2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 3,763 633 16.1 14.6-17.7 3,130 83.9 82.3-85.4
GENDER
Male 1,688 286 16.5 14.3-18.9 1,402 83.5 81.1-85.7
Female 2,075 347 15.7 13.8-17.9 1,728 84.3 82.1-86.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,247 536 16.1 14.5-17.8 2,711 83.9 82.2-85.5
No 512 95 15.8 12.5-19.6 417 84.2 80.4-87.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 978 158 15.2 12.6-18.3 820 84.8 81.7-87.4
Overweight 1,249 197 15.1 12.8-17.9 1,052 84.9 82.1-87.2
Obese 1,203 230 18.6 15.9-21.8 973 81.4 78.2-84.1
Current Smoker
Yes 627 231 31.9 27.5-36.7 396 68.1 63.3-72.5
No 3,106 396 12.6 11.1-14.2 2,710 87.4 85.8-88.9
History of CVD**
Yes 516 150 29.1 23.8-34.9 366 70.9 65.1-76.2
No 3,227 480 14.5 13.0-16.1 2,747 85.5 83.9-87.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 433 82 18.6 14.5-23.5 351 81.4 76.5-85.5
No 3,154 518 15.5 13.9-17.3 2,636 84.5 82.7-86.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 203 47 23.6 17.0-31.8 156 76.4 68.2-83.0
No 3,372 553 15.5 14.0-17.2 2,819 84.5 82.8-86.0
COPD
Yes 373 174 43.4 36.9-50.2 199 56.6 49.8-63.1
No 3,381 455 13.4 11.9-14.9 2,926 86.6 85.1-88.1
Current Asthma
Yes 349 120 30.3 24.5-36.7 229 69.7 63.3-75.5
No 3,399 507 14.5 13.1-16.2 2,892 85.5 83.8-86.9
Diabetes
Yes 600 140 23.3 19.0-28.4 460 76.7 71.6-81.0
No 3,165 493 14.9 13.4-16.6 2,672 85.1 83.4-86.6
Functional Disability
Yes 1,265 348 25.9 22.8-29.2 917 74.1 70.8-77.2
No 2,487 282 11.7 10.1-13.4 2,205 88.3 86.6-89.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,351 350 25.6 22.5-28.8 1,001 74.4 71.2-77.5
No 2,414 283 11.8 10.2-13.6 2,131 88.2 86.4-89.8

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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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