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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies(strips, lancets, meter) or diabetes medicines due to lack of money?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only testing/supplies Yes, only medicines Yes testing supplies/and medicinces No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,553 96 6.4 4.8- 8.3 47 3.3 2.3- 4.6 169 11.5 9.6-13.8 1,241 78.8 76.0-81.4
-Mountain AHEC 113 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 9 12.2 5.4-25.2 101 85.8 73.3-93.1
GENDER
Male 46 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.4 3.7-30.0 42 88.6 70.0-96.3
Female 67 2 1.9 0.4- 8.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 5 13.0 3.9-35.3 59 83.0 62.9-93.4
RACE
White 90 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 13.5 6.0-27.6 79 85.4 71.6-93.2
African American 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 2.2-61.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 84.0 38.1-97.8
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 1 15.5 1.6-66.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 84.5 33.1-98.4
35-44 6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 71.4 20.9-95.9 3 28.6 4.1-79.1
45-54 22 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.5 0.7-31.5 3 34.6 11.3-68.7 18 59.9 28.7-84.7
55-64 24 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.7-28.2 23 95.1 71.8-99.3
65-74 28 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.2 1.2-19.3 25 92.2 77.4-97.6
75+ 29 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 29 100 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 1.9-32.6 24 91.1 67.4-98.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 42 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 4 17.3 5.0-45.3 36 78.0 52.6-91.9
Some Post-H.S. 23 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.2 4.1-50.2 21 82.8 49.8-95.9
College Graduate 21 1 1.8 0.2-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 19 97.6 88.7-99.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 2 4.4 0.9-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-18.9 23 92.7 77.1-97.9
$15,000- 24,999 16 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.0 4.4-65.9 14 77.0 34.1-95.6
$25,000- 34,999 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.6 2.5-64.0 9 82.4 36.0-97.5
$35,000- 49,999 15 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.4-47.5 14 89.7 52.5-98.6
$50,000-74,999 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.8 11 99.0 92.2-99.9
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 68 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 9 20.4 9.3-39.1 56 76.3 58.3-88.1
No 42 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 42 100 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 100 . - .
Non-Veteran 87 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 9 17.1 7.7-33.7 75 80.2 64.2-90.1

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*Asked of all respondents that answered YES to diabetes Core question

^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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