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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,537 434 28.5 25.7-31.5 1,103 71.5 68.5-74.3
-Mountain AHEC 112 38 34.3 23.5-47.1 74 65.7 52.9-76.5
GENDER
Male 46 18 43.4 26.6-62.0 28 56.6 38.0-73.4
Female 66 20 24.6 14.1-39.4 46 75.4 60.6-85.9
RACE
White 90 31 34.5 23.0-48.1 59 65.5 51.9-77.0
African American 7 2 15.3 3.2-49.9 5 84.7 50.1-96.8
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 1 46.7 6.8-91.3 2 53.3 8.7-93.2
35-44 6 2 28.0 3.9-78.9 4 72.0 21.1-96.1
45-54 21 8 31.9 12.7-60.2 13 68.1 39.8-87.3
55-64 24 7 46.2 23.8-70.3 17 53.8 29.7-76.2
65-74 28 9 25.1 9.7-51.0 19 74.9 49.0-90.3
75+ 29 11 35.3 16.7-59.7 18 64.7 40.3-83.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 13 56.9 30.7-79.7 13 43.1 20.3-69.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 41 16 37.0 20.0-57.9 25 63.0 42.1-80.0
Some Post-H.S. 23 3 15.9 4.7-42.0 20 84.1 58.0-95.3
College Graduate 21 5 17.7 6.3-40.9 16 82.3 59.1-93.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 15 72.9 47.4-88.9 11 27.1 11.1-52.6
$15,000- 24,999 16 3 7.7 1.8-27.5 13 92.3 72.5-98.2
$25,000- 34,999 10 5 71.6 34.0-92.5 5 28.4 7.5-66.0
$35,000- 49,999 15 5 22.9 6.3-56.7 10 77.1 43.3-93.7
$50,000-74,999 12 1 5.8 0.7-33.6 11 94.2 66.4-99.3
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 67 26 37.4 22.9-54.6 41 62.6 45.4-77.1
No 42 10 30.1 15.6-50.1 32 69.9 49.9-84.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 11 39.7 19.7-63.8 15 60.3 36.2-80.3
Non-Veteran 86 27 32.2 20.1-47.2 59 67.8 52.8-79.9

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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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