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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Diabetes Counseling

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies(strips, lancets, meter) or diabetes medicines due to lack of money?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only testing/supplies Yes, only medicines Yes testing supplies/and medicinces No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,553 96 6.4 4.8- 8.3 47 3.3 2.3- 4.6 169 11.5 9.6-13.8 1,241 78.8 76.0-81.4
-Piedmont NC 784 52 7.0 5.0- 9.7 27 3.5 2.2- 5.4 79 10.0 7.8-12.7 626 79.6 75.9-82.8
GENDER
Male 302 14 5.6 3.1- 9.8 7 3.3 1.5- 7.1 22 6.4 4.0-10.1 259 84.7 79.2-88.9
Female 482 38 8.3 5.5-12.3 20 3.7 2.2- 6.0 57 13.3 10.0-17.6 367 74.7 69.5-79.3
RACE
White 575 29 4.3 2.8- 6.6 15 2.6 1.4- 4.6 45 7.4 5.3-10.2 486 85.7 82.1-88.7
African American 184 21 14.4 8.7-22.7 11 6.1 3.0-12.2 27 13.7 8.9-20.6 125 65.8 56.7-73.8
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 38.0 5.4-86.8 3 62.0 13.2-94.6
25-34 27 5 23.8 8.8-50.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.6 5 21.9 8.3-46.3 16 53.3 31.4-74.0
35-44 56 2 6.9 1.4-28.0 3 7.1 2.1-21.2 13 13.9 7.2-25.0 38 72.2 55.9-84.2
45-54 138 14 9.7 5.2-17.5 7 4.3 1.7-10.6 22 15.2 9.6-23.3 95 70.7 61.0-78.9
55-64 208 19 7.3 4.2-12.4 5 1.8 0.7- 4.6 23 10.9 6.9-16.9 161 80.0 73.0-85.5
65-74 201 7 3.8 1.6- 8.9 7 3.9 1.7- 9.0 9 4.1 1.8- 9.1 178 88.2 81.4-92.7
75+ 144 5 5.1 1.8-13.3 4 3.0 1.0- 9.0 4 2.8 1.0- 8.1 131 89.0 80.6-94.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 214 18 7.8 4.6-12.9 14 8.1 4.4-14.7 28 13.7 9.0-20.4 154 70.4 62.1-77.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 239 14 7.3 3.9-13.2 7 2.5 1.0- 6.1 29 13.8 9.3-20.1 189 76.4 69.0-82.4
Some Post-H.S. 175 11 7.9 3.7-16.0 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 14 6.8 3.8-11.8 146 83.1 75.0-89.0
College Graduate 155 9 4.6 2.0-10.1 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 8 3.4 1.5- 7.3 136 91.0 85.1-94.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 155 16 9.0 4.9-15.8 11 6.7 3.4-12.7 24 18.2 11.7-27.3 104 66.1 56.4-74.6
$15,000- 24,999 154 13 13.0 6.9-23.1 6 3.8 1.4- 9.7 23 14.9 9.4-22.7 112 68.4 58.2-77.0
$25,000- 34,999 81 6 9.2 3.9-20.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.5 12 12.5 6.2-23.6 61 77.0 64.2-86.2
$35,000- 49,999 85 5 6.5 2.1-18.0 5 7.0 2.5-18.1 6 8.6 3.8-18.2 69 77.9 65.2-87.0
$50,000-74,999 62 2 2.0 0.4-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.6- 9.1 58 95.6 87.8-98.5
$75,000+ 54 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5 52 98.0 91.3-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 466 39 8.7 5.9-12.6 21 4.3 2.6- 7.2 52 11.7 8.6-15.7 354 75.3 70.1-79.8
No 302 12 4.8 2.4- 9.4 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 26 7.8 5.1-11.7 258 84.9 79.3-89.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 6 5.1 2.2-11.7 2 2.5 0.6- 9.4 6 4.0 1.6- 9.9 125 88.4 80.3-93.4
Non-Veteran 643 46 7.5 5.2-10.7 25 3.8 2.3- 6.0 73 11.6 9.0-14.9 499 77.1 72.8-80.9
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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*Asked of all respondents that answered YES to diabetes Core question

^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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