2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

Respiratory Health

Do you have shortness of breath either when hurrying on level ground or when walking up a slight hill or stairs?

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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 6 711 200 25.8 21.8-30.2 511 74.2 69.8-78.2
GENDER
Male 317 76 22.4 16.9-29.1 241 77.6 70.9-83.1
Female 394 124 28.9 23.6-34.9 270 71.1 65.1-76.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 441 122 24.2 19.5-29.5 319 75.8 70.5-80.5
Non-Hispanic Black 203 65 29.3 22.1-37.6 138 70.7 62.4-77.9
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 193 38 20.2 14.0-28.3 155 79.8 71.7-86.0
45-64 266 78 27.1 21.2-34.1 188 72.9 65.9-78.8
65+ 243 82 34.2 26.9-42.5 161 65.8 57.5-73.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 280 98 30.2 24.0-37.2 182 69.8 62.8-76.0
Some Post-H.S. 219 63 26.5 19.5-34.9 156 73.5 65.1-80.5
College Graduate 211 39 15.3 10.7-21.3 172 84.7 78.7-89.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 356 134 34.2 28.2-40.7 222 65.8 59.3-71.8
$50,000+ 220 35 17.0 10.8-25.7 185 83.0 74.3-89.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 31 20.2 13.5-29.2 104 79.8 70.8-86.5

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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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