SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
 View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^		 Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 909 84 8.3 6.1-11.1 316 38.8 34.1-43.8 222 25.6 21.6-30.0 287 27.3 23.3-31.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 809 67 7.2 5.0-10.1 266 37.6 32.6-42.9 204 26.0 21.9-30.7 272 29.2 24.9-34.0
No 100 17 19.6 10.9-32.7 50 51.2 37.2-65.1 18 21.0 10.8-36.8 15 8.2 3.8-17.0
Body Mass Index
Underweight 6 2 76.1 29.6-96.0 1 7.2 0.7-47.4 1 4.8 0.4-36.2 2 11.9 1.7-51.7
Recommended Range 146 19 13.5 7.1-24.1 38 27.2 17.9-39.1 28 14.7 8.8-23.5 61 44.5 32.9-56.8
Overweight 258 20 5.6 3.0-10.4 73 32.4 24.1-42.0 62 26.5 19.2-35.5 103 35.4 27.4-44.4
Obese 444 38 7.9 5.0-12.3 177 44.2 37.3-51.2 120 29.9 24.1-36.4 109 18.0 13.6-23.4
Current Smoker
No 739 63 7.8 5.6-10.8 240 37.2 32.0-42.8 174 24.0 19.8-28.7 262 31.0 26.3-36.1
Yes 168 21 10.3 5.2-19.5 75 45.7 34.8-57.0 48 32.2 22.5-43.8 24 11.8 6.5-20.4
Binge Drinker
No 888 81 8.3 6.1-11.2 306 38.6 33.8-43.6 217 25.1 21.2-29.5 284 28.0 23.9-32.6
Yes 17 3 9.8 2.1-35.1 9 58.8 26.8-84.8 4 30.3 8.6-66.7 1 1.1 0.1- 8.5
Heavy Drinker
No 895 83 8.4 6.2-11.3 310 38.9 34.1-43.9 219 25.1 21.2-29.4 283 27.6 23.5-32.1
Yes 8 1 2.2 0.2-17.5 4 34.7 6.8-79.6 1 45.0 8.2-88.3 2 18.1 2.7-64.0
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 244 21 6.1 3.3-11.0 94 42.8 33.6-52.5 63 26.1 18.9-34.9 66 25.0 18.1-33.4
Some Physical Activity 322 34 10.6 6.6-16.6 121 41.5 33.7-49.8 82 26.4 20.0-34.0 85 21.5 15.9-28.4
Physically Inactive 305 28 8.5 5.2-13.7 94 34.5 26.8-43.2 70 22.8 16.6-30.3 113 34.2 26.6-42.7
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 500 44 7.1 4.8-10.3 178 36.0 30.0-42.5 120 29.2 23.5-35.6 158 27.7 22.4-33.7
No 408 40 9.5 6.1-14.5 138 41.6 34.5-49.1 101 22.0 16.9-28.1 129 26.9 21.2-33.6
Disability Status
Yes 546 44 7.3 4.7-11.1 188 35.9 30.0-42.3 142 28.7 23.3-34.7 172 28.1 22.8-34.0
No 349 39 9.9 6.5-14.9 124 43.3 35.6-51.3 75 20.5 15.1-27.2 111 26.3 20.3-33.4
Current Asthma
Yes 109 6 5.6 1.6-18.2 53 54.0 39.7-67.6 22 22.2 12.9-35.5 28 18.2 10.5-29.9
No 797 77 8.6 6.3-11.7 263 37.4 32.4-42.6 200 26.2 21.9-30.9 257 27.8 23.6-32.5
Diabetes
Yes 909 84 8.3 6.1-11.1 316 38.8 34.1-43.8 222 25.6 21.6-30.0 287 27.3 23.3-31.7
Yes, During Pregnancy 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
No 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
Arthritis
Yes 525 25 3.5 2.1- 6.0 174 34.0 27.9-40.6 142 29.9 24.3-36.2 184 32.6 26.8-38.9
No 378 56 13.5 9.4-19.0 141 44.3 37.1-51.8 79 20.7 15.6-27.0 102 21.5 16.3-27.8
High Blood Pressure
Yes 636 38 5.5 3.3- 8.9 211 36.2 30.8-42.0 168 29.4 24.4-35.0 219 28.8 24.0-34.2
Yes, During Pregnancy 5 2 39.4 8.2-82.6 1 17.3 2.1-66.9 2 43.2 8.8-85.8 0 0.0 . - .
No 268 44 13.9 9.5-20.0 104 44.7 35.8-54.0 52 17.0 11.6-24.2 68 24.3 17.5-32.7
High Cholesterol
Yes 444 29 6.0 3.4-10.5 162 40.6 33.7-47.8 119 29.0 23.0-35.7 134 24.4 19.0-30.8
No 389 36 8.1 5.1-12.4 131 38.3 31.2-45.8 91 22.9 17.5-29.3 131 30.8 24.7-37.7
History of Cardiovascular Disease
Yes 230 15 6.2 3.2-11.7 71 31.4 23.4-40.6 59 29.3 21.5-38.6 85 33.2 25.1-42.4
No 651 69 9.4 6.7-13.0 238 41.7 36.0-47.7 157 24.2 19.7-29.3 187 24.7 20.2-29.9

Back to 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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16JUN04.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook