2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 3,772 719 18.4 16.9-20.1 3,053 81.6 79.9-83.1
Region 4 502 92 19.6 15.7-24.2 410 80.4 75.8-84.3
GENDER
Male 228 44 19.9 14.5-26.7 184 80.1 73.3-85.5
Female 274 48 19.3 14.1-26.0 226 80.7 74.0-85.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 327 59 20.3 15.4-26.4 268 79.7 73.6-84.6
Non-Hispanic Black 93 21 21.4 13.2-32.8 72 78.6 67.2-86.8
Other 82 12 13.3 7.4-22.7 70 86.7 77.3-92.6
AGE
18-44 178 30 18.8 13.1-26.2 148 81.2 73.8-86.9
45-64 166 31 19.6 13.6-27.4 135 80.4 72.6-86.4
65+ 150 31 22.6 14.1-34.3 119 77.4 65.7-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 42 24.1 17.2-32.6 137 75.9 67.4-82.8
Some Post-H.S. 164 33 19.4 13.5-27.1 131 80.6 72.9-86.5
College Graduate 156 17 11.9 7.0-19.4 139 88.1 80.6-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 51 25.6 19.0-33.5 155 74.4 66.5-81.0
$50,000+ 186 29 18.4 12.5-26.1 157 81.6 73.9-87.5
Don't know/Not Sure 110 12 9.6 4.8-18.2 98 90.4 81.8-95.2

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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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