2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 435 75 16.8 13.1-21.2 360 83.2 78.8-86.9
GENDER
Male 179 30 16.9 11.5-24.1 149 83.1 75.9-88.5
Female 256 45 16.6 12.0-22.5 211 83.4 77.5-88.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 261 42 16.2 11.6-22.1 219 83.8 77.9-88.4
Non-Hispanic Black 122 24 17.3 11.3-25.8 98 82.7 74.2-88.7
Other 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 146 19 14.4 9.0-22.1 127 85.6 77.9-91.0
45-64 149 25 16.0 10.6-23.5 124 84.0 76.5-89.4
65+ 131 31 24.0 16.0-34.2 100 76.0 65.8-84.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 35 24.0 17.1-32.6 121 76.0 67.4-82.9
Some Post-H.S. 121 27 17.0 11.2-24.9 94 83.0 75.1-88.8
College Graduate 156 13 6.6 3.5-12.0 143 93.4 88.0-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 185 44 24.6 18.1-32.6 141 75.4 67.4-81.9
$50,000+ 167 15 9.1 5.2-15.7 152 90.9 84.3-94.8
Don't know/Not Sure 83 16 16.6 9.4-27.6 67 83.4 72.4-90.6

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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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