BRFSS 2002 - North Carolina: (Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?)

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	519	126	23.9	19.1-29.4	393	76.1	70.6-80.9
Have Health Insurance
Yes	453	106	22.5	17.6-28.3	347	77.5	71.7-82.4
No	66	20	33.2	19.8-50.1	46	66.8	49.9-80.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight	3	1	48.2	7.2-91.7	2	51.8	8.3-92.8
Recommended Range	97	27	23.7	14.6-36.2	70	76.3	63.8-85.4
Overweight	153	28	18.2	10.9-28.7	125	81.8	71.3-89.1
Obese	225	60	26.6	19.3-35.4	165	73.4	64.6-80.7
Current Smoker
No	433	103	22.2	17.3-28.0	330	77.8	72.0-82.7
Yes	85	23	31.7	19.3-47.4	62	68.3	52.6-80.7
Binge Drinker
No	502	123	24.1	19.3-29.7	379	75.9	70.3-80.7
Yes	10	1	13.7	1.7-59.0	9	86.3	41.0-98.3
Heavy Drinker
No	506	123	24.0	19.2-29.5	383	76.0	70.5-80.8
Yes	4	1	27.8	2.8-83.6	3	72.2	16.4-97.2
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation	143	28	14.8	9.0-23.4	115	85.2	76.6-91.0
Some Physical Activity	178	49	24.8	17.3-34.1	129	75.2	65.9-82.7
Physically Inactive	161	37	25.5	17.0-36.4	124	74.5	63.6-83.0
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	293	96	32.8	25.6-40.9	197	67.2	59.1-74.4
No	225	29	11.8	7.3-18.5	196	88.2	81.5-92.7
Disability Status
Yes	269	90	33.1	25.6-41.4	179	66.9	58.6-74.4
No	228	31	12.5	7.8-19.4	197	87.5	80.6-92.2
Current Asthma
Yes	60	17	13.7	6.8-25.8	43	86.3	74.2-93.2
No	458	109	25.3	20.2-31.3	349	74.7	68.7-79.8
Diabetes
Yes	519	126	23.9	19.1-29.4	393	76.1	70.6-80.9
Yes, During Pregnancy	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
No	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
Arthritis
Yes	294	80	27.0	20.5-34.6	214	73.0	65.4-79.5
No	209	41	17.8	11.7-26.2	168	82.2	73.8-88.3

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.