2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 414 86 20.4 15.7-26.0 328 79.6 74.0-84.3
GENDER
Male 190 41 21.9 14.4-31.7 149 78.1 68.3-85.6
Female 224 45 19.0 13.8-25.6 179 81.0 74.4-86.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 265 59 20.7 15.8-26.6 206 79.3 73.4-84.2
Non-Hispanic Black 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 87 14 14.8 7.9-26.2 73 85.2 73.8-92.1
AGE
18-44 117 *** *** *** 98 81.3 69.0-89.5
45-64 142 28 21.1 14.5-29.8 114 78.9 70.2-85.5
65+ 149 38 22.0 15.3-30.6 111 78.0 69.4-84.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 157 42 23.6 16.9-32.1 115 76.4 67.9-83.1
Some Post-H.S. 136 25 20.5 12.0-32.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 120 18 13.1 7.7-21.2 102 86.9 78.8-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 57 22.1 16.6-28.8 161 77.9 71.2-83.4
$50,000+ 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 76 14 17.7 10.0-29.4 62 82.3 70.6-90.0

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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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