2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 415 136 34.0 28.4-40.0 279 66.0 60.0-71.6
GENDER
Male 190 53 29.9 22.0-39.3 137 70.1 60.7-78.0
Female 225 83 37.7 30.4-45.6 142 62.3 54.4-69.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 266 83 29.2 23.3-35.9 183 70.8 64.1-76.7
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-64 143 50 37.3 28.6-46.8 93 62.7 53.2-71.4
65+ 149 60 39.2 30.2-48.9 89 60.8 51.1-69.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 66 43.1 33.9-52.7 91 56.9 47.3-66.1
Some Post-H.S. 137 45 32.4 23.3-43.2 92 67.6 56.8-76.7
College Graduate 120 25 20.2 13.2-29.7 95 79.8 70.3-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 83 40.8 33.1-49.0 136 59.2 51.0-66.9
$50,000+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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