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 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Medicaid Region 6 713 154 20.7 17.1-24.8 559 79.3 75.2-82.9
GENDER
Male 316 70 22.4 17.0-29.0 246 77.6 71.0-83.0
Female 397 84 19.1 14.8-24.4 313 80.9 75.6-85.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 441 100 22.3 17.7-27.7 341 77.7 72.3-82.3
Non-Hispanic Black 202 43 19.7 13.6-27.7 159 80.3 72.3-86.4
Other 70 11 13.5 6.6-25.4 59 86.5 74.6-93.4
AGE
18-44 194 40 19.6 13.8-27.1 154 80.4 72.9-86.2
45-64 267 59 20.1 14.8-26.7 208 79.9 73.3-85.2
65+ 243 55 24.4 17.9-32.3 188 75.6 67.7-82.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 284 68 24.0 18.1-31.0 216 76.0 69.0-81.9
Some Post-H.S. 218 51 19.9 14.3-27.1 167 80.1 72.9-85.7
College Graduate 210 35 15.5 10.5-22.2 175 84.5 77.8-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 357 88 23.0 17.8-29.1 269 77.0 70.9-82.2
$50,000+ 221 35 15.4 10.2-22.7 186 84.6 77.3-89.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 135 31 24.3 16.2-34.6 104 75.7 65.4-83.8

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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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