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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western NC 658 63 9.2 6.9-12.0 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 592 90.5 87.6-92.8
GENDER
Male 281 34 11.1 7.6-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 247 88.9 84.1-92.4
Female 377 29 6.8 4.6-10.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 345 92.3 88.9-94.7
RACE
White 612 59 9.5 7.1-12.6 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 550 90.1 87.0-92.5
Other 44 4 5.3 1.8-14.6 0 0.0 . - . 40 94.7 85.4-98.2
AGE
18-44 244 3 2.0 0.5- 8.1 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 239 97.3 92.0-99.1
45+ 408 60 15.2 11.6-19.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 347 84.7 80.4-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 376 41 10.4 7.3-14.7 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 333 89.1 84.8-92.3
Some College + 281 21 7.2 4.6-11.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 259 92.4 88.4-95.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 400 46 11.0 7.9-15.3 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 351 88.3 84.0-91.6
$50,000+ 108 6 4.9 2.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 102 95.1 89.2-97.8
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
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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