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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,199 451 6.7 5.9- 7.7 55 0.8 0.6- 1.2 5,693 92.4 91.4-93.3
Buncombe County 424 31 7.1 4.9-10.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 391 92.5 89.4-94.8
GENDER
Male 166 11 6.8 3.8-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 155 93.2 88.0-96.2
Female 258 20 7.5 4.7-11.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 236 91.9 87.5-94.8
RACE
White 378 24 6.2 4.1- 9.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 352 93.4 90.2-95.6
Other 42 6 12.6 5.4-26.7 0 0.0 . - . 36 87.4 73.3-94.6
AGE
18-44 181 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 175 96.8 92.8-98.6
45+ 241 27 11.4 7.7-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 214 88.6 83.4-92.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 14 6.4 3.7-10.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 159 92.8 88.2-95.8
Some College + 247 17 7.8 4.7-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 230 92.2 87.5-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 19 7.1 4.4-11.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 233 92.5 88.2-95.3
$50,000+ 94 3 3.3 0.9-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 91 96.7 89.1-99.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 429 41 7.7 5.4-10.9 5 1.2 0.5- 3.2 383 91.1 87.6-93.7
Durham 400 26 6.5 4.2-10.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 372 93.2 89.7-95.6
Forsyth 455 33 5.9 4.0- 8.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 417 93.3 90.4-95.3
Gaston 467 42 7.9 5.8-10.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 423 91.7 88.7-93.9
Guilford 418 32 7.3 4.9-10.9 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0 382 92.0 88.4-94.5
Mecklenburg 430 24 4.9 3.2- 7.5 8 1.4 0.7- 2.8 398 93.7 90.9-95.6
New Hanover 405 20 5.0 3.1- 8.1 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 381 94.3 91.2-96.4
Onslow 435 23 5.2 3.2- 8.2 5 1.6 0.5- 4.7 407 93.2 89.6-95.7
Wake 427 22 4.6 2.9- 7.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 404 95.3 92.7-97.0
Western NC 618 57 8.5 6.2-11.4 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 559 91.3 88.3-93.6
Piedmont NC 670 45 5.7 4.0- 8.0 8 1.2 0.5- 2.6 617 93.2 90.7-95.0
Eastern NC 621 55 8.5 6.3-11.2 7 1.0 0.4- 2.0 559 90.6 87.7-92.8

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#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.

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