2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 664 211 31.7 26.9-36.9 453 68.3 63.1-73.1
Region 3 342 98 24.6 19.9-30.0 244 75.4 70.0-80.1
Region 4 499 127 26.5 22.1-31.5 372 73.5 68.5-77.9
Region 5 430 112 22.3 18.2-27.0 318 77.7 73.0-81.8
Region 6 338 88 23.7 18.7-29.6 250 76.3 70.4-81.3
Region 7 467 96 19.7 15.9-24.2 371 80.3 75.8-84.1
Region 8 415 136 34.0 28.4-40.0 279 66.0 60.0-71.6
Region 9 & 10 606 171 24.4 20.4-28.9 435 75.6 71.1-79.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,387 399 26.5 23.6-29.5 988 73.5 70.5-76.4
Piedmont 1,606 397 23.4 21.0-25.9 1,209 76.6 74.1-79.0
Western NC 768 243 31.4 27.0-36.1 525 68.6 63.9-73.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 590 183 27.4 23.0-32.3 407 72.6 67.7-77.0
Northwest 547 162 27.4 23.0-32.3 385 72.6 67.7-77.0
Charlotte 376 94 26.5 21.5-32.2 282 73.5 67.8-78.5
Greensboro 359 96 23.3 18.8-28.6 263 76.7 71.4-81.2
Southern Regional 434 133 28.0 23.2-33.4 301 72.0 66.6-76.8
Southeast 218 58 26.3 19.6-34.4 160 73.7 65.6-80.4
Wake 496 103 19.6 15.9-23.9 393 80.4 76.1-84.1
Area L & Eastern 741 210 26.1 22.0-30.5 531 73.9 69.5-78.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 664 211 31.7 26.9-36.9 453 68.3 63.1-73.1
Region 2 549 151 23.7 20.0-27.8 398 76.3 72.2-80.0
Region 3 507 130 26.2 21.9-31.1 377 73.8 68.9-78.1
Region 4 660 146 20.5 17.2-24.3 514 79.5 75.7-82.8
Region 5 670 201 28.1 24.1-32.4 469 71.9 67.6-75.9
Region 6 711 200 25.8 21.8-30.2 511 74.2 69.8-78.2

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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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