2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 660 146 20.5 17.2-24.3 514 79.5 75.7-82.8
GENDER
Male 297 52 16.4 12.1-21.9 245 83.6 78.1-87.9
Female 363 94 23.9 19.1-29.4 269 76.1 70.6-80.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 391 82 20.7 16.5-25.7 309 79.3 74.3-83.5
Non-Hispanic Black 164 49 25.1 18.2-33.6 115 74.9 66.4-81.8
Other 105 15 10.4 5.9-17.5 90 89.6 82.5-94.1
AGE
18-44 237 29 11.7 7.7-17.4 208 88.3 82.6-92.3
45-64 240 57 23.2 17.7-29.6 183 76.8 70.4-82.3
65+ 172 58 34.7 26.3-44.2 114 65.3 55.8-73.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 63 26.3 20.1-33.5 158 73.7 66.5-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 146 46 25.8 18.6-34.5 100 74.2 65.5-81.4
College Graduate 292 37 11.0 7.7-15.6 255 89.0 84.4-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 250 74 28.7 22.5-35.8 176 71.3 64.2-77.5
$50,000+ 281 38 11.9 8.4-16.5 243 88.1 83.5-91.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 34 25.0 17.1-35.0 95 75.0 65.0-82.9

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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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