BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
TOTAL	1,050	284	27.3	24.0-30.9	766	72.7	69.1-76.0
GENDER
Male	432	115	27.5	22.6-33.1	317	72.5	66.9-77.4
Female	618	169	27.0	22.8-31.7	449	73.0	68.3-77.2
AGE
18-24	10	1	2.6	0.3-19.1	9	97.4	80.9-99.7
25-34	31	8	31.9	16.3-53.1	23	68.1	46.9-83.7
35-44	61	14	22.2	12.4-36.6	47	77.8	63.4-87.6
45-54	168	57	32.4	24.6-41.4	111	67.6	58.6-75.4
55-64	268	65	29.3	22.4-37.3	203	70.7	62.7-77.6
65-74	292	87	27.6	21.5-34.5	205	72.4	65.5-78.5
75+	216	52	21.5	15.7-28.8	164	78.5	71.2-84.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	255	73	32.5	24.8-41.3	182	67.5	58.7-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	338	115	34.9	28.8-41.5	223	65.1	58.5-71.2
Some Post-H.S.	236	45	18.3	13.1-25.1	191	81.7	74.9-86.9
College Graduate	219	50	20.2	14.7-27.1	169	79.8	72.9-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	194	75	44.7	35.2-54.6	119	55.3	45.4-64.8
$15,000- 24,999	197	53	25.0	18.6-32.8	144	75.0	67.2-81.4
$25,000- 34,999	116	25	29.8	20.1-41.7	91	70.2	58.3-79.9
$35,000- 49,999	109	24	23.0	14.8-34.0	85	77.0	66.0-85.2
$50,000-74,999	92	25	24.4	15.9-35.5	67	75.6	64.5-84.1
$75,000+	73	13	17.5	9.4-30.3	60	82.5	69.7-90.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	633	201	32.6	28.0-37.6	432	67.4	62.4-72.0
No	392	76	20.3	15.8-25.7	316	79.7	74.3-84.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	217	56	24.8	18.4-32.5	161	75.2	67.5-81.6
Non-Veteran	831	227	28.1	24.3-32.2	604	71.9	67.8-75.7
Currently Serving	1	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1,050	284	27.3	24.0-30.9	766	72.7	69.1-76.0
GENDER
Male	432	115	27.5	22.6-33.1	317	72.5	66.9-77.4
Female	618	169	27.0	22.8-31.7	449	73.0	68.3-77.2
AGE
18-24	10	1	2.6	0.3-19.1	9	97.4	80.9-99.7
25-34	31	8	31.9	16.3-53.1	23	68.1	46.9-83.7
35-44	61	14	22.2	12.4-36.6	47	77.8	63.4-87.6
45-54	168	57	32.4	24.6-41.4	111	67.6	58.6-75.4
55-64	268	65	29.3	22.4-37.3	203	70.7	62.7-77.6
65-74	292	87	27.6	21.5-34.5	205	72.4	65.5-78.5
75+	216	52	21.5	15.7-28.8	164	78.5	71.2-84.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	255	73	32.5	24.8-41.3	182	67.5	58.7-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	338	115	34.9	28.8-41.5	223	65.1	58.5-71.2
Some Post-H.S.	236	45	18.3	13.1-25.1	191	81.7	74.9-86.9
College Graduate	219	50	20.2	14.7-27.1	169	79.8	72.9-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	194	75	44.7	35.2-54.6	119	55.3	45.4-64.8
$15,000- 24,999	197	53	25.0	18.6-32.8	144	75.0	67.2-81.4
$25,000- 34,999	116	25	29.8	20.1-41.7	91	70.2	58.3-79.9
$35,000- 49,999	109	24	23.0	14.8-34.0	85	77.0	66.0-85.2
$50,000-74,999	92	25	24.4	15.9-35.5	67	75.6	64.5-84.1
$75,000+	73	13	17.5	9.4-30.3	60	82.5	69.7-90.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	633	201	32.6	28.0-37.6	432	67.4	62.4-72.0
No	392	76	20.3	15.8-25.7	316	79.7	74.3-84.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	217	56	24.8	18.4-32.5	161	75.2	67.5-81.6
Non-Veteran	831	227	28.1	24.3-32.2	604	71.9	67.8-75.7
Currently Serving	1	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .