BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Less than age 30	Ages 30 to 50	Ages 50 to 60	Age 60 or older
North Carolina	1,492	123	8.2	6.7-10.0	513	37.4	34.3-40.7	404	27.2	24.4-30.2	452	27.2	24.5-30.0
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	39	5	11.4	4.1-27.7	10	28.0	13.6-48.9	6	15.6	6.8-32.0	18	45.0	28.0-63.2
Buncombe	39	4	11.8	4.1-29.5	9	26.0	13.3-44.7	11	23.2	11.7-40.8	15	38.9	23.8-56.6
Cabarrus	36	2	7.9	1.7-29.8	17	46.5	29.4-64.5	6	12.2	5.2-25.9	11	33.4	18.1-53.2
Catawba	37	4	12.8	4.3-32.2	14	39.6	23.1-58.9	8	28.5	13.4-50.6	11	19.1	9.7-34.3
Cumberland	52	5	10.1	4.2-22.5	18	25.4	15.3-39.1	15	33.2	20.3-49.2	14	31.3	19.0-47.1
Davidson	33	5	11.6	4.6-26.2	11	35.0	19.5-54.4	8	25.2	11.8-45.8	9	28.2	14.0-48.8
Durham	27	2	10.0	2.2-35.8	11	48.2	28.2-68.8	7	19.6	8.5-38.9	7	22.2	10.0-42.3
Forsyth	31	3	13.2	3.9-36.3	14	42.4	24.7-62.3	3	10.2	2.7-31.9	11	34.2	18.7-54.0
Gaston	49	6	14.4	6.4-29.1	12	31.1	17.2-49.6	15	30.7	18.3-46.6	16	23.8	13.8-38.0
Guilford	40	4	8.9	3.1-22.9	13	33.9	19.6-51.9	8	15.2	7.1-29.4	15	42.1	26.2-59.7
Iredell	42	3	3.3	1.0-10.2	12	28.9	16.4-45.8	14	38.4	23.7-55.6	13	29.4	16.7-46.3
Johnston	50	3	5.7	1.7-17.1	13	27.3	15.0-44.6	20	44.2	27.9-61.9	14	22.7	10.9-41.4
Mecklenburg	45	1	1.5	0.2- 9.9	19	53.1	36.1-69.4	13	23.5	12.7-39.3	12	21.9	11.7-37.2
New Hanover	32	3	12.7	3.9-34.1	6	24.9	10.4-48.7	7	25.0	11.7-45.5	16	37.5	21.7-56.5
Onslow	36	3	10.1	3.0-28.9	14	46.0	28.7-64.3	11	28.7	15.2-47.5	8	15.1	6.9-30.2
Orange	32	4	11.1	3.7-29.2	10	26.4	13.5-45.1	10	33.7	17.2-55.3	8	28.8	14.0-50.2
Pitt	28	6	21.8	9.6-42.4	6	21.2	9.2-41.7	7	27.5	12.8-49.4	9	29.5	15.2-49.5
Randolph	30	6	19.7	7.6-42.2	11	39.7	20.0-63.3	8	30.0	14.3-52.6	5	10.6	3.9-25.9
Robeson	52	2	2.3	0.5- 9.5	19	42.9	28.8-58.3	20	38.6	25.3-54.0	11	16.1	8.6-28.2
Rowan	43	3	9.7	3.0-27.6	14	42.0	26.1-59.7	14	27.9	16.0-44.0	12	20.4	11.0-34.6
Union	35	2	4.4	1.1-16.7	14	43.9	26.6-62.9	7	12.2	5.4-25.1	12	39.4	22.8-58.9
Wake	42	3	7.3	2.2-21.6	17	49.2	32.9-65.6	14	32.0	18.9-48.7	8	11.4	5.4-22.6
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	33	0	0.0	. - .	12	36.6	21.0-55.7	11	38.7	21.8-58.8	10	24.7	12.7-42.5
Northeast Partnership II	75	6	6.8	2.7-16.4	27	42.8	30.6-56.0	24	30.9	20.5-43.7	18	19.4	11.9-30.0
Northeast Partnership I	51	8	23.7	11.2-43.4	19	36.0	21.9-53.0	12	19.8	10.4-34.4	12	20.5	11.1-34.8
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	50	4	6.8	2.4-17.7	18	38.1	23.9-54.7	13	30.7	17.6-47.9	15	24.4	13.8-39.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	56	5	7.8	2.9-19.4	17	33.3	19.6-50.5	16	31.1	18.4-47.4	18	27.8	16.6-42.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	44	2	6.4	1.6-22.3	15	30.1	17.8-46.1	12	34.7	20.2-52.6	15	28.8	17.0-44.5
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	53	2	3.9	1.0-14.2	22	46.3	32.4-60.7	13	24.1	14.0-38.2	16	25.8	15.5-39.7
Chatham/Lee/Moore	37	4	18.6	6.9-41.6	11	31.0	16.3-50.8	11	27.6	14.7-45.5	11	22.9	12.0-39.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	68	6	9.8	4.1-21.6	20	36.2	24.2-50.2	21	27.8	17.5-41.2	21	26.1	16.3-39.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	32	0	0.0	. - .	11	38.4	22.0-58.0	8	21.9	10.4-40.5	13	39.6	23.0-59.1
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	31	2	8.2	1.9-29.7	14	51.2	32.5-69.5	5	14.7	5.8-32.8	10	25.9	13.5-43.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	43	2	3.7	0.9-14.8	17	44.6	29.1-61.1	10	23.6	12.2-40.5	14	28.2	16.5-43.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	69	3	4.3	0.8-20.4	26	30.4	17.6-47.2	16	33.1	19.4-50.4	24	32.3	19.9-47.7
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	135	14	12.1	6.6-21.3	47	38.2	29.1-48.2	41	29.3	21.4-38.6	33	20.4	14.3-28.3
No	1,357	109	7.9	6.3- 9.8	466	37.4	34.1-40.8	363	27.0	24.1-30.2	419	27.7	24.9-30.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	571	51	9.1	6.7-12.3	188	35.0	30.2-40.2	171	31.2	26.7-36.1	161	24.7	20.8-29.0
Piedmont	757	62	8.1	6.1-10.8	267	40.4	36.0-45.0	194	24.2	20.7-28.1	234	27.2	23.6-31.1
Western NC	164	10	6.3	2.9-13.0	58	33.2	24.7-43.1	39	27.9	19.6-38.0	57	32.6	24.6-41.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	107	7	6.7	2.5-16.4	35	29.7	19.3-42.6	27	30.7	19.9-44.1	38	33.0	22.9-44.9
Northwest	257	21	7.9	4.7-12.9	98	42.6	35.4-50.0	60	21.9	16.5-28.6	78	27.6	21.7-34.5
Charlotte	210	13	5.5	3.1- 9.7	79	44.4	36.2-52.9	52	23.1	17.0-30.7	66	26.9	20.6-34.4
Greensboro	165	21	12.2	7.3-19.7	50	30.8	22.3-40.7	39	21.6	15.2-29.7	55	35.5	26.6-45.5
Southern Regional	190	11	5.6	2.9-10.3	66	33.6	26.1-42.1	64	35.0	27.4-43.4	49	25.9	19.3-33.8
Coastal	71	6	10.5	4.6-22.2	21	34.3	22.4-48.6	17	26.0	15.9-39.3	27	29.2	19.5-41.2
Wake	192	12	7.1	3.7-13.4	63	41.7	32.8-51.1	61	30.4	22.9-39.0	56	20.8	15.3-27.7
Area L	82	9	8.8	4.3-16.9	34	44.0	31.6-57.2	20	28.8	18.2-42.5	19	18.4	11.0-29.0
Eastern	204	22	12.0	7.4-18.8	62	30.5	23.7-38.3	61	31.4	24.0-39.8	59	26.2	19.7-33.8

Total
Respond.^

Less than age 30

Ages 30 to 50

Ages 50 to 60

Age 60 or older

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,492

123

8.2

6.7-10.0

513

37.4

34.3-40.7

404

27.2

24.4-30.2

452

27.2

24.5-30.0

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

11.4

4.1-27.7

28.0

13.6-48.9

15.6

6.8-32.0

45.0

28.0-63.2

Buncombe

11.8

4.1-29.5

26.0

13.3-44.7

23.2

11.7-40.8

38.9

23.8-56.6

Cabarrus

7.9

1.7-29.8

46.5

29.4-64.5

12.2

5.2-25.9

33.4

18.1-53.2

Catawba

12.8

4.3-32.2

39.6

23.1-58.9

28.5

13.4-50.6

19.1

9.7-34.3

Cumberland

10.1

4.2-22.5

25.4

15.3-39.1

33.2

20.3-49.2

31.3

19.0-47.1

Davidson

11.6

4.6-26.2

35.0

19.5-54.4

25.2

11.8-45.8

28.2

14.0-48.8

Durham

10.0

2.2-35.8

48.2

28.2-68.8

19.6

8.5-38.9

22.2

10.0-42.3

Forsyth

13.2

3.9-36.3

42.4

24.7-62.3

10.2

2.7-31.9

34.2

18.7-54.0

Gaston

14.4

6.4-29.1

31.1

17.2-49.6

30.7

18.3-46.6

23.8

13.8-38.0

Guilford

8.9

3.1-22.9

33.9

19.6-51.9

15.2

7.1-29.4

42.1

26.2-59.7

Iredell

3.3

1.0-10.2

28.9

16.4-45.8

38.4

23.7-55.6

29.4

16.7-46.3

Johnston

5.7

1.7-17.1

27.3

15.0-44.6

44.2

27.9-61.9

22.7

10.9-41.4

Mecklenburg

1.5

0.2- 9.9

53.1

36.1-69.4

23.5

12.7-39.3

21.9

11.7-37.2

New Hanover

12.7

3.9-34.1

24.9

10.4-48.7

25.0

11.7-45.5

37.5

21.7-56.5

Onslow

10.1

3.0-28.9

46.0

28.7-64.3

28.7

15.2-47.5

15.1

6.9-30.2

Orange

11.1

3.7-29.2

26.4

13.5-45.1

33.7

17.2-55.3

28.8

14.0-50.2

Pitt

21.8

9.6-42.4

21.2

9.2-41.7

27.5

12.8-49.4

29.5

15.2-49.5

Randolph

19.7

7.6-42.2

39.7

20.0-63.3

30.0

14.3-52.6

10.6

3.9-25.9

Robeson

2.3

0.5- 9.5

42.9

28.8-58.3

38.6

25.3-54.0

16.1

8.6-28.2

Rowan

9.7

3.0-27.6

42.0

26.1-59.7

27.9

16.0-44.0

20.4

11.0-34.6

Union

4.4

1.1-16.7

43.9

26.6-62.9

12.2

5.4-25.1

39.4

22.8-58.9

Wake

7.3

2.2-21.6

49.2

32.9-65.6

32.0

18.9-48.7

11.4

5.4-22.6

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

0.0

. - .

36.6

21.0-55.7

38.7

21.8-58.8

24.7

12.7-42.5

Northeast Partnership II

6.8

2.7-16.4

42.8

30.6-56.0

30.9

20.5-43.7

19.4

11.9-30.0

Northeast Partnership I

23.7

11.2-43.4

36.0

21.9-53.0

19.8

10.4-34.4

20.5

11.1-34.8

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

6.8

2.4-17.7

38.1

23.9-54.7

30.7

17.6-47.9

24.4

13.8-39.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

7.8

2.9-19.4

33.3

19.6-50.5

31.1

18.4-47.4

27.8

16.6-42.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

6.4

1.6-22.3

30.1

17.8-46.1

34.7

20.2-52.6

28.8

17.0-44.5

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

3.9

1.0-14.2

46.3

32.4-60.7

24.1

14.0-38.2

25.8

15.5-39.7

Chatham/Lee/Moore

18.6

6.9-41.6

31.0

16.3-50.8

27.6

14.7-45.5

22.9

12.0-39.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

9.8

4.1-21.6

36.2

24.2-50.2

27.8

17.5-41.2

26.1

16.3-39.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

0.0

. - .

38.4

22.0-58.0

21.9

10.4-40.5

39.6

23.0-59.1

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

8.2

1.9-29.7

51.2

32.5-69.5

14.7

5.8-32.8

25.9

13.5-43.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

3.7

0.9-14.8

44.6

29.1-61.1

23.6

12.2-40.5

28.2

16.5-43.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

4.3

0.8-20.4

30.4

17.6-47.2

33.1

19.4-50.4

32.3

19.9-47.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

135

12.1

6.6-21.3

38.2

29.1-48.2

29.3

21.4-38.6

20.4

14.3-28.3

1,357

109

7.9

6.3- 9.8

466

37.4

34.1-40.8

363

27.0

24.1-30.2

419

27.7

24.9-30.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

571

9.1

6.7-12.3

188

35.0

30.2-40.2

171

31.2

26.7-36.1

161

24.7

20.8-29.0

Piedmont

757

8.1

6.1-10.8

267

40.4

36.0-45.0

194

24.2

20.7-28.1

234

27.2

23.6-31.1

Western NC

164

6.3

2.9-13.0

33.2

24.7-43.1

27.9

19.6-38.0

32.6

24.6-41.8

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

107

6.7

2.5-16.4

29.7

19.3-42.6

30.7

19.9-44.1

33.0

22.9-44.9

Northwest

257

7.9

4.7-12.9

42.6

35.4-50.0

21.9

16.5-28.6

27.6

21.7-34.5

Charlotte

210

5.5

3.1- 9.7

44.4

36.2-52.9

23.1

17.0-30.7

26.9

20.6-34.4

Greensboro

165

12.2

7.3-19.7

30.8

22.3-40.7

21.6

15.2-29.7

35.5

26.6-45.5

Southern Regional

190

5.6

2.9-10.3

33.6

26.1-42.1

35.0

27.4-43.4

25.9

19.3-33.8

Coastal

10.5

4.6-22.2

34.3

22.4-48.6

26.0

15.9-39.3

29.2

19.5-41.2

Wake

192

7.1

3.7-13.4

41.7

32.8-51.1

30.4

22.9-39.0

20.8

15.3-27.7

Area L

8.8

4.3-16.9

44.0

31.6-57.2

28.8

18.2-42.5

18.4

11.0-29.0

Eastern

204

12.0

7.4-18.8

30.5

23.7-38.3

31.4

24.0-39.8

26.2

19.7-33.8

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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