2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 656 177 27.5 23.5-31.9 479 72.5 68.1-76.5
GENDER
Male 293 79 26.4 20.9-32.7 214 73.6 67.3-79.1
Female 363 98 28.3 22.8-34.6 265 71.7 65.4-77.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 388 108 28.1 23.2-33.6 280 71.9 66.4-76.8
Non-Hispanic Black 162 53 33.4 24.6-43.5 109 66.6 56.5-75.4
Other 106 16 12.6 7.5-20.6 90 87.4 79.4-92.5
AGE
18-44 237 47 21.3 15.4-28.8 190 78.7 71.2-84.6
45-64 238 65 29.7 23.4-36.9 173 70.3 63.1-76.6
65+ 170 61 35.9 27.2-45.6 109 64.1 54.4-72.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 222 58 26.4 20.1-33.8 164 73.6 66.2-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 142 46 35.5 26.2-46.0 96 64.5 54.0-73.8
College Graduate 291 73 23.1 18.1-29.0 218 76.9 71.0-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 74 31.1 24.6-38.5 173 68.9 61.5-75.4
$50,000+ 280 67 23.8 18.1-30.6 213 76.2 69.4-81.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 129 36 29.1 20.3-39.8 93 70.9 60.2-79.7

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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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