2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 3,759 1,039 25.4 23.7-27.2 2,720 74.6 72.8-76.3
Region 4 499 127 26.5 22.1-31.5 372 73.5 68.5-77.9
GENDER
Male 228 40 18.1 12.7-25.2 188 81.9 74.8-87.3
Female 271 87 33.9 27.5-40.9 184 66.1 59.1-72.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 325 84 26.2 20.8-32.4 241 73.8 67.6-79.2
Non-Hispanic Black 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 81 12 12.8 7.0-22.3 69 87.2 77.7-93.0
AGE
18-44 175 33 20.4 14.5-27.9 142 79.6 72.1-85.5
45-64 166 42 28.2 20.9-36.9 124 71.8 63.1-79.1
65+ 150 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 60 34.4 26.6-43.1 116 65.6 56.9-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 164 39 24.2 17.3-32.6 125 75.8 67.4-82.7
College Graduate 156 27 16.2 10.5-24.1 129 83.8 75.9-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 204 68 32.0 25.0-39.8 136 68.0 60.2-75.0
$50,000+ 186 34 21.2 14.8-29.2 152 78.8 70.8-85.2
Don't know/Not Sure 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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