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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Western North Carolina

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
Western NC 618 57 8.5 6.2-11.4 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 559 91.3 88.3-93.6
GENDER
Male 233 23 9.9 6.2-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 210 90.1 84.5-93.8
Female 385 34 7.1 5.0-10.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 349 92.4 89.3-94.7
RACE
White 580 52 8.6 6.2-11.7 2 0.2 0.1- 1.1 526 91.2 88.0-93.5
Other 35 5 7.7 3.0-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 30 92.3 81.8-97.0
AGE
18-44 222 7 2.2 0.9- 5.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 213 97.2 94.2-98.7
45+ 390 49 12.6 9.1-17.2 0 0.0 . - . 341 87.4 82.8-90.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 338 38 9.5 6.7-13.3 0 0.0 . - . 300 90.5 86.7-93.3
Some College + 276 19 7.3 4.1-12.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 255 92.2 86.8-95.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 406 40 9.3 6.4-13.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 365 90.5 86.5-93.4
$50,000+ 106 4 3.0 1.0- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 102 97.0 91.4-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 424 31 7.1 4.9-10.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 391 92.5 89.4-94.8
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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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