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 3,704 1,207 31.0 29.1-32.9 2,497 69.0 67.1-70.9
Medicaid Region 5 657 214 31.3 27.0-35.9 443 68.7 64.1-73.0
GENDER
Male 289 98 33.5 27.0-40.8 191 66.5 59.2-73.0
Female 368 116 29.3 24.0-35.4 252 70.7 64.6-76.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 392 124 31.6 26.2-37.5 268 68.4 62.5-73.8
Non-Hispanic Black 137 51 29.2 21.1-38.9 86 70.8 61.1-78.9
Other 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 207 41 18.4 13.2-24.9 166 81.6 75.1-86.8
45-64 230 70 33.8 26.1-42.4 160 66.2 57.6-73.9
65+ 209 100 50.8 42.5-59.0 109 49.2 41.0-57.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 252 93 37.2 30.0-45.1 159 62.8 54.9-70.0
Some Post-H.S. 208 69 29.9 22.9-37.9 139 70.1 62.1-77.1
College Graduate 196 52 22.6 17.0-29.5 144 77.4 70.5-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 346 130 38.6 32.5-45.2 216 61.4 54.8-67.5
$50,000+ 199 44 20.2 14.0-28.2 155 79.8 71.8-86.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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