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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,473 372 8.2 7.1- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 3,101 91.8 90.6-92.9
RACE
White 2,576 259 8.2 6.9- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 2,317 91.8 90.3-93.1
African American 608 93 11.4 8.5-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 515 88.6 84.9-91.5
Asian 26 2 5.7 1.1-25.6 0 0.0 . - . 24 94.3 74.4-98.9
Native American 82 10 5.1 2.2-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 72 94.9 88.4-97.8
Other Minorities 163 7 2.0 0.7- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 156 98.0 94.7-99.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 169 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7 0 0.0 . - . 164 99.0 97.3-99.6
-English Speaking 53 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 51 98.9 95.5-99.7
-Spanish Speaking 116 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 0 0.0 . - . 113 99.0 96.7-99.7
Non-Hispanic 3,301 367 8.8 7.6-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 2,934 91.2 89.8-92.4
AGE
18-24 219 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 0 0.0 . - . 217 99.7 98.9-99.9
25-34 532 8 0.8 0.4- 1.7 0 0.0 . - . 524 99.2 98.3-99.6
35-44 689 33 5.0 3.1- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 656 95.0 92.1-96.9
45-54 686 67 7.8 5.5-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 619 92.2 89.1-94.5
55-64 587 110 20.2 15.8-25.4 0 0.0 . - . 477 79.8 74.6-84.2
65-74 462 94 21.0 16.1-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 368 79.0 73.0-83.9
75+ 277 57 21.8 15.6-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 220 78.2 70.4-84.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 606 101 10.3 7.7-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 505 89.7 86.4-92.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,031 105 8.3 6.2-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 926 91.7 89.1-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 811 84 7.6 5.6-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 727 92.4 89.8-94.4
College Graduate 1,013 80 7.2 5.3- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 933 92.8 90.4-94.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 298 59 17.7 12.0-25.3 0 0.0 . - . 239 82.3 74.7-88.0
$15,000- 24,999 615 68 6.9 4.9- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 547 93.1 90.4-95.1
$25,000- 34,999 367 44 9.9 6.5-14.6 0 0.0 . - . 323 90.1 85.4-93.5
$35,000- 49,999 524 48 7.5 5.1-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 476 92.5 89.0-94.9
$50,000-74,999 436 38 7.6 4.9-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 398 92.4 88.3-95.1
$75,000+ 504 30 5.3 3.1- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 474 94.7 91.0-96.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 179 18 9.0 5.5-14.5 0 0.0 . - . 161 91.0 85.5-94.5
Guilford 165 12 5.9 3.2-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 153 94.1 89.6-96.8
Mecklenburg 169 19 7.3 4.4-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 150 92.7 88.2-95.6
Orange 169 10 5.6 2.8-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 159 94.4 89.3-97.2
Wake 176 16 6.6 3.8-11.2 0 0.0 . - . 160 93.4 88.8-96.2
Chatham/Lee 152 10 6.1 3.1-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 142 93.9 88.4-96.9
Nash/Wilson 140 14 9.2 5.3-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 126 90.8 84.4-94.7
Craven/Pamlico 168 24 11.6 7.4-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 144 88.4 82.3-92.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 162 17 10.8 6.5-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 145 89.2 82.6-93.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 169 11 5.2 2.7- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 158 94.8 90.3-97.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 178 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 170 97.2 94.0-98.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson 162 20 7.6 4.3-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 142 92.4 86.8-95.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 176 33 17.1 11.9-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 143 82.9 76.1-88.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 16 9.2 5.1-15.9 0 0.0 . - . 111 90.8 84.1-94.9
Northeast NC I 144 25 12.5 7.9-19.2 0 0.0 . - . 119 87.5 80.8-92.1
Northeast NC II 185 26 12.3 8.2-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 159 87.7 81.8-91.8
Northeastern Partnership 329 51 12.4 9.0-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 278 87.6 83.3-91.0
Mountain AHEC 493 60 9.3 6.7-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 433 90.7 87.1-93.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,164 157 9.0 7.2-11.3 0 0.0 . - . 1,007 91.0 88.7-92.8
Piedmont 1,530 129 7.6 6.0- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 1,401 92.4 90.6-94.0
Western NC 779 86 8.8 6.6-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 693 91.2 88.4-93.4

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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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