BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont North Carolina**: (About how many times in the last year have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	1-5 times	6-11 times	12+ times	Never
North Carolina	916	667	72.2	67.7-76.4	76	9.0	6.6-12.2	109	11.2	8.6-14.6	64	7.5	5.2-10.7
-Piedmont NC	313	227	70.2	62.7-76.9	28	9.6	6.0-15.0	33	11.1	7.0-17.0	25	9.0	5.3-15.0
GENDER
Male	121	84	70.0	58.2-79.6	12	8.0	4.0-15.5	16	14.7	8.1-25.2	9	7.3	2.7-18.1
Female	192	143	70.5	60.5-78.9	16	11.3	6.0-20.2	17	7.4	3.8-14.0	16	10.8	5.9-19.1
RACE
White	198	146	71.0	61.7-78.8	18	9.4	5.3-16.0	17	10.3	5.7-17.8	17	9.4	5.0-16.9
African American	103	72	69.2	55.1-80.5	9	7.4	3.3-15.8	15	14.4	7.0-27.3	7	9.0	3.0-23.7
Other Minorities	9	6	43.0	10.7-82.7	1	46.6	9.7-87.7	1	5.7	0.7-36.0	1	4.6	0.5-30.9
AGE
18-24	2	1	43.4	4.6-92.5	1	56.6	7.5-95.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	11	7	42.7	13.3-78.3	2	34.5	7.8-76.7	1	20.4	2.9-68.9	1	2.3	0.3-16.8
35-44	41	32	80.5	59.1-92.2	3	4.8	1.1-18.5	3	11.6	2.9-36.7	3	3.1	0.9- 9.9
45-54	58	43	68.5	50.3-82.3	5	10.1	3.3-26.9	6	10.0	3.9-23.5	4	11.5	3.4-32.1
55-64	71	51	67.6	51.6-80.3	9	12.0	5.4-24.6	7	12.9	5.5-27.1	4	7.6	2.0-24.7
65-74	69	50	80.8	67.8-89.4	5	6.5	2.3-17.1	10	9.4	4.1-20.0	4	3.3	1.0-10.3
75+	61	43	66.0	48.6-80.0	3	6.7	1.9-21.0	6	9.1	2.7-26.4	9	18.1	8.4-34.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	83	55	62.6	47.4-75.8	8	11.2	4.5-25.3	13	15.3	7.4-29.0	7	10.9	4.3-24.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	98	75	76.6	63.5-86.0	6	8.7	3.5-19.8	10	9.9	4.3-21.1	7	4.9	1.9-11.9
Some Post-H.S.	74	48	61.3	45.5-75.1	10	12.7	5.4-27.0	8	14.2	5.9-30.4	8	11.8	4.5-27.6
College Graduate	57	48	80.1	60.9-91.2	4	5.8	1.8-16.6	2	4.5	0.7-23.6	3	9.7	2.5-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	55	32	59.3	40.3-75.9	7	15.9	6.5-34.3	11	11.5	5.1-23.8	5	13.3	4.1-35.6
$15,000- 24,999	59	51	86.7	68.4-95.2	3	6.8	1.3-28.7	3	5.1	1.1-20.0	2	1.4	0.3- 5.5
$25,000- 34,999	36	23	56.8	34.6-76.6	2	3.5	0.8-14.1	6	28.0	11.3-54.4	5	11.6	3.4-33.2
$35,000- 49,999	33	25	74.1	50.0-89.1	5	21.4	7.7-47.2	1	1.8	0.3-12.4	2	2.6	0.6-10.6
$50,000-74,999	20	16	79.2	47.0-94.2	2	5.2	1.2-19.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.6	3.0-52.8
$75,000+	20	15	84.7	61.3-95.1	3	6.9	1.3-28.6	1	2.9	0.4-18.7	1	5.5	0.7-31.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	40	33	81.8	64.6-91.7	1	1.1	0.2- 7.5	3	6.0	1.8-17.6	3	11.2	3.6-29.6
Guilford	34	23	66.9	47.5-81.8	2	6.4	1.6-22.7	4	13.2	4.4-33.4	5	13.5	5.0-31.9
Mecklenburg	37	28	72.3	51.7-86.5	3	4.4	1.4-13.4	3	17.2	5.8-41.5	3	6.0	1.8-18.4
Orange	23	18	69.3	43.1-87.0	1	10.4	1.5-46.6	2	12.3	3.0-39.0	2	8.0	1.8-29.5
Wake	27	17	61.2	38.8-79.6	6	19.4	8.3-39.1	3	17.7	5.2-45.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.7
Chatham/Lee	29	23	85.0	67.7-93.9	2	7.7	1.9-27.1	3	5.9	1.8-18.0	1	1.3	0.2- 8.8
Nash/Wilson	42	34	81.5	65.0-91.3	2	3.1	0.7-12.7	4	11.2	3.9-28.3	2	4.2	1.0-16.5
Craven/Pamlico	55	46	78.9	63.8-88.9	3	8.4	2.7-23.6	3	6.0	1.9-17.5	3	6.6	2.1-18.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	44	35	77.0	58.4-88.9	2	5.5	1.1-23.1	6	15.1	6.0-33.1	1	2.4	0.3-15.3
Appalachian/Wilkes	32	27	86.9	69.8-95.0	2	3.3	0.8-12.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	9.8	2.9-28.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	31	24	75.3	55.0-88.4	1	4.7	0.7-26.5	4	14.7	5.2-35.5	2	5.3	1.3-19.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	46	33	74.6	59.1-85.6	5	9.4	3.6-22.4	5	11.7	4.7-26.4	3	4.3	1.3-13.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	77	49	67.2	54.8-77.6	7	7.1	3.3-14.7	14	18.1	10.3-29.8	7	7.5	3.2-16.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	53	35	61.9	46.2-75.5	4	7.5	2.5-20.4	10	20.0	10.4-35.1	4	10.6	4.0-25.2
Northeast NC I	67	41	61.3	47.6-73.4	10	17.1	8.7-30.9	15	20.8	12.3-32.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.8
Northeast NC II	62	44	79.1	67.1-87.5	7	9.1	3.9-20.2	5	5.8	2.3-13.7	6	6.0	2.5-13.9
Northeastern Partnership	129	85	72.4	63.3-80.0	17	12.1	7.0-20.1	20	11.4	7.1-17.8	7	4.1	1.8- 9.0
Mountain AHEC	127	95	70.2	57.8-80.2	9	6.7	2.6-16.1	15	16.0	8.3-28.5	8	7.2	3.1-15.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	410	292	74.6	68.3-80.0	36	9.5	6.0-14.8	56	10.7	7.5-15.0	26	5.2	3.0- 8.8
Piedmont	313	227	70.2	62.7-76.9	28	9.6	6.0-15.0	33	11.1	7.0-17.0	25	9.0	5.3-15.0
Western NC	193	148	73.7	63.7-81.7	12	5.4	2.4-11.8	20	13.2	7.4-22.4	13	7.7	3.7-15.2

Total
Respond.^

1-5 times

6-11 times

12+ times

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

916

667

72.2

67.7-76.4

9.0

6.6-12.2

109

11.2

8.6-14.6

7.5

5.2-10.7

-Piedmont NC

313

227

70.2

62.7-76.9

9.6

6.0-15.0

11.1

7.0-17.0

9.0

5.3-15.0

GENDER

Male

121

70.0

58.2-79.6

8.0

4.0-15.5

14.7

8.1-25.2

7.3

2.7-18.1

Female

192

143

70.5

60.5-78.9

11.3

6.0-20.2

7.4

3.8-14.0

10.8

5.9-19.1

RACE

White

198

146

71.0

61.7-78.8

9.4

5.3-16.0

10.3

5.7-17.8

9.4

5.0-16.9

African American

103

69.2

55.1-80.5

7.4

3.3-15.8

14.4

7.0-27.3

9.0

3.0-23.7

Other Minorities

43.0

10.7-82.7

46.6

9.7-87.7

5.7

0.7-36.0

4.6

0.5-30.9

AGE

18-24

43.4

4.6-92.5

56.6

7.5-95.4

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

42.7

13.3-78.3

34.5

7.8-76.7

20.4

2.9-68.9

2.3

0.3-16.8

35-44

80.5

59.1-92.2

4.8

1.1-18.5

11.6

2.9-36.7

3.1

0.9- 9.9

45-54

68.5

50.3-82.3

10.1

3.3-26.9

10.0

3.9-23.5

11.5

3.4-32.1

55-64

67.6

51.6-80.3

12.0

5.4-24.6

12.9

5.5-27.1

7.6

2.0-24.7

65-74

80.8

67.8-89.4

6.5

2.3-17.1

9.4

4.1-20.0

3.3

1.0-10.3

75+

66.0

48.6-80.0

6.7

1.9-21.0

9.1

2.7-26.4

18.1

8.4-34.9

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

62.6

47.4-75.8

11.2

4.5-25.3

15.3

7.4-29.0

10.9

4.3-24.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

76.6

63.5-86.0

8.7

3.5-19.8

9.9

4.3-21.1

4.9

1.9-11.9

Some Post-H.S.

61.3

45.5-75.1

12.7

5.4-27.0

14.2

5.9-30.4

11.8

4.5-27.6

College Graduate

80.1

60.9-91.2

5.8

1.8-16.6

4.5

0.7-23.6

9.7

2.5-31.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

59.3

40.3-75.9

15.9

6.5-34.3

11.5

5.1-23.8

13.3

4.1-35.6

$15,000- 24,999

86.7

68.4-95.2

6.8

1.3-28.7

5.1

1.1-20.0

1.4

0.3- 5.5

$25,000- 34,999

56.8

34.6-76.6

3.5

0.8-14.1

28.0

11.3-54.4

11.6

3.4-33.2

$35,000- 49,999

74.1

50.0-89.1

21.4

7.7-47.2

1.8

0.3-12.4

2.6

0.6-10.6

$50,000-74,999

79.2

47.0-94.2

5.2

1.2-19.7

0.0

. - .

15.6

3.0-52.8

$75,000+

84.7

61.3-95.1

6.9

1.3-28.6

2.9

0.4-18.7

5.5

0.7-31.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

81.8

64.6-91.7

1.1

0.2- 7.5

6.0

1.8-17.6

11.2

3.6-29.6

Guilford

66.9

47.5-81.8

6.4

1.6-22.7

13.2

4.4-33.4

13.5

5.0-31.9

Mecklenburg

72.3

51.7-86.5

4.4

1.4-13.4

17.2

5.8-41.5

6.0

1.8-18.4

Orange

69.3

43.1-87.0

10.4

1.5-46.6

12.3

3.0-39.0

8.0

1.8-29.5

Wake

61.2

38.8-79.6

19.4

8.3-39.1

17.7

5.2-45.5

1.7

0.2-11.7

Chatham/Lee

85.0

67.7-93.9

7.7

1.9-27.1

5.9

1.8-18.0

1.3

0.2- 8.8

Nash/Wilson

81.5

65.0-91.3

3.1

0.7-12.7

11.2

3.9-28.3

4.2

1.0-16.5

Craven/Pamlico

78.9

63.8-88.9

8.4

2.7-23.6

6.0

1.9-17.5

6.6

2.1-18.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

77.0

58.4-88.9

5.5

1.1-23.1

15.1

6.0-33.1

2.4

0.3-15.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

86.9

69.8-95.0

3.3

0.8-12.5

0.0

. - .

9.8

2.9-28.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

75.3

55.0-88.4

4.7

0.7-26.5

14.7

5.2-35.5

5.3

1.3-19.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

74.6

59.1-85.6

9.4

3.6-22.4

11.7

4.7-26.4

4.3

1.3-13.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

67.2

54.8-77.6

7.1

3.3-14.7

18.1

10.3-29.8

7.5

3.2-16.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

61.9

46.2-75.5

7.5

2.5-20.4

20.0

10.4-35.1

10.6

4.0-25.2

Northeast NC I

61.3

47.6-73.4

17.1

8.7-30.9

20.8

12.3-32.9

0.8

0.1- 5.8

Northeast NC II

79.1

67.1-87.5

9.1

3.9-20.2

5.8

2.3-13.7

6.0

2.5-13.9

Northeastern Partnership

129

72.4

63.3-80.0

12.1

7.0-20.1

11.4

7.1-17.8

4.1

1.8- 9.0

Mountain AHEC

127

70.2

57.8-80.2

6.7

2.6-16.1

16.0

8.3-28.5

7.2

3.1-15.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

410

292

74.6

68.3-80.0

9.5

6.0-14.8

10.7

7.5-15.0

5.2

3.0- 8.8

Piedmont

313

227

70.2

62.7-76.9

9.6

6.0-15.0

11.1

7.0-17.0

9.0

5.3-15.0

Western NC

193

148

73.7

63.7-81.7

5.4

2.4-11.8

13.2

7.4-22.4

7.7

3.7-15.2

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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