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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 375 51 13.6 10.0-18.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 315 84.4 79.8-88.2 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6
GENDER
Male 135 22 15.5 9.8-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 111 83.4 75.3-89.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6
Female 240 29 12.1 8.1-17.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.5 204 85.3 79.5-89.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2
RACE
White 313 42 13.2 9.5-18.1 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 263 84.6 79.6-88.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2
Other 61 9 15.6 7.3-30.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 51 83.4 69.0-91.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 139 4 3.3 1.2- 8.5 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1 133 95.5 90.1-98.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 232 47 21.5 15.8-28.5 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 178 76.0 68.9-81.9 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 203 37 17.1 12.2-23.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 160 80.2 73.6-85.5 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9
Some College + 171 14 9.7 5.2-17.2 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 154 89.1 81.6-93.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 33 13.5 9.4-19.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 188 85.3 79.7-89.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.7
$50,000+ 75 5 9.3 3.8-21.0 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 67 87.5 76.0-93.9 0 0.0 . - .

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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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