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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 5,094 3,494 67.9 65.9-69.9 1,600 32.1 30.1-34.1
RACE
White 3,772 2,570 66.8 64.5-69.1 1,202 33.2 30.9-35.5
African American 1,025 729 71.1 66.4-75.4 296 28.9 24.6-33.6
Asian 23 11 59.2 31.1-82.4 12 40.8 17.6-68.9
Native American 116 78 62.3 45.9-76.3 38 37.7 23.7-54.1
Other Minorities 141 95 74.1 62.5-83.0 46 25.9 17.0-37.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 107 74.1 62.3-83.3 46 25.9 16.7-37.7
-English Speaking 78 56 75.7 59.8-86.8 22 24.3 13.2-40.2
-Spanish Speaking 75 51 73.3 57.0-85.1 24 26.7 14.9-43.0
Non-Hispanic 4,934 3,383 67.6 65.5-69.6 1,551 32.4 30.4-34.5
AGE
18-24 336 169 50.6 42.5-58.7 167 49.4 41.3-57.5
25-34 816 500 65.1 60.4-69.5 316 34.9 30.5-39.6
35-44 987 646 64.4 59.9-68.7 341 35.6 31.3-40.1
45-54 1,017 691 70.6 66.5-74.4 326 29.4 25.6-33.5
55-64 779 599 75.1 69.8-79.7 180 24.9 20.3-30.2
65-74 627 490 81.5 77.1-85.3 137 18.5 14.7-22.9
75+ 489 372 79.1 73.7-83.7 117 20.9 16.3-26.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 743 508 70.9 65.4-75.9 235 29.1 24.1-34.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,526 1,027 67.1 63.3-70.7 499 32.9 29.3-36.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,345 967 69.9 65.8-73.7 378 30.1 26.3-34.2
College Graduate 1,464 985 65.4 61.8-68.9 479 34.6 31.1-38.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 600 409 68.9 62.7-74.5 191 31.1 25.5-37.3
$15,000- 24,999 953 633 68.9 64.3-73.2 320 31.1 26.8-35.7
$25,000- 34,999 591 409 65.1 58.3-71.2 182 34.9 28.8-41.7
$35,000- 49,999 644 444 65.5 59.6-70.9 200 34.5 29.1-40.4
$50,000-74,999 514 343 66.8 60.7-72.3 171 33.2 27.7-39.3
$75,000+ 603 419 68.0 62.8-72.8 184 32.0 27.2-37.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 240 173 71.8 64.8-77.9 67 28.2 22.1-35.2
Guilford 243 158 66.3 59.2-72.8 85 33.7 27.2-40.8
Mecklenburg 242 174 69.0 61.9-75.3 68 31.0 24.7-38.1
Orange 251 159 56.2 45.2-66.6 92 43.8 33.4-54.8
Wake 247 165 65.0 57.6-71.9 82 35.0 28.1-42.4
Chatham/Lee 211 151 65.4 56.7-73.2 60 34.6 26.8-43.3
Nash/Wilson 202 139 67.1 59.4-74.0 63 32.9 26.0-40.6
Craven/Pamlico 241 175 70.6 62.7-77.4 66 29.4 22.6-37.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 228 150 65.1 57.6-71.8 78 34.9 28.2-42.4
Appalachian/Wilkes 253 170 66.2 57.7-73.7 83 33.8 26.3-42.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 268 174 64.0 56.6-70.9 94 36.0 29.1-43.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson 216 138 57.0 48.7-64.8 78 43.0 35.2-51.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 246 169 66.3 59.1-72.9 77 33.7 27.1-40.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 241 159 62.8 55.4-69.7 82 37.2 30.3-44.6
Northeast NC I 260 174 68.4 61.8-74.3 86 31.6 25.7-38.2
Northeast NC II 276 200 70.3 63.5-76.3 76 29.7 23.7-36.5
Northeastern Partnership 536 374 69.6 64.8-74.0 162 30.4 26.0-35.2
Mountain AHEC 696 481 69.1 64.2-73.6 215 30.9 26.4-35.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,806 1,260 68.3 64.5-71.9 546 31.7 28.1-35.5
Piedmont 2,171 1,473 68.1 65.2-70.8 698 31.9 29.2-34.8
Western NC 1,117 761 66.6 62.3-70.7 356 33.4 29.3-37.7

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*Asked of all respondents that answered NO to diabetes Core question: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?

^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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