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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 6,740 528 7.2 6.4- 8.1 55 0.9 0.6- 1.3 6,157 91.9 91.0-92.8
Piedmont NC 888 78 8.0 6.2-10.3 13 1.5 0.8- 2.6 797 90.5 88.1-92.5
GENDER
Male 322 27 6.8 4.4-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 295 93.2 89.7-95.6
Female 566 51 9.0 6.6-12.3 13 2.7 1.5- 4.8 502 88.2 84.6-91.1
RACE
White 723 53 7.1 5.2- 9.7 10 1.4 0.7- 2.8 660 91.4 88.7-93.5
Other 159 25 11.8 7.5-17.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 131 86.5 80.1-91.1
AGE
18-44 375 9 2.2 1.0- 4.8 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 356 95.5 92.6-97.3
45+ 501 68 13.9 10.7-17.9 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5 430 85.3 81.2-88.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 479 46 8.7 6.2-12.0 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7 428 90.2 86.8-92.9
Some College + 405 30 6.8 4.5-10.0 8 2.1 1.0- 4.3 367 91.1 87.5-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 459 46 9.3 6.6-12.9 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5 408 89.7 86.0-92.5
$50,000+ 218 8 3.3 1.5- 7.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.3 206 94.7 90.4-97.2
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
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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