2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 651 243 38.7 33.6-44.1 408 61.3 55.9-66.4
Region 3 335 120 33.4 27.8-39.6 215 66.6 60.4-72.2
Region 4 492 153 29.9 25.4-34.8 339 70.1 65.2-74.6
Region 5 429 122 25.8 21.4-30.7 307 74.2 69.3-78.6
Region 6 330 110 32.7 26.8-39.2 220 67.3 60.8-73.2
Region 7 464 127 29.8 24.9-35.3 337 70.2 64.7-75.1
Region 8 408 136 31.4 26.3-37.1 272 68.6 62.9-73.7
Region 9 & 10 597 196 32.4 27.7-37.5 401 67.6 62.5-72.3
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,368 447 31.2 28.1-34.4 921 68.8 65.6-71.9
Piedmont 1,583 477 29.1 26.6-31.9 1,106 70.9 68.1-73.4
Western NC 755 283 38.2 33.6-43.0 472 61.8 57.0-66.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 578 212 37.1 31.9-42.7 366 62.9 57.3-68.1
Northwest 538 193 33.4 28.7-38.4 345 66.6 61.6-71.3
Charlotte 370 116 30.2 25.1-35.9 254 69.8 64.1-74.9
Greensboro 359 107 27.7 22.8-33.2 252 72.3 66.8-77.2
Southern Regional 421 140 31.8 26.5-37.5 281 68.2 62.5-73.5
Southeast 217 66 28.7 21.9-36.6 151 71.3 63.4-78.1
Wake 491 132 27.3 22.7-32.4 359 72.7 67.6-77.3
Area L & Eastern 732 241 32.7 28.3-37.3 491 67.3 62.7-71.7
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 651 243 38.7 33.6-44.1 408 61.3 55.9-66.4
Region 2 542 184 30.8 26.6-35.4 358 69.2 64.6-73.4
Region 3 500 158 30.1 25.6-35.0 342 69.9 65.0-74.4
Region 4 656 177 27.5 23.5-31.9 479 72.5 68.1-76.5
Region 5 657 214 31.3 27.0-35.9 443 68.7 64.1-73.0
Region 6 700 231 32.3 28.0-36.8 469 67.7 63.2-72.0

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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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