2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 7 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 7 465 59 12.3 9.1-16.5 406 87.7 83.5-90.9
GENDER
Male 217 27 11.1 7.1-17.1 190 88.9 82.9-92.9
Female 248 32 13.3 8.8-19.5 216 86.7 80.5-91.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 271 36 12.5 8.6-18.0 235 87.5 82.0-91.4
Non-Hispanic Black 118 13 13.3 7.1-23.3 105 86.7 76.7-92.9
Other 76 *** *** *** 66 91.2 83.5-95.5
AGE
18-44 163 17 9.0 4.9-15.8 146 91.0 84.2-95.1
45-64 182 23 13.4 8.7-20.3 159 86.6 79.7-91.3
65+ 112 18 17.5 9.8-29.4 94 82.5 70.6-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 155 26 16.6 10.7-24.8 129 83.4 75.2-89.3
Some Post-H.S. 100 13 11.2 5.6-21.4 87 88.8 78.6-94.4
College Graduate 209 20 9.0 5.4-14.4 189 91.0 85.6-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 29 17.0 11.4-24.5 141 83.0 75.5-88.6
$50,000+ 200 15 6.0 3.5-10.3 185 94.0 89.7-96.5
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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