2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 700 231 32.3 28.0-36.8 469 67.7 63.2-72.0
GENDER
Male 313 115 34.4 28.1-41.4 198 65.6 58.6-71.9
Female 387 116 30.3 24.7-36.6 271 69.7 63.4-75.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 431 152 34.5 29.0-40.4 279 65.5 59.6-71.0
Non-Hispanic Black 202 69 33.8 25.8-42.8 133 66.2 57.2-74.2
Other 67 *** *** *** 57 88.2 76.1-94.7
AGE
18-44 192 42 23.0 16.6-30.9 150 77.0 69.1-83.4
45-64 265 93 36.8 29.7-44.6 172 63.2 55.4-70.3
65+ 234 93 40.4 32.6-48.7 141 59.6 51.3-67.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 93 31.3 24.9-38.4 189 68.7 61.6-75.1
Some Post-H.S. 212 78 36.6 29.0-45.0 134 63.4 55.0-71.0
College Graduate 205 60 25.9 19.5-33.5 145 74.1 66.5-80.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 350 124 34.5 28.4-41.2 226 65.5 58.8-71.6
$50,000+ 215 70 31.9 24.5-40.3 145 68.1 59.7-75.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 37 27.3 18.8-38.0 98 72.7 62.0-81.2

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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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