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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 1,555 192 11.5 9.7-13.7 1,363 88.5 86.3-90.3
-Northeastern Partnership 143 21 11.0 6.8-17.3 122 89.0 82.7-93.2
GENDER
Male 41 4 6.6 2.3-17.7 37 93.4 82.3-97.7
Female 102 17 13.7 8.0-22.3 85 86.3 77.7-92.0
RACE
White 62 9 10.6 5.4-19.9 53 89.4 80.1-94.6
African American 76 11 11.5 5.9-21.5 65 88.5 78.5-94.1
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
35-44 8 4 54.1 19.9-84.8 4 45.9 15.2-80.1
45-54 31 7 12.9 5.7-26.4 24 87.1 73.6-94.3
55-64 38 6 10.2 4.3-22.3 32 89.8 77.7-95.7
65-74 42 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 41 98.9 92.5-99.8
75+ 19 3 11.1 3.3-31.7 16 88.9 68.3-96.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 9 16.9 7.9-32.4 37 83.1 67.6-92.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 52 5 7.2 2.9-16.9 47 92.8 83.1-97.1
Some Post-H.S. 29 4 7.9 2.7-20.9 25 92.1 79.1-97.3
College Graduate 16 3 13.2 4.0-35.5 13 86.8 64.5-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 7 14.7 6.1-31.2 39 85.3 68.8-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 31 5 12.5 5.0-27.9 26 87.5 72.1-95.0
$25,000- 34,999 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 9 1 6.3 0.8-36.4 8 93.7 63.6-99.2
$50,000-74,999 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
$75,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 89 17 14.1 8.1-23.2 72 85.9 76.8-91.9
No 51 3 5.0 1.6-14.8 48 95.0 85.2-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 18 1 2.9 0.4-18.5 17 97.1 81.5-99.6
Non-Veteran 125 20 12.7 7.8-20.1 105 87.3 79.9-92.2

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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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