2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 467 96 19.7 15.8-24.2 371 80.3 75.8-84.2
GENDER
Male 219 35 15.0 10.4-21.1 184 85.0 78.9-89.6
Female 248 61 23.6 17.9-30.4 187 76.4 69.6-82.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 274 59 21.3 16.3-27.4 215 78.7 72.6-83.7
Non-Hispanic Black 117 30 22.3 14.8-32.2 87 77.7 67.8-85.2
Other 76 *** *** *** 69 94.5 88.4-97.5
AGE
18-44 164 17 10.3 5.9-17.2 147 89.7 82.8-94.1
45-64 183 44 23.3 17.1-30.8 139 76.7 69.2-82.9
65+ 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 41 24.9 18.0-33.4 116 75.1 66.6-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 100 30 25.4 16.8-36.4 70 74.6 63.6-83.2
College Graduate 209 25 10.5 6.7-16.0 184 89.5 84.0-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 43 25.5 18.5-34.0 129 74.5 66.0-81.5
$50,000+ 200 29 12.7 8.6-18.3 171 87.3 81.7-91.4
Don't know/Not Sure 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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