2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Respiratory Health

During the past 3 months, did you cough up phlegm [FLEM] or mucus on most days?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,763 633 16.1 14.6-17.7 3,130 83.9 82.3-85.4
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 665 127 19.6 15.7-24.4 538 80.4 75.6-84.3
Region 3 343 58 14.8 10.8-19.9 285 85.2 80.1-89.2
Region 4 499 73 16.8 13.1-21.4 426 83.2 78.6-86.9
Region 5 432 67 13.8 10.6-17.8 365 86.2 82.2-89.4
Region 6 339 57 16.9 12.6-22.3 282 83.1 77.7-87.4
Region 7 465 59 12.3 9.1-16.4 406 87.7 83.6-90.9
Region 8 414 86 20.4 15.7-26.0 328 79.6 74.0-84.3
Region 9 & 10 608 106 17.3 13.6-21.8 502 82.7 78.2-86.4
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,390 256 17.9 15.4-20.7 1,134 82.1 79.3-84.6
Piedmont 1,607 229 14.5 12.5-16.7 1,378 85.5 83.3-87.5
Western NC 768 148 19.4 15.7-23.6 620 80.6 76.4-84.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 591 109 17.5 13.8-21.9 482 82.5 78.1-86.2
Northwest 546 101 18.1 14.2-22.8 445 81.9 77.2-85.8
Charlotte 378 50 15.5 11.5-20.5 328 84.5 79.5-88.5
Greensboro 361 55 13.8 10.3-18.2 306 86.2 81.8-89.7
Southern Regional 435 80 18.0 14.0-22.8 355 82.0 77.2-86.0
Southeast 217 44 17.4 12.5-23.8 173 82.6 76.2-87.5
Wake 493 68 13.0 9.9-16.9 425 87.0 83.1-90.1
Area L & Eastern 744 126 17.4 13.7-21.8 618 82.6 78.2-86.3
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 665 127 19.6 15.7-24.4 538 80.4 75.6-84.3
Region 2 552 85 13.0 10.2-16.5 467 87.0 83.5-89.8
Region 3 507 75 16.8 13.1-21.4 432 83.2 78.6-86.9
Region 4 658 94 13.8 11.0-17.3 564 86.2 82.7-89.0
Region 5 670 126 17.7 14.5-21.4 544 82.3 78.6-85.5
Region 6 713 126 18.2 14.5-22.7 587 81.8 77.3-85.5

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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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