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 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 664 129 18.9 15.0-23.5 535 81.1 76.5-85.0
Region 3 344 69 18.7 14.4-23.8 275 81.3 76.2-85.6
Region 4 502 92 19.6 15.7-24.2 410 80.4 75.8-84.3
Region 5 435 75 16.8 13.1-21.2 360 83.2 78.8-86.9
Region 6 339 60 17.1 12.8-22.5 279 82.9 77.5-87.2
Region 7 466 80 17.0 13.3-21.4 386 83.0 78.6-86.7
Region 8 417 86 19.7 15.6-24.5 331 80.3 75.5-84.4
Region 9 & 10 607 128 19.6 15.9-24.0 479 80.4 76.0-84.1
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,391 284 19.0 16.6-21.7 1,107 81.0 78.3-83.4
Piedmont 1,615 281 17.8 15.7-20.2 1,334 82.2 79.8-84.3
Western NC 768 154 19.9 16.3-24.1 614 80.1 75.9-83.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 590 111 16.8 13.2-21.0 479 83.2 79.0-86.8
Northwest 550 114 20.9 16.9-25.6 436 79.1 74.4-83.1
Charlotte 378 68 18.5 14.3-23.6 310 81.5 76.4-85.7
Greensboro 363 66 17.8 13.7-22.7 297 82.2 77.3-86.3
Southern Regional 435 85 18.6 14.5-23.5 350 81.4 76.5-85.5
Southeast 220 39 15.3 10.7-21.4 181 84.7 78.6-89.3
Wake 495 79 16.4 12.9-20.8 416 83.6 79.2-87.1
Area L & Eastern 743 157 19.2 15.8-23.2 586 80.8 76.8-84.2
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 664 129 18.9 15.0-23.5 535 81.1 76.5-85.0
Region 2 555 101 16.8 13.6-20.6 454 83.2 79.4-86.4
Region 3 510 95 19.8 15.9-24.4 415 80.2 75.6-84.1
Region 4 660 117 17.6 14.4-21.3 543 82.4 78.7-85.6
Region 5 672 123 17.4 14.2-21.1 549 82.6 78.9-85.8
Region 6 713 154 20.7 17.1-24.8 559 79.3 75.2-82.9

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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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