2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 4 Demographics

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%)
North Carolina 3,763 633 16.1 14.6-17.7 3,130 83.9 82.3-85.4
Region 4 499 73 16.8 13.1-21.4 426 83.2 78.6-86.9
GENDER
Male 227 37 17.1 12.0-23.9 190 82.9 76.1-88.0
Female 272 36 16.6 11.4-23.4 236 83.4 76.6-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 325 46 16.6 12.0-22.5 279 83.4 77.5-88.0
Non-Hispanic Black 92 17 20.5 12.2-32.5 75 79.5 67.5-87.8
Other 82 *** *** *** 72 88.4 79.4-93.8
AGE
18-44 177 21 13.6 8.7-20.5 156 86.4 79.5-91.3
45-64 166 28 18.9 12.7-27.0 138 81.1 73.0-87.3
65+ 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 40 24.3 17.3-33.0 137 75.7 67.0-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 164 23 14.6 9.2-22.3 141 85.4 77.7-90.8
College Graduate 155 *** *** *** 145 92.8 86.0-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 41 22.7 16.2-30.8 164 77.3 69.2-83.8
$50,000+ 185 22 15.1 9.7-22.9 163 84.9 77.1-90.3
Don't know/Not Sure 109 *** *** *** 99 91.8 82.6-96.3

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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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