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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, boderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,044 1,559 9.6 9.0-10.1 137 0.7 0.6- 0.9 13,170 88.7 88.1-89.3 178 1.0 0.8- 1.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 361 32 9.2 6.3-13.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.4 312 86.1 80.8-90.1 12 3.7 1.5- 8.8
GENDER
Male 136 14 9.4 5.4-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 121 87.5 78.0-93.3 1 3.1 0.4-18.6
Female 225 18 9.0 5.5-14.5 5 2.0 0.8- 4.7 191 84.6 78.6-89.2 11 4.4 2.3- 8.1
RACE
White 342 30 9.6 6.5-13.9 5 1.1 0.4- 2.6 296 86.9 82.4-90.4 11 2.4 1.3- 4.5
Other 18 1 4.0 0.5-25.0 0 0.0 . - . 16 80.4 40.7-96.1 1 15.6 2.2-60.1
AGE
18-44 132 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 125 94.6 89.0-97.5 2 1.8 0.5- 7.0
45+ 229 29 13.3 9.0-19.4 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 187 81.0 73.3-86.9 10 4.9 1.7-13.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 26 13.4 8.8-19.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 163 81.2 72.9-87.4 8 5.0 1.7-14.0
Some College + 163 6 3.3 1.5- 7.4 4 1.8 0.6- 4.8 149 93.0 88.1-95.9 4 1.9 0.6- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 20 9.3 5.8-14.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 195 85.3 77.8-90.6 7 4.6 1.5-13.1
$50,000+ 62 4 6.9 2.6-17.2 3 3.1 1.0- 9.8 54 89.3 79.1-94.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8

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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 (MAHEC): 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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