2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 3,759 1,039 25.4 23.7-27.2 2,720 74.6 72.8-76.3
GENDER
Male 1,689 371 20.0 17.7-22.5 1,318 80.0 77.5-82.3
Female 2,070 668 30.0 27.6-32.6 1,402 70.0 67.4-72.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,243 912 26.2 24.3-28.2 2,331 73.8 71.8-75.7
No 512 126 21.0 17.1-25.6 386 79.0 74.4-82.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 978 204 17.8 15.1-20.9 774 82.2 79.1-84.9
Overweight 1,247 298 22.5 19.7-25.7 949 77.5 74.3-80.3
Obese 1,204 438 33.8 30.4-37.3 766 66.2 62.7-69.6
Current Smoker
Yes 628 267 38.7 33.9-43.8 361 61.3 56.2-66.1
No 3,101 765 22.5 20.7-24.4 2,336 77.5 75.6-79.3
History of CVD**
Yes 516 289 56.1 50.2-61.8 227 43.9 38.2-49.8
No 3,224 739 21.3 19.6-23.1 2,485 78.7 76.9-80.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 434 91 19.7 15.4-24.8 343 80.3 75.2-84.6
No 3,148 903 26.6 24.7-28.6 2,245 73.4 71.4-75.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 202 49 22.5 16.1-30.6 153 77.5 69.4-83.9
No 3,369 940 25.7 23.9-27.6 2,429 74.3 72.4-76.1
COPD
Yes 373 272 72.0 65.7-77.5 101 28.0 22.5-34.3
No 3,378 761 20.6 18.9-22.4 2,617 79.4 77.6-81.1
Current Asthma
Yes 349 233 60.1 52.9-66.9 116 39.9 33.1-47.1
No 3,395 797 21.6 19.9-23.4 2,598 78.4 76.6-80.1
Diabetes
Yes 600 264 40.9 35.7-46.2 336 59.1 53.8-64.3
No 3,161 775 22.8 21.1-24.7 2,386 77.2 75.3-78.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,263 655 50.3 46.7-53.9 608 49.7 46.1-53.3
No 2,483 382 14.3 12.7-16.1 2,101 85.7 83.9-87.3
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,351 680 50.3 46.8-53.8 671 49.7 46.2-53.2
No 2,410 359 14.1 12.5-15.9 2,051 85.9 84.1-87.5

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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