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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,505 1,100 74.3 71.6-76.9 154 10.0 8.2-12.0 153 9.0 7.5-10.8 98 6.7 5.3- 8.5
-Piedmont NC 763 570 75.1 71.2-78.7 75 10.1 7.7-13.0 70 8.7 6.7-11.3 48 6.1 4.3- 8.5
GENDER
Male 292 215 75.4 69.4-80.5 29 8.9 6.0-13.1 27 9.4 6.3-13.9 21 6.3 3.9-10.2
Female 471 355 74.9 69.6-79.5 46 11.2 7.9-15.6 43 8.1 5.7-11.3 27 5.8 3.6- 9.3
RACE
White 560 431 78.6 74.4-82.4 51 8.6 6.3-11.7 43 7.2 5.1-10.2 35 5.5 3.7- 8.2
African American 179 126 67.7 58.8-75.6 23 14.9 9.3-23.0 22 12.0 7.5-18.5 8 5.3 2.4-11.4
Other Minorities 2 1 73.8 15.0-97.8 1 26.2 2.2-85.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 15.2 1.7-64.8 2 46.8 8.6-89.2 1 38.0 5.4-86.8
25-34 27 17 61.6 39.0-80.1 3 15.1 4.8-38.6 3 14.4 4.1-39.4 4 8.9 2.8-24.8
35-44 53 34 66.6 49.8-80.0 9 16.6 7.3-33.4 3 4.2 1.3-13.2 7 12.6 5.5-26.4
45-54 134 89 70.3 60.5-78.5 12 8.1 4.2-15.1 19 11.3 6.5-18.7 14 10.3 5.7-18.1
55-64 206 156 78.0 70.8-83.8 22 11.2 7.0-17.5 20 8.7 5.2-14.0 8 2.1 1.0- 4.4
65-74 193 158 81.8 74.4-87.4 13 6.3 3.3-11.5 13 8.4 4.7-14.6 9 3.6 1.5- 8.0
75+ 140 113 79.4 69.5-86.7 13 9.9 5.2-18.2 10 7.0 3.3-14.4 4 3.7 1.1-11.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 148 71.2 63.0-78.1 27 12.7 8.3-19.0 23 9.9 6.1-15.7 13 6.3 3.1-12.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 232 173 74.9 67.8-80.9 19 8.4 5.0-13.7 24 10.7 6.9-16.3 16 6.0 3.4-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 169 127 73.5 64.3-81.0 13 9.2 4.7-17.2 17 8.8 5.1-14.7 12 8.5 4.4-15.9
College Graduate 150 121 82.0 73.6-88.2 16 10.6 6.0-18.1 6 4.1 1.6-10.6 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 100 65.7 55.8-74.4 17 11.0 6.2-18.5 23 16.8 10.5-25.8 9 6.5 3.1-13.4
$15,000- 24,999 150 102 68.3 58.2-76.9 17 15.3 8.7-25.4 21 12.3 7.4-19.6 10 4.2 2.1- 8.3
$25,000- 34,999 79 64 82.7 71.0-90.4 6 5.7 2.4-12.7 5 8.5 3.3-20.4 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999 83 64 74.4 61.9-83.9 7 9.6 4.3-20.1 5 5.1 2.0-12.4 7 10.9 4.9-22.5
$50,000-74,999 62 49 78.9 65.2-88.2 6 10.9 4.5-24.2 6 9.0 3.8-20.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
$75,000+ 52 45 83.3 67.1-92.4 3 5.1 1.4-17.3 2 5.3 1.3-19.7 2 6.3 1.5-23.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 452 314 70.3 64.9-75.2 53 11.9 8.6-16.2 59 12.3 9.2-16.2 26 5.5 3.4- 8.7
No 295 244 81.2 75.1-86.0 20 7.7 4.8-12.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.9 21 7.1 4.2-11.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 135 98 74.2 64.9-81.7 14 9.3 5.2-16.1 15 10.5 6.0-17.8 8 6.0 2.7-12.9
Non-Veteran 626 470 75.3 70.9-79.2 61 10.3 7.7-13.7 55 8.3 6.1-11.1 40 6.1 4.2- 8.8
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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