.7 27.1-38.9 248 67.3 61.1-72.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 402 116 26.8 22.1-32.2 286 73.2 67.8-77.9
Non-Hispanic Black 139 49 28.3 20.4-37.8 90 71.7 62.2-79.6
Other 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 209 35 20.2 14.4-27.6 174 79.8 72.4-85.6
45-64 236 74 29.8 23.1-37.5 162 70.2 62.5-76.9
65+ 214 91 41.2 33.4-49.4 123 58.8 50.6-66.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 108 40.3 33.1-48.0 148 59.7 52.0-66.9
Some Post-H.S. 214 59 21.9 16.2-28.9 155 78.1 71.1-83.8
College Graduate 199 34 15.5 10.8-21.7 165 84.5 78.3-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 352 135 38.1 32.1-44.4 217 61.9 55.6-67.9
$50,000+ 203 32 16.2 10.9-23.4 171 83.8 76.6-89.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 34 21.9 14.1-32.5 81 78.1 67.5-85.9

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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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