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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--FEMALE 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 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 3,141 206 7.1 5.8- 8.6 38 1.8 1.2- 2.7 2,897 91.2 89.5-92.6
African American 688 92 12.1 9.2-15.7 15 2.1 1.1- 4.0 581 85.8 81.9-88.9
Asian 42 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 42 100 . - .
Native American 113 15 16.2 7.4-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 98 83.8 68.0-92.6
Other Minorities 120 5 4.5 1.7-11.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 113 95.3 88.6-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 143 9 8.1 3.2-18.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 133 91.8 81.0-96.7
-English Speaking 71 6 15.6 5.0-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 65 84.4 60.8-95.0
-Spanish Speaking 72 3 3.6 0.9-13.4 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 68 96.1 86.7-98.9
Non-Hispanic 3,984 312 7.9 6.8- 9.2 54 1.8 1.3- 2.5 3,618 90.3 88.8-91.5
AGE
18-24 298 4 1.2 0.3- 4.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 292 98.7 95.8-99.6
25-34 690 8 0.9 0.3- 2.6 21 3.1 1.7- 5.3 661 96.0 93.5-97.6
35-44 759 27 3.8 2.0- 7.0 19 3.6 2.1- 6.1 713 92.6 89.0-95.1
45-54 798 54 8.8 6.0-12.7 8 1.8 0.7- 4.4 736 89.4 85.2-92.5
55-64 603 72 13.4 10.1-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 531 86.6 82.4-89.9
65-74 503 85 21.7 16.7-27.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 417 78.2 72.1-83.2
75+ 440 68 16.3 12.0-21.7 4 1.5 0.4- 5.4 368 82.3 76.6-86.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 641 109 16.4 12.4-21.4 4 0.8 0.2- 3.3 528 82.8 77.7-86.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,208 91 7.6 5.7-10.0 18 1.9 1.0- 3.5 1,099 90.5 87.9-92.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,041 77 7.0 5.2- 9.2 14 1.8 1.0- 3.4 950 91.2 88.7-93.3
College Graduate 1,230 44 3.5 2.3- 5.2 19 2.1 1.2- 3.6 1,167 94.4 92.4-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 471 76 14.4 10.6-19.3 4 0.5 0.2- 1.8 391 85.0 80.1-88.9
$15,000- 24,999 692 76 15.1 11.0-20.4 13 1.6 0.7- 3.8 603 83.3 77.9-87.6
$25,000- 34,999 493 30 5.5 3.3- 8.9 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6 458 92.7 88.9-95.3
$35,000- 49,999 500 21 3.2 1.8- 5.6 6 1.9 0.7- 4.9 473 94.9 91.7-97.0
$50,000-74,999 453 13 2.5 1.2- 5.0 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1 430 93.9 90.1-96.3
$75,000+ 447 15 4.0 2.2- 7.3 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 427 95.0 91.7-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 254 10 3.8 1.9- 7.4 5 2.2 0.9- 5.3 239 94.0 89.9-96.5
Forsyth 286 15 4.9 2.8- 8.3 8 3.4 1.6- 7.3 263 91.7 87.3-94.7
Guilford 271 24 7.7 4.8-12.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7 243 90.8 86.1-94.0
Henderson/Transylvania 285 15 3.6 2.1- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 270 96.4 93.7-97.9
Mecklenburg 288 25 6.5 4.2- 9.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 261 92.7 89.2-95.1
Orange 257 9 2.3 1.1- 4.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 246 97.1 94.4-98.5
Pitt 261 23 7.2 4.6-11.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 237 92.6 88.7-95.3
Randolph 257 18 7.2 4.0-12.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.1 238 91.3 84.8-95.1
Robeson 267 28 9.0 6.0-13.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 237 90.6 86.2-93.6
Wake 248 14 5.0 2.8- 8.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 230 93.9 90.1-96.3
Western NC 377 29 6.8 4.6-10.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 345 92.3 88.9-94.7
Piedmont NC 566 51 9.0 6.6-12.3 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 502 88.2 84.6-91.1
Eastern NC 517 61 9.7 7.3-12.7 10 1.5 0.7- 3.1 446 88.9 85.7-91.4

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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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