2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 432 67 13.8 10.6-17.8 365 86.2 82.2-89.4
GENDER
Male 177 26 13.9 9.1-20.7 151 86.1 79.3-90.9
Female 255 41 13.7 9.8-18.8 214 86.3 81.2-90.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 259 36 12.4 8.6-17.6 223 87.6 82.4-91.4
Non-Hispanic Black 122 23 16.2 10.3-24.6 99 83.8 75.4-89.7
Other 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 145 20 14.1 9.1-21.3 125 85.9 78.7-90.9
45-64 149 23 12.5 8.0-19.0 126 87.5 81.0-92.0
65+ 129 24 16.5 10.0-26.0 105 83.5 74.0-90.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 30 17.0 11.4-24.5 125 83.0 75.5-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 120 21 14.9 9.4-22.8 99 85.1 77.2-90.6
College Graduate 155 16 8.1 4.6-13.9 139 91.9 86.1-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 38 20.1 14.4-27.3 146 79.9 72.7-85.6
$50,000+ 167 11 6.2 3.1-12.1 156 93.8 87.9-96.9
Don't know/Not Sure 81 18 16.6 9.6-27.2 63 83.4 72.8-90.4

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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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