BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

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	Total Respond.^	Less than age 30	Ages 30 to 50	Ages 50 to 60	Age 60 or older
North Carolina	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
-Piedmont NC	318	34	8.3	5.2-13.2	115	39.7	32.4-47.5	76	25.7	19.8-32.7	93	26.2	20.2-33.3
GENDER
Male	126	11	6.1	3.0-12.3	55	43.3	32.2-55.1	31	25.1	16.5-36.1	29	25.5	16.8-36.6
Female	192	23	10.6	5.7-18.9	60	36.0	27.1-46.1	45	26.4	18.9-35.5	64	27.0	19.3-36.4
RACE
White	201	20	6.9	3.8-12.1	62	39.0	30.0-48.8	54	25.7	18.7-34.1	65	28.4	20.9-37.4
African American	106	12	8.8	3.8-19.0	46	39.6	27.7-52.8	21	28.4	17.3-42.9	27	23.3	13.8-36.5
Other Minorities	8	2	53.9	14.2-89.2	5	35.2	8.5-76.2	1	10.9	1.3-53.9	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-24	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	12	12	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
35-44	42	8	11.4	4.5-26.0	34	88.6	74.0-95.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45-54	58	3	1.8	0.5- 6.4	47	81.8	66.0-91.2	8	16.5	7.4-32.6	0	0.0	. - .
55-64	72	4	1.9	0.5- 6.9	21	28.4	16.3-44.7	42	67.5	51.5-80.2	5	2.3	0.7- 6.9
65-74	67	3	6.4	1.3-26.1	7	5.3	2.2-12.5	18	27.6	15.8-43.6	39	60.7	43.7-75.5
75+	65	2	2.1	0.4-10.8	6	3.5	1.3- 9.0	8	13.5	6.1-27.3	49	80.8	67.1-89.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	87	3	2.3	0.5- 9.2	21	17.7	9.9-29.8	19	25.8	15.5-39.7	44	54.2	40.1-67.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	96	12	8.3	3.6-18.0	40	48.8	34.5-63.4	19	22.0	12.7-35.4	25	20.8	11.4-35.0
Some Post-H.S.	76	14	17.8	8.9-32.4	27	37.7	24.5-53.0	23	32.6	20.4-47.8	12	11.9	5.8-22.8
College Graduate	58	5	4.4	1.3-13.9	27	57.0	39.9-72.5	15	23.1	11.9-40.0	11	15.5	7.1-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	56	5	3.8	1.0-14.1	17	21.0	11.0-36.4	17	36.6	20.7-56.1	17	38.5	21.5-58.9
$15,000- 24,999	60	6	6.8	1.8-22.7	20	35.8	21.2-53.5	10	22.3	11.0-40.0	24	35.1	21.3-52.1
$25,000- 34,999	35	3	3.0	0.6-13.3	13	42.4	22.8-64.6	8	27.7	12.1-51.5	11	26.9	12.3-49.1
$35,000- 49,999	35	7	25.6	10.7-49.5	14	40.6	21.5-63.0	10	26.1	12.2-47.4	4	7.7	1.5-31.8
$50,000-74,999	21	0	0.0	. - .	14	80.1	58.7-91.9	6	17.6	6.7-38.7	1	2.4	0.3-15.7
$75,000+	20	2	8.3	1.9-29.5	9	54.4	27.9-78.6	8	34.8	14.3-63.1	1	2.4	0.3-16.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	39	2	6.2	1.4-23.5	17	48.6	31.8-65.7	9	25.2	12.7-43.8	11	20.0	10.5-34.6
Guilford	33	2	8.0	1.5-32.6	13	37.6	21.7-56.7	10	29.1	15.0-48.8	8	25.2	12.6-44.1
Mecklenburg	37	5	19.9	8.4-40.3	10	23.3	12.1-40.2	10	27.9	14.8-46.4	12	28.9	15.4-47.4
Orange	25	7	37.8	18.9-61.4	7	30.4	14.4-53.1	3	9.1	2.7-26.9	8	22.7	10.4-42.8
Wake	28	3	7.2	2.2-21.2	10	45.0	25.3-66.3	6	26.4	11.2-50.3	9	21.5	10.5-38.9
Chatham/Lee	29	3	10.9	3.4-30.0	10	41.0	22.4-62.6	6	17.5	7.0-37.6	10	30.6	15.7-51.1
Nash/Wilson	41	4	9.6	3.2-25.3	14	46.5	30.0-63.8	13	27.6	15.3-44.7	10	16.4	8.4-29.4
Craven/Pamlico	52	5	11.8	4.7-26.6	11	27.0	14.6-44.5	10	17.6	9.3-30.7	26	43.6	29.9-58.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	43	3	6.5	1.7-21.8	15	40.8	24.3-59.8	10	22.9	11.5-40.5	15	29.8	14.9-50.6
Appalachian/Wilkes	29	1	5.4	0.8-29.9	10	36.7	19.7-57.9	8	26.3	12.2-48.0	10	31.5	16.7-51.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance	32	6	14.6	6.1-30.9	16	58.2	39.6-74.7	2	6.6	1.5-24.7	8	20.6	9.9-37.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	47	5	13.2	5.2-29.7	17	40.9	26.4-57.2	9	15.4	7.6-28.7	16	30.5	18.3-46.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	75	6	7.0	2.9-15.7	27	35.3	24.0-48.4	19	27.7	17.6-40.7	23	30.1	20.0-42.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	53	8	17.2	8.2-32.6	18	36.9	23.2-53.1	13	21.1	11.4-35.7	14	24.8	14.5-39.0
Northeast NC I	71	6	9.8	4.1-21.6	24	37.4	25.7-50.9	17	25.1	15.5-38.0	24	27.7	18.2-39.8
Northeast NC II	62	6	12.6	5.2-27.6	21	32.0	20.1-46.9	15	23.0	13.4-36.5	20	32.4	20.7-46.7
Northeastern Partnership	133	12	11.5	6.0-20.9	45	34.2	25.2-44.4	32	23.9	16.5-33.1	44	30.5	22.2-40.2
Mountain AHEC	127	11	10.1	4.8-19.9	48	41.1	30.2-52.9	27	22.1	14.1-33.0	41	26.7	18.3-37.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	404	37	8.7	5.6-13.1	132	36.9	30.0-44.4	100	24.4	18.8-31.0	135	30.1	24.0-36.9
Piedmont	318	34	8.3	5.2-13.2	115	39.7	32.4-47.5	76	25.7	19.8-32.7	93	26.2	20.2-33.3
Western NC	187	13	7.2	3.6-13.9	69	40.4	31.0-50.5	46	28.0	19.6-38.3	59	24.4	17.5-32.9

Total
Respond.^

Less than age 30

Ages 30 to 50

Ages 50 to 60

Age 60 or older

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

909

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

-Piedmont NC

318

8.3

5.2-13.2

115

39.7

32.4-47.5

25.7

19.8-32.7

26.2

20.2-33.3

GENDER

Male

126

6.1

3.0-12.3

43.3

32.2-55.1

25.1

16.5-36.1

25.5

16.8-36.6

Female

192

10.6

5.7-18.9

36.0

27.1-46.1

26.4

18.9-35.5

27.0

19.3-36.4

RACE

White

201

6.9

3.8-12.1

39.0

30.0-48.8

25.7

18.7-34.1

28.4

20.9-37.4

African American

106

8.8

3.8-19.0

39.6

27.7-52.8

28.4

17.3-42.9

23.3

13.8-36.5

Other Minorities

53.9

14.2-89.2

35.2

8.5-76.2

10.9

1.3-53.9

0.0

. - .

AGE

18-24

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

35-44

11.4

4.5-26.0

88.6

74.0-95.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

45-54

1.8

0.5- 6.4

81.8

66.0-91.2

16.5

7.4-32.6

0.0

. - .

55-64

1.9

0.5- 6.9

28.4

16.3-44.7

67.5

51.5-80.2

2.3

0.7- 6.9

65-74

6.4

1.3-26.1

5.3

2.2-12.5

27.6

15.8-43.6

60.7

43.7-75.5

75+

2.1

0.4-10.8

3.5

1.3- 9.0

13.5

6.1-27.3

80.8

67.1-89.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

2.3

0.5- 9.2

17.7

9.9-29.8

25.8

15.5-39.7

54.2

40.1-67.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

8.3

3.6-18.0

48.8

34.5-63.4

22.0

12.7-35.4

20.8

11.4-35.0

Some Post-H.S.

17.8

8.9-32.4

37.7

24.5-53.0

32.6

20.4-47.8

11.9

5.8-22.8

College Graduate

4.4

1.3-13.9

57.0

39.9-72.5

23.1

11.9-40.0

15.5

7.1-30.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

3.8

1.0-14.1

21.0

11.0-36.4

36.6

20.7-56.1

38.5

21.5-58.9

$15,000- 24,999

6.8

1.8-22.7

35.8

21.2-53.5

22.3

11.0-40.0

35.1

21.3-52.1

$25,000- 34,999

3.0

0.6-13.3

42.4

22.8-64.6

27.7

12.1-51.5

26.9

12.3-49.1

$35,000- 49,999

25.6

10.7-49.5

40.6

21.5-63.0

26.1

12.2-47.4

7.7

1.5-31.8

$50,000-74,999

0.0

. - .

80.1

58.7-91.9

17.6

6.7-38.7

2.4

0.3-15.7

$75,000+

8.3

1.9-29.5

54.4

27.9-78.6

34.8

14.3-63.1

2.4

0.3-16.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

6.2

1.4-23.5

48.6

31.8-65.7

25.2

12.7-43.8

20.0

10.5-34.6

Guilford

8.0

1.5-32.6

37.6

21.7-56.7

29.1

15.0-48.8

25.2

12.6-44.1

Mecklenburg

19.9

8.4-40.3

23.3

12.1-40.2

27.9

14.8-46.4

28.9

15.4-47.4

Orange

37.8

18.9-61.4

30.4

14.4-53.1

9.1

2.7-26.9

22.7

10.4-42.8

Wake

7.2

2.2-21.2

45.0

25.3-66.3

26.4

11.2-50.3

21.5

10.5-38.9

Chatham/Lee

10.9

3.4-30.0

41.0

22.4-62.6

17.5

7.0-37.6

30.6

15.7-51.1

Nash/Wilson

9.6

3.2-25.3

46.5

30.0-63.8

27.6

15.3-44.7

16.4

8.4-29.4

Craven/Pamlico

11.8

4.7-26.6

27.0

14.6-44.5

17.6

9.3-30.7

43.6

29.9-58.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

6.5

1.7-21.8

40.8

24.3-59.8

22.9

11.5-40.5

29.8

14.9-50.6

Appalachian/Wilkes

5.4

0.8-29.9

36.7

19.7-57.9

26.3

12.2-48.0

31.5

16.7-51.3

Franklin/Gran./Vance

14.6

6.1-30.9

58.2

39.6-74.7

6.6

1.5-24.7

20.6

9.9-37.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

13.2

5.2-29.7

40.9

26.4-57.2

15.4

7.6-28.7

30.5

18.3-46.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

7.0

2.9-15.7

35.3

24.0-48.4

27.7

17.6-40.7

30.1

20.0-42.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

17.2

8.2-32.6

36.9

23.2-53.1

21.1

11.4-35.7

24.8

14.5-39.0

Northeast NC I

9.8

4.1-21.6

37.4

25.7-50.9

25.1

15.5-38.0

27.7

18.2-39.8

Northeast NC II

12.6

5.2-27.6

32.0

20.1-46.9

23.0

13.4-36.5

32.4

20.7-46.7

Northeastern Partnership

133

11.5

6.0-20.9

34.2

25.2-44.4

23.9

16.5-33.1

30.5

22.2-40.2

Mountain AHEC

127

10.1

4.8-19.9

41.1

30.2-52.9

22.1

14.1-33.0

26.7

18.3-37.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

404

8.7

5.6-13.1

132

36.9

30.0-44.4

100

24.4

18.8-31.0

135

30.1

24.0-36.9

Piedmont

318

8.3

5.2-13.2

115

39.7

32.4-47.5

25.7

19.8-32.7

26.2

20.2-33.3

Western NC

187

7.2

3.6-13.9

40.4

31.0-50.5

28.0

19.6-38.3

24.4

17.5-32.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Piedmont North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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