2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 466 80 16.9 13.2-21.3 386 83.1 78.7-86.8
GENDER
Male 218 35 17.2 11.9-24.3 183 82.8 75.7-88.1
Female 248 45 16.7 12.0-22.6 203 83.3 77.4-88.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 272 50 19.2 14.1-25.6 222 80.8 74.4-85.9
Non-Hispanic Black 118 21 15.1 9.3-23.5 97 84.9 76.5-90.7
Other 76 *** *** *** 67 89.6 80.0-94.8
AGE
18-44 164 20 13.6 8.3-21.5 144 86.4 78.5-91.7
45-64 182 32 18.2 12.5-25.6 150 81.8 74.4-87.5
65+ 112 27 22.2 14.5-32.3 85 77.8 67.7-85.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 156 34 23.3 16.4-31.9 122 76.7 68.1-83.6
Some Post-H.S. 100 17 13.3 7.1-23.7 83 86.7 76.3-92.9
College Graduate 209 29 13.3 8.9-19.3 180 86.7 80.7-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 36 22.8 16.0-31.3 135 77.2 68.7-84.0
$50,000+ 200 23 10.2 6.4-15.8 177 89.8 84.2-93.6
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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