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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,503 192 13.7 11.6-16.1 381 25.0 22.3-27.8 565 36.9 33.9-40.1 365 24.4 21.8-27.3
-Northeastern Partnership 138 17 12.7 7.6-20.4 31 18.8 12.9-26.5 58 41.0 32.0-50.6 32 27.5 19.3-37.7
GENDER
Male 40 6 15.0 6.7-30.4 10 22.3 11.9-38.0 15 41.2 25.9-58.4 9 21.4 10.7-38.1
Female 98 11 11.3 5.8-20.7 21 16.6 10.5-25.4 43 40.8 30.3-52.1 23 31.3 20.7-44.4
RACE
White 60 10 15.0 7.7-27.1 18 30.2 19.2-44.1 19 31.3 20.0-45.3 13 23.5 13.7-37.3
African American 73 6 9.4 4.1-20.1 13 12.5 6.8-21.8 35 45.7 32.9-59.1 19 32.3 20.4-47.2
AGE
18-24 3 2 75.0 19.8-97.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.0 2.7-80.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
35-44 8 1 7.6 1.0-40.6 1 2.7 0.3-18.8 4 58.6 22.8-87.1 2 31.2 7.4-72.0
45-54 29 2 8.8 2.2-29.4 9 25.1 12.2-44.9 12 39.6 21.7-60.8 6 26.5 10.4-52.9
55-64 37 3 5.8 1.7-17.7 9 21.2 10.6-38.1 19 55.0 36.9-71.9 6 18.0 7.4-37.5
65-74 41 6 15.2 6.3-32.2 10 20.7 10.8-36.1 13 28.4 15.8-45.6 12 35.7 20.5-54.5
75+ 18 3 18.7 6.0-45.6 2 12.2 2.5-42.4 8 38.8 18.8-63.5 5 30.3 12.3-57.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 44 6 15.1 6.3-31.8 7 11.0 5.0-22.3 18 40.2 25.4-57.0 13 33.8 19.3-52.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 51 3 5.1 1.6-15.3 16 28.8 17.2-43.9 24 43.8 29.2-59.5 8 22.3 10.9-40.4
Some Post-H.S. 28 3 14.7 4.8-37.0 6 12.2 4.9-27.2 11 41.5 22.9-63.0 8 31.6 14.8-55.2
College Graduate 15 5 28.8 11.0-57.0 2 23.1 6.2-57.6 5 31.4 12.8-58.9 3 16.7 5.0-43.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 42 3 6.1 1.8-18.4 4 7.5 2.4-21.4 22 51.7 35.0-68.1 13 34.7 20.1-52.8
$15,000- 24,999 31 4 14.0 5.1-33.2 7 15.7 7.1-31.1 13 38.0 21.8-57.5 7 32.3 15.7-55.0
$25,000- 34,999 8 0 0.0 . - . 3 20.7 4.9-56.8 2 26.6 5.9-67.6 3 52.7 18.9-84.2
$35,000- 49,999 9 2 17.5 3.4-56.1 3 31.6 9.0-68.3 1 8.7 1.1-44.6 3 42.3 11.7-80.2
$50,000-74,999 5 3 66.0 23.1-92.6 1 17.0 2.1-65.7 1 17.0 2.1-65.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 77.8 23.3-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.2 2.4-76.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 84 6 5.2 2.2-11.6 16 14.8 8.7-24.1 41 49.3 37.0-61.7 21 30.7 19.8-44.4
No 51 11 25.1 13.9-41.1 15 26.2 15.4-40.8 15 26.3 15.4-41.2 10 22.4 11.5-39.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 17 4 24.0 9.0-50.3 6 28.2 11.9-53.2 5 37.3 16.1-64.8 2 10.4 2.5-34.4
Non-Veteran 121 13 10.4 5.7-18.1 25 16.9 11.1-24.8 53 41.7 32.2-51.9 30 31.1 21.7-42.3

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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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