BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	Yes, during pregnancy	No
TOTAL	1,265	205	11.8	9.7-14.3	13	1.7	0.8- 3.5	1,047	86.5	83.7-88.9
GENDER
Female	1,265	205	11.8	9.7-14.3	13	1.7	0.8- 3.5	1,047	86.5	83.7-88.9
RACE
African American	1,265	205	11.8	9.7-14.3	13	1.7	0.8- 3.5	1,047	86.5	83.7-88.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic	13	1	9.1	1.1-46.2	0	0.0	. - .	12	90.9	53.8-98.9
-English Speaking	13	1	9.1	1.1-46.2	0	0.0	. - .	12	90.9	53.8-98.9
Non-Hispanic	1,252	204	11.8	9.7-14.3	13	1.7	0.8- 3.6	1,035	86.5	83.7-88.9
AGE
18-24	93	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0	4	4.0	0.9-15.7	88	95.4	84.5-98.8
25-34	200	9	2.9	1.0- 8.1	3	2.9	0.8- 9.6	188	94.2	87.5-97.5
35-44	262	23	8.9	4.9-15.5	3	2.3	0.6- 8.6	236	88.8	81.5-93.4
45-54	259	38	16.5	11.0-24.0	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	220	83.4	75.9-88.9
55-64	183	49	22.5	15.4-31.5	1	0.4	0.1- 3.1	133	77.1	68.1-84.2
65-74	149	51	27.2	18.6-37.8	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	97	72.7	62.1-81.3
75+	106	32	21.2	12.9-32.8	0	0.0	. - .	74	78.8	67.2-87.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	293	79	21.3	15.7-28.2	1	0.0	0.0- 0.3	213	78.7	71.8-84.3
H.S. or G.E.D.	429	63	11.3	7.9-16.1	7	2.9	1.1- 7.6	359	85.8	80.3-89.9
Some Post-H.S.	303	37	7.3	4.5-11.7	3	1.8	0.4- 7.5	263	90.9	85.6-94.4
College Graduate	237	26	9.3	5.5-15.1	2	0.9	0.2- 3.5	209	89.8	83.9-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	274	77	21.4	15.7-28.4	4	1.0	0.3- 3.6	193	77.6	70.5-83.4
$15,000- 24,999	285	32	10.0	6.0-16.3	4	1.9	0.5- 7.4	249	88.1	81.3-92.6
$25,000- 34,999	163	11	7.1	3.3-14.5	1	0.7	0.1- 4.6	151	92.2	84.8-96.2
$35,000- 49,999	113	16	11.6	5.9-21.5	1	3.1	0.4-18.6	96	85.4	73.7-92.4
$50,000-74,999	64	3	5.0	1.2-18.3	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7	60	93.5	80.9-98.0
$75,000+	53	3	7.2	1.8-24.3	0	0.0	. - .	50	92.8	75.7-98.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	4	18.0	6.2-42.3	0	0.0	. - .	12	82.0	57.7-93.8
Guilford	71	7	8.0	3.4-17.6	3	8.8	2.2-29.0	61	83.2	67.0-92.4
Mecklenburg	82	8	8.0	3.7-16.7	1	0.8	0.1- 5.7	73	91.1	82.5-95.7
Orange	31	8	25.6	12.3-45.7	0	0.0	. - .	23	74.4	54.3-87.7
Wake	55	7	12.4	5.2-26.7	0	0.0	. - .	48	87.6	73.3-94.8
Chatham/Lee	53	7	12.0	5.3-25.2	0	0.0	. - .	46	88.0	74.8-94.7
Nash/Wilson	81	8	10.5	4.6-22.0	0	0.0	. - .	73	89.5	78.0-95.4
Craven/Pamlico	57	11	14.5	7.3-26.7	2	3.4	0.8-13.0	44	82.1	69.0-90.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	4	68.7	27.9-92.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	31.3	7.4-72.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	2	26.2	5.9-66.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	73.8	33.2-94.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	105	14	11.7	6.6-19.8	1	1.0	0.1- 6.6	90	87.4	79.0-92.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	1	9.0	1.2-44.7	0	0.0	. - .	8	91.0	55.3-98.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	95	20	16.7	10.5-25.6	0	0.0	. - .	75	83.3	74.4-89.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	102	23	19.1	12.4-28.2	1	2.0	0.3-12.6	78	78.9	69.2-86.2
Northeast NC I	171	31	15.9	10.9-22.7	2	1.0	0.2- 5.1	138	83.1	76.2-88.3
Northeast NC II	99	21	22.2	14.0-33.4	0	0.0	. - .	78	77.8	66.6-86.0
Northeastern Partnership	270	52	18.8	13.9-25.0	2	0.5	0.1- 2.7	216	80.7	74.5-85.6
Mountain AHEC	32	8	30.0	13.8-53.6	0	0.0	. - .	24	70.0	46.4-86.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	670	118	12.6	9.7-16.2	7	1.9	0.6- 5.5	545	85.5	81.4-88.8
Piedmont	549	76	10.9	8.1-14.6	6	1.6	0.6- 4.4	467	87.5	83.4-90.6
Western NC	46	11	19.3	8.2-39.2	0	0.0	. - .	35	80.7	60.8-91.8

Total
Respond.^

Yes

Yes, during pregnancy

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,265

205

11.8

9.7-14.3

1.7

0.8- 3.5

1,047

86.5

83.7-88.9

GENDER

Female

1,265

205

11.8

9.7-14.3

1.7

0.8- 3.5

1,047

86.5

83.7-88.9

RACE

African American

1,265

205

11.8

9.7-14.3

1.7

0.8- 3.5

1,047

86.5

83.7-88.9

HISPANIC

Hispanic

9.1

1.1-46.2

0.0

. - .

90.9

53.8-98.9

-English Speaking

9.1

1.1-46.2

0.0

. - .

90.9

53.8-98.9

Non-Hispanic

1,252

204

11.8

9.7-14.3

1.7

0.8- 3.6

1,035

86.5

83.7-88.9

AGE

18-24

0.6

0.1- 4.0

4.0

0.9-15.7

95.4

84.5-98.8

25-34

200

2.9

1.0- 8.1

2.9

0.8- 9.6

188

94.2

87.5-97.5

35-44

262

8.9

4.9-15.5

2.3

0.6- 8.6

236

88.8

81.5-93.4

45-54

259

16.5

11.0-24.0

0.1

0.0- 0.9

220

83.4

75.9-88.9

55-64

183

22.5

15.4-31.5

0.4

0.1- 3.1

133

77.1

68.1-84.2

65-74

149

27.2

18.6-37.8

0.1

0.0- 0.8

72.7

62.1-81.3

75+

106

21.2

12.9-32.8

0.0

. - .

78.8

67.2-87.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

293

21.3

15.7-28.2

0.0

0.0- 0.3

213

78.7

71.8-84.3

H.S. or G.E.D.

429

11.3

7.9-16.1

2.9

1.1- 7.6

359

85.8

80.3-89.9

Some Post-H.S.

303

7.3

4.5-11.7

1.8

0.4- 7.5

263

90.9

85.6-94.4

College Graduate

237

9.3

5.5-15.1

0.9

0.2- 3.5

209

89.8

83.9-93.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

274

21.4

15.7-28.4

1.0

0.3- 3.6

193

77.6

70.5-83.4

$15,000- 24,999

285

10.0

6.0-16.3

1.9

0.5- 7.4

249

88.1

81.3-92.6

$25,000- 34,999

163

7.1

3.3-14.5

0.7

0.1- 4.6

151

92.2

84.8-96.2

$35,000- 49,999

113

11.6

5.9-21.5

3.1

0.4-18.6

85.4

73.7-92.4

$50,000-74,999

5.0

1.2-18.3

1.5

0.2- 9.7

93.5

80.9-98.0

$75,000+

7.2

1.8-24.3

0.0

. - .

92.8

75.7-98.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

18.0

6.2-42.3

0.0

. - .

82.0

57.7-93.8

Guilford

8.0

3.4-17.6

8.8

2.2-29.0

83.2

67.0-92.4

Mecklenburg

8.0

3.7-16.7

0.8

0.1- 5.7

91.1

82.5-95.7

Orange

25.6

12.3-45.7

0.0

. - .

74.4

54.3-87.7

Wake

12.4

5.2-26.7

0.0

. - .

87.6

73.3-94.8

Chatham/Lee

12.0

5.3-25.2

0.0

. - .

88.0

74.8-94.7

Nash/Wilson

10.5

4.6-22.0

0.0

. - .

89.5

78.0-95.4

Craven/Pamlico

14.5

7.3-26.7

3.4

0.8-13.0

82.1

69.0-90.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

68.7

27.9-92.6

0.0

. - .

31.3

7.4-72.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

26.2

5.9-66.8

0.0

. - .

73.8

33.2-94.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

105

11.7

6.6-19.8

1.0

0.1- 6.6

87.4

79.0-92.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

9.0

1.2-44.7

0.0

. - .

91.0

55.3-98.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

16.7

10.5-25.6

0.0

. - .

83.3

74.4-89.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

102

19.1

12.4-28.2

2.0

0.3-12.6

78.9

69.2-86.2

Northeast NC I

171

15.9

10.9-22.7

1.0

0.2- 5.1

138

83.1

76.2-88.3

Northeast NC II

22.2

14.0-33.4

0.0

. - .

77.8

66.6-86.0

Northeastern Partnership

270

18.8

13.9-25.0

0.5

0.1- 2.7

216

80.7

74.5-85.6

Mountain AHEC

30.0

13.8-53.6

0.0

. - .

70.0

46.4-86.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

670

118

12.6

9.7-16.2

1.9

0.6- 5.5

545

85.5

81.4-88.8

Piedmont

549

10.9

8.1-14.6

1.6

0.6- 4.4

467

87.5

83.4-90.6

Western NC

19.3

8.2-39.2

0.0

. - .

80.7

60.8-91.8

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^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.

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