BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated? This would have made you temporarily sensitive to bright light.)

	Total Respond.^	Past month	Past year	Past 2 years	2+ years ago	Never
TOTAL	293	70	21.9	15.5-30.1	161	59.5	51.0-67.6	26	7.2	4.2-12.1	25	6.9	3.6-12.7	11	4.5	2.2- 8.9
GENDER
Male	93	23	27.0	15.5-42.7	46	52.2	37.7-66.3	7	5.3	1.9-13.8	13	12.3	5.5-25.3	4	3.1	1.1- 8.7
Female	200	47	18.0	12.2-25.8	115	65.2	55.6-73.7	19	8.7	4.6-15.7	12	2.6	1.4- 4.9	7	5.5	2.2-13.0

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

When was the last time you had an eye exam in which the pupils were dilated? This would have made you temporarily sensitive to bright light.

	Total Respond.^	Past month			Past year			Past 2 years			2+ years ago			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	293	70	21.9	15.5-30.1	161	59.5	51.0-67.6	26	7.2	4.2-12.1	25	6.9	3.6-12.7	11	4.5	2.2- 8.9
GENDER
Male	93	23	27.0	15.5-42.7	46	52.2	37.7-66.3	7	5.3	1.9-13.8	13	12.3	5.5-25.3	4	3.1	1.1- 8.7
Female	200	47	18.0	12.2-25.8	115	65.2	55.6-73.7	19	8.7	4.6-15.7	12	2.6	1.4- 4.9	7	5.5	2.2-13.0