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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 1,559 425 26.0 23.3-28.9 1,134 74.0 71.1-76.7
-Northeastern Partnership 143 43 26.7 19.4-35.5 100 73.3 64.5-80.6
GENDER
Male 41 13 31.7 18.3-49.1 28 68.3 50.9-81.7
Female 102 30 23.7 16.2-33.2 72 76.3 66.8-83.8
RACE
White 62 18 23.4 14.4-35.7 44 76.6 64.3-85.6
African American 76 22 28.6 18.3-41.6 54 71.4 58.4-81.7
AGE
18-24 3 2 43.8 6.5-89.7 1 56.2 10.3-93.5
25-34 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 8 1 15.4 2.1-60.6 7 84.6 39.4-97.9
45-54 31 13 31.2 16.9-50.4 18 68.8 49.6-83.1
55-64 38 14 35.5 20.2-54.5 24 64.5 45.5-79.8
65-74 42 9 19.8 9.4-37.1 33 80.2 62.9-90.6
75+ 19 2 12.2 2.6-41.7 17 87.8 58.3-97.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 12 21.0 11.4-35.4 34 79.0 64.6-88.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 52 16 31.0 18.4-47.2 36 69.0 52.8-81.6
Some Post-H.S. 29 9 25.4 12.0-45.9 20 74.6 54.1-88.0
College Graduate 16 6 32.7 13.7-59.8 10 67.3 40.2-86.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 14 28.6 16.6-44.6 32 71.4 55.4-83.4
$15,000- 24,999 31 11 28.1 14.9-46.6 20 71.9 53.4-85.1
$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 2 25.5 5.0-69.0 3 74.5 31.0-95.0
$75,000+ 3 2 48.1 7.7-91.1 1 51.9 8.9-92.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 89 33 33.1 23.1-45.0 56 66.9 55.0-76.9
No 51 10 17.8 9.0-32.4 41 82.2 67.6-91.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 18 4 30.7 11.7-59.7 14 69.3 40.3-88.3
Non-Veteran 125 39 25.9 18.6-34.7 86 74.1 65.3-81.4

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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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