2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Respiratory Health

During the past 3 months, did you have a cough on most days?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
GENDER
Male 1,693 314 18.7 16.4-21.2 1,379 81.3 78.8-83.6
Female 2,079 405 18.2 16.1-20.4 1,674 81.8 79.6-83.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,251 614 18.4 16.7-20.2 2,637 81.6 79.8-83.3
No 517 105 18.7 15.0-23.1 412 81.3 76.9-85.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 982 169 17.3 14.5-20.6 813 82.7 79.4-85.5
Overweight 1,254 242 18.8 16.3-21.7 1,012 81.2 78.3-83.7
Obese 1,204 253 19.7 17.0-22.8 951 80.3 77.2-83.0
Current Smoker
Yes 629 241 37.0 32.3-42.0 388 63.0 58.0-67.7
No 3,113 473 14.5 13.0-16.1 2,640 85.5 83.9-87.0
History of CVD**
Yes 516 144 27.6 22.8-33.0 372 72.4 67.0-77.2
No 3,235 569 17.2 15.6-19.0 2,666 82.8 81.0-84.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 436 100 23.8 19.1-29.3 336 76.2 70.7-80.9
No 3,158 594 17.6 16.0-19.4 2,564 82.4 80.6-84.0
Heavy Drinker
Yes 204 56 30.3 22.8-39.0 148 69.7 61.0-77.2
No 3,379 635 17.8 16.2-19.6 2,744 82.2 80.4-83.8
COPD
Yes 373 167 44.5 38.0-51.3 206 55.5 48.7-62.0
No 3,391 547 15.8 14.3-17.4 2,844 84.2 82.6-85.7
Current Asthma
Yes 351 134 32.6 26.7-39.1 217 67.4 60.9-73.3
No 3,406 578 16.8 15.2-18.5 2,828 83.2 81.5-84.8
Diabetes
Yes 600 151 22.8 18.8-27.3 449 77.2 72.7-81.2
No 3,174 568 17.7 16.1-19.5 2,606 82.3 80.5-83.9
Functional Disability
Yes 1,268 368 26.9 23.9-30.1 900 73.1 69.9-76.1
No 2,491 349 14.6 12.9-16.6 2,142 85.4 83.4-87.1
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,353 385 27.7 24.7-30.9 968 72.3 69.1-75.3
No 2,421 334 14.2 12.5-16.1 2,087 85.8 83.9-87.5

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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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