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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--WHITE 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 5,107 345 6.5 5.6- 7.6 38 0.9 0.6- 1.4 4,724 92.5 91.4-93.5
GENDER
Male 1,966 139 6.0 4.7- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 1,827 94.0 92.5-95.3
Female 3,141 206 7.1 5.8- 8.6 38 1.8 1.2- 2.7 2,897 91.2 89.5-92.6
AGE
18-24 328 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 327 99.6 97.2-99.9
25-34 803 6 0.8 0.3- 2.5 16 1.8 0.9- 3.4 781 97.4 95.4-98.5
35-44 941 24 3.4 1.9- 6.0 14 2.2 1.2- 3.9 903 94.5 91.6-96.4
45-54 1,016 59 7.1 5.0- 9.9 4 0.5 0.1- 2.1 953 92.4 89.5-94.6
55-64 777 77 10.7 8.0-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 700 89.3 85.8-92.0
65-74 672 102 17.9 13.8-22.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 569 82.0 77.0-86.1
75+ 532 74 13.8 10.2-18.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.9 455 85.2 80.4-89.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 672 94 13.4 9.9-17.7 3 0.6 0.1- 2.8 575 86.0 81.5-89.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,490 106 6.7 5.1- 8.7 14 1.2 0.6- 2.3 1,370 92.1 90.0-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,192 79 6.1 4.5- 8.0 8 0.9 0.4- 2.0 1,105 93.1 90.9-94.7
College Graduate 1,741 66 3.4 2.4- 4.8 13 0.8 0.4- 1.4 1,662 95.8 94.4-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 441 67 14.3 10.2-19.7 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 372 85.4 80.0-89.5
$15,000- 24,999 700 70 12.6 9.0-17.3 9 1.2 0.4- 3.1 621 86.2 81.4-89.9
$25,000- 34,999 592 34 4.6 2.8- 7.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 554 94.3 91.1-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 723 36 4.7 2.9- 7.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 684 95.0 92.2-96.9
$50,000-74,999 650 27 3.3 2.0- 5.3 9 2.0 1.0- 4.1 614 94.8 92.1-96.5
$75,000+ 770 24 3.3 1.9- 5.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.2 741 96.2 94.1-97.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 366 12 3.5 1.9- 6.4 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8 350 95.5 92.4-97.4
Forsyth 345 18 4.7 2.8- 7.7 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 323 94.3 90.9-96.4
Guilford 282 22 5.9 3.7- 9.2 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 256 92.8 89.1-95.3
Henderson/Transylvania 434 27 5.9 3.6- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 407 94.1 90.6-96.4
Mecklenburg 268 14 3.5 2.0- 6.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 253 96.1 93.4-97.8
Orange 358 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 345 97.0 94.6-98.4
Pitt 290 19 6.2 3.6-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 271 93.8 89.6-96.4
Randolph 390 31 8.6 5.7-12.9 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 358 90.5 85.9-93.7
Robeson 176 15 6.4 3.6-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 161 93.6 88.9-96.4
Wake 312 15 4.1 2.3- 7.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 294 95.4 92.3-97.3
Western NC 612 59 9.5 7.1-12.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 550 90.1 87.0-92.5
Piedmont NC 723 53 7.1 5.2- 9.7 10 1.4 0.7- 2.8 660 91.4 88.7-93.5
Eastern NC 551 48 6.7 4.8- 9.2 7 1.0 0.4- 2.3 496 92.4 89.7-94.4

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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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