2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 430 112 22.3 18.2-27.0 318 77.7 73.0-81.8
GENDER
Male 175 33 16.3 11.0-23.5 142 83.7 76.5-89.0
Female 255 79 27.0 21.3-33.6 176 73.0 66.4-78.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 56 20.1 15.2-26.2 203 79.9 73.8-84.8
Non-Hispanic Black 121 42 29.4 21.0-39.5 79 70.6 60.5-79.0
Other 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 143 20 11.7 7.2-18.4 123 88.3 81.6-92.8
45-64 149 44 26.3 19.4-34.6 105 73.7 65.4-80.6
65+ 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 152 51 26.6 19.5-35.2 101 73.4 64.8-80.5
Some Post-H.S. 121 35 22.8 15.8-31.8 86 77.2 68.2-84.2
College Graduate 155 25 14.9 9.8-22.0 130 85.1 78.0-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 62 27.5 20.9-35.3 122 72.5 64.7-79.1
$50,000+ 167 24 14.2 9.2-21.2 143 85.8 78.8-90.8
Don't know/Not Sure 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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