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How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Less than age 30   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 30 to 50   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Ages 50 to 60   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Age 60 or older   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	222	21  10.7  ( 6.7-16.6)	67  30.7  (24.3-37.8)	63  29.1  (23.0-36.0)	71  29.5  (23.5-36.4)
GENDER
Male	81	7   9.9  ( 4.5-20.5)	31  38.5  (27.9-50.4)	22  28.3  (19.0-39.9)	21  23.3  (15.1-34.1)
Female	141	14  11.4  ( 6.5-19.3)	36  23.8  (17.2-32.1)	41  29.7  (22.3-38.5)	50  35.0  (26.9-44.0)
RACE
White	153	13   9.8  ( 5.4-17.0)	43  27.9  (20.8-36.3)	43  30.3  (22.9-38.9)	54  32.0  (24.7-40.4)
African American	65	7  11.9  ( 5.1-25.0)	21  35.7  (23.7-49.9)	20  27.6  (17.8-40.3)	17  24.8  (15.1-38.0)
AGE
18-49	52	15  29.9  (17.7-46.0)	37  70.1  (54.0-82.3)
50+	169	6   4.1  ( 1.8- 9.1)	30  17.1  (11.8-24.2)	62  38.9  (31.2-47.2)	71  39.9  (32.2-48.1)
EDUCATION
H.S. or G.E.D. or Less	142	11   8.3  ( 4.3-15.2)	35  26.0  (18.8-34.8)	42  30.6  (22.9-39.5)	54  35.1  (27.2-44.1)
Some Post-H.S. or College	80	10  14.9  ( 7.6-27.0)	32  38.6  (27.5-50.9)	21  26.5  (17.3-38.4)	17  20.0  (12.3-30.9)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $25,000	106	10  11.4  ( 5.7-21.5)	30  30.3  (21.4-40.9)	28  25.8  (17.9-35.6)	38  32.6  (23.8-42.7)
$50,000+	76	8  11.4  ( 5.4-22.4)	32  42.4  (30.8-54.9)	24  29.8  (20.1-41.8)	12  16.4  ( 9.2-27.5)

*Asked to respondents who reported being told by a doctor that s/he had diabetes.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.