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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,058 138 11.2 8.9-13.9 15 1.2 0.6- 2.3 905 87.6 84.7-90.0
GENDER
Male 370 46 9.9 6.6-14.6 0 0.0 . - . 324 90.1 85.4-93.4
Female 688 92 12.1 9.2-15.7 15 2.1 1.1- 4.0 581 85.8 81.9-88.9
AGE
18-24 91 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 2 0.2 0.1- 1.2 88 99.7 98.9-99.9
25-34 193 4 1.2 0.3- 4.0 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5 185 97.3 93.9-98.8
35-44 238 11 2.4 1.2- 4.7 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2 223 96.2 93.2-97.9
45-54 220 26 9.4 5.4-16.0 4 3.0 0.9- 9.0 190 87.6 80.3-92.5
55-64 129 34 30.6 20.8-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 95 69.4 57.5-79.2
65-74 95 42 46.3 33.0-60.2 0 0.0 . - . 53 53.7 39.8-67.0
75+ 71 17 31.1 18.0-48.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 53 68.7 51.8-81.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 48 19.1 12.7-27.9 0 0.0 . - . 157 80.9 72.1-87.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 355 38 10.5 6.9-15.6 4 0.5 0.1- 1.9 313 89.0 83.9-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 283 35 9.7 6.3-14.8 6 1.8 0.6- 5.1 242 88.5 83.0-92.3
College Graduate 206 13 4.9 2.5- 9.4 5 3.3 1.2- 8.9 188 91.8 85.9-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 32 21.8 13.4-33.5 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 117 78.0 66.3-86.4
$15,000- 24,999 238 29 12.3 7.5-19.5 3 0.6 0.1- 3.4 206 87.1 79.9-92.0
$25,000- 34,999 164 13 6.6 3.4-12.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 150 92.8 86.7-96.2
$35,000- 49,999 125 7 2.0 0.8- 4.9 3 4.1 1.2-12.8 115 93.9 86.2-97.5
$50,000-74,999 63 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 61 98.6 94.3-99.7
$75,000+ 59 4 3.8 1.2-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 55 96.2 88.2-98.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 6 22.5 9.5-44.5 1 3.1 0.4-19.3 20 74.4 52.7-88.3
Forsyth 96 10 9.8 5.2-17.7 3 4.1 1.2-13.0 83 86.1 76.7-92.1
Guilford 117 12 8.5 4.4-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 105 91.5 84.4-95.6
Henderson/Transylvania 13 2 4.0 0.7-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 96.0 81.0-99.3
Mecklenburg 133 12 4.9 2.7- 8.8 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 120 94.3 89.9-96.8
Orange 42 4 4.0 1.4-10.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 37 94.6 86.9-97.9
Pitt 112 16 10.7 6.2-17.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 95 89.0 82.0-93.5
Randolph 17 2 8.5 2.0-30.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 91.5 70.0-98.0
Robeson 96 11 9.3 4.8-17.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 84 90.3 82.2-95.0
Wake 74 5 3.8 1.5- 9.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 68 95.0 88.6-97.9
Western NC 23 3 8.1 2.5-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 20 91.9 76.8-97.5
Piedmont NC 115 22 15.5 9.7-24.0 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 90 81.9 73.0-88.3
Eastern NC 193 33 13.7 9.3-19.6 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 157 85.7 79.7-90.2

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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