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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 142 40 27.7 20.0-36.9 102 72.3 63.1-80.0
GENDER
Male 41 14 34.5 20.6-51.7 27 65.5 48.3-79.4
Female 101 26 23.6 15.5-34.2 75 76.4 65.8-84.5
RACE
White 61 18 23.7 14.7-36.1 43 76.3 63.9-85.3
African American 76 22 32.3 21.2-45.9 54 67.7 54.1-78.8
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
35-44 8 5 62.2 25.1-89.0 3 37.8 11.0-74.9
45-54 30 10 24.9 12.3-44.0 20 75.1 56.0-87.7
55-64 38 9 30.0 15.1-50.7 29 70.0 49.3-84.9
65-74 42 12 27.8 15.2-45.3 30 72.2 54.7-84.8
75+ 19 4 17.5 5.8-42.3 15 82.5 57.7-94.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 12 31.1 17.5-48.8 34 68.9 51.2-82.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 51 15 29.3 17.0-45.7 36 70.7 54.3-83.0
Some Post-H.S. 29 8 23.5 10.8-43.7 21 76.5 56.3-89.2
College Graduate 16 5 21.1 8.2-44.2 11 78.9 55.8-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 18 46.3 30.8-62.7 28 53.7 37.3-69.2
$15,000- 24,999 31 6 20.2 8.8-40.1 25 79.8 59.9-91.2
$25,000- 34,999 8 1 2.3 0.3-16.2 7 97.7 83.8-99.7
$35,000- 49,999 9 2 13.0 2.6-45.3 7 87.0 54.7-97.4
$50,000-74,999 4 1 39.3 6.0-86.6 3 60.7 13.4-94.0
$75,000+ 3 1 22.2 2.4-76.7 2 77.8 23.3-97.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 88 30 35.3 24.6-47.8 58 64.7 52.2-75.4
No 51 9 14.7 7.1-28.2 42 85.3 71.8-92.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 18 4 25.6 8.8-55.0 14 74.4 45.0-91.2
Non-Veteran 124 36 28.1 20.1-37.9 88 71.9 62.1-79.9

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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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