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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 6,740 528 7.2 6.4- 8.1 55 0.9 0.6- 1.3 6,157 91.9 91.0-92.8
GENDER
Male 2,606 206 6.4 5.3- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 2,400 93.6 92.3-94.7
Female 4,134 322 7.9 6.8- 9.2 55 1.7 1.2- 2.4 3,757 90.4 89.0-91.6
RACE
White 5,107 345 6.5 5.6- 7.6 38 0.9 0.6- 1.4 4,724 92.5 91.4-93.5
African American 1,058 138 11.2 8.9-13.9 15 1.2 0.6- 2.3 905 87.6 84.7-90.0
Asian 78 4 3.6 1.0-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 74 96.4 87.5-99.0
Native American 185 23 11.1 5.7-20.5 0 0.0 . - . 162 88.9 79.5-94.3
Other Minorities 265 13 3.9 2.0- 7.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 250 96.0 92.5-97.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 297 14 3.4 1.4- 7.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 282 96.5 92.1-98.5
-English Speaking 127 9 8.6 3.0-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 118 91.4 77.5-97.0
-Spanish Speaking 170 5 1.3 0.4- 4.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 164 98.6 95.4-99.6
Non-Hispanic 6,431 512 7.5 6.6- 8.4 54 1.0 0.7- 1.4 5,865 91.6 90.6-92.5
AGE
18-24 486 5 0.6 0.2- 2.0 2 0.1 0.0- 0.2 479 99.3 98.0-99.8
25-34 1,139 11 0.8 0.3- 1.9 21 1.5 0.9- 2.6 1,107 97.7 96.3-98.6
35-44 1,317 43 3.5 2.2- 5.4 19 1.8 1.1- 3.1 1,255 94.7 92.6-96.3
45-54 1,329 91 7.3 5.5- 9.7 8 0.9 0.4- 2.3 1,230 91.8 89.3-93.7
55-64 976 128 14.2 11.4-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 848 85.8 82.4-88.6
65-74 799 149 22.3 18.1-27.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 649 77.6 72.8-81.8
75+ 628 96 16.1 12.4-20.8 4 0.9 0.2- 3.2 528 83.0 78.3-86.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,084 161 12.3 9.7-15.4 4 0.4 0.1- 1.6 919 87.3 84.2-89.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,983 150 7.1 5.7- 8.8 18 1.0 0.5- 1.8 1,815 91.9 90.1-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,573 126 7.0 5.5- 8.7 14 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,433 92.0 90.1-93.5
College Graduate 2,079 87 3.8 2.9- 5.1 19 1.0 0.6- 1.7 1,973 95.2 93.8-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 679 111 15.0 11.4-19.3 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1 564 84.7 80.3-88.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,099 109 10.6 8.1-13.9 13 0.8 0.4- 2.0 977 88.5 85.2-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 816 52 5.1 3.5- 7.4 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 759 93.9 91.4-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 898 45 4.2 2.7- 6.4 6 0.9 0.3- 2.3 847 94.9 92.5-96.6
$50,000-74,999 746 29 2.9 1.8- 4.8 10 1.8 0.9- 3.6 707 95.3 92.9-96.8
$75,000+ 880 35 4.1 2.6- 6.2 5 0.4 0.2- 1.1 840 95.5 93.4-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 19 4.8 2.9- 7.7 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 390 94.1 91.0-96.2
Forsyth 465 30 5.7 3.9- 8.3 8 1.7 0.8- 3.8 427 92.5 89.6-94.7
Guilford 424 34 6.2 4.2- 8.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.5 386 93.0 90.1-95.1
Henderson/Transylvania 474 30 5.4 3.4- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 444 94.6 91.5-96.6
Mecklenburg 447 29 3.8 2.6- 5.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 416 95.8 93.8-97.1
Orange 441 17 3.0 1.7- 5.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 422 96.7 94.6-98.1
Pitt 419 37 7.4 5.0-10.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 381 92.5 89.2-94.9
Randolph 432 35 8.4 5.6-12.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 396 90.8 86.6-93.8
Robeson 445 46 7.9 5.6-10.9 2 0.2 0.0- 0.9 397 91.9 88.9-94.2
Wake 431 24 4.5 2.8- 6.9 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 403 95.0 92.5-96.7
Western NC 658 63 9.2 6.9-12.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 592 90.5 87.6-92.8
Piedmont NC 888 78 8.0 6.2-10.3 13 1.5 0.8- 2.6 797 90.5 88.1-92.5
Eastern NC 802 86 8.3 6.5-10.5 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 706 90.9 88.6-92.8

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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, 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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