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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 946 113 11.4 9.0-14.3 7 0.7 0.3- 1.5 820 87.3 84.4-89.8 6 0.6 0.2- 1.5
GENDER
Male 344 46 12.5 8.8-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 296 86.7 81.7-90.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
Female 602 67 10.4 7.6-14.1 7 1.3 0.6- 2.9 524 87.9 84.1-90.9 4 0.4 0.1- 1.3
RACE
White 809 90 11.7 9.1-14.9 5 0.6 0.3- 1.6 709 87.0 83.8-89.7 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7
African American 51 8 13.2 6.1-26.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 42 85.4 72.3-93.0 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 49 1 4.1 0.6-24.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 47 93.8 77.1-98.5 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 126 3 1.6 0.5- 5.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 120 97.3 93.7-98.9 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 154 6 3.0 0.8-10.3 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 146 95.5 88.6-98.3 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 182 22 11.1 6.3-19.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.1 157 86.7 78.8-92.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5
55-64 162 24 18.2 11.6-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 136 80.5 71.2-87.4 2 1.3 0.2- 7.5
65-74 142 28 19.6 12.6-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 112 79.8 70.2-86.8 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2
75+ 126 29 22.0 14.1-32.5 0 0.0 . - . 97 78.0 67.5-85.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 26 16.0 9.4-26.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 114 83.2 73.2-89.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 266 42 14.4 9.7-20.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.7 222 84.9 78.6-89.7 0 0.0 . - .
Some Post-H.S. 254 23 9.6 5.8-15.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0 226 88.3 82.3-92.4 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8
College Graduate 279 21 7.0 4.3-11.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 255 91.7 87.0-94.8 2 0.8 0.1- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 26 21.4 12.6-33.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 91 76.7 64.4-85.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3
$15,000- 24,999 165 16 9.2 4.9-16.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 146 88.6 81.0-93.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
$25,000- 34,999 126 10 6.0 2.9-12.2 2 1.1 0.3- 5.0 114 92.9 86.5-96.3 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 129 15 11.3 6.2-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 114 88.7 80.2-93.8 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 115 12 9.0 4.4-17.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0 99 87.2 78.0-92.9 2 1.7 0.3- 9.4
$75,000+ 94 3 4.4 1.4-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 91 95.6 86.6-98.6 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 323 68 21.9 16.3-28.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 251 77.1 70.3-82.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3
No 596 42 6.5 4.5- 9.4 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 545 92.1 89.0-94.3 4 0.6 0.2- 2.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 26 18.7 12.0-28.0 0 0.0 . - . 115 80.1 70.7-87.1 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
Non-Veteran 799 87 9.9 7.5-12.9 7 0.8 0.4- 1.9 700 88.8 85.7-91.3 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - . 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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