2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 417 86 19.7 15.6-24.5 331 80.3 75.5-84.4
GENDER
Male 191 41 20.0 14.1-27.6 150 80.0 72.4-85.9
Female 226 45 19.3 14.1-26.0 181 80.7 74.0-85.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 267 58 22.2 17.0-28.4 209 77.8 71.6-83.0
Non-Hispanic Black 62 12 13.4 6.4-26.2 50 86.6 73.8-93.6
Other 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 119 16 13.7 8.1-22.2 103 86.3 77.8-91.9
45-64 143 32 23.3 16.3-32.1 111 76.7 67.9-83.7
65+ 149 37 24.2 16.8-33.6 112 75.8 66.4-83.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 43 24.1 17.3-32.5 115 75.9 67.5-82.7
Some Post-H.S. 138 28 19.0 12.4-27.8 110 81.0 72.2-87.6
College Graduate 120 14 11.5 6.5-19.5 106 88.5 80.5-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 53 22.3 16.6-29.3 167 77.7 70.7-83.4
$50,000+ 121 18 16.0 9.6-25.7 103 84.0 74.3-90.4
Don't know/Not Sure 76 15 18.6 10.6-30.5 61 81.4 69.5-89.4

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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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