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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Within one year More than a year Two or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,383 1,162 82.1 79.2-84.7 72 6.3 4.8- 8.2 64 4.9 3.5- 6.9 85 6.7 5.1- 8.7
-Piedmont NC 703 586 83.0 79.2-86.2 40 6.7 4.6- 9.4 35 5.0 3.3- 7.5 42 5.4 3.7- 7.7
GENDER
Male 271 223 83.4 77.6-87.9 17 6.7 3.9-11.1 18 6.2 3.6-10.7 13 3.7 2.0- 6.9
Female 432 363 82.5 77.4-86.7 23 6.6 4.1-10.7 17 3.9 2.2- 6.8 29 6.9 4.4-10.8
RACE
White 511 422 82.9 78.5-86.5 31 6.8 4.5-10.2 30 6.1 4.0- 9.0 28 4.2 2.7- 6.7
African American 170 147 84.1 75.6-90.0 8 6.7 3.2-13.6 4 2.8 0.7-10.9 11 6.4 3.2-12.4
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 26 18 63.1 38.8-82.2 3 22.5 7.4-51.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 4 13.0 4.0-34.6
35-44 51 41 82.0 67.1-91.0 3 3.5 1.0-11.6 4 6.7 2.4-17.5 3 7.8 2.3-23.4
45-54 124 103 84.7 75.9-90.7 7 5.2 2.3-11.5 7 5.0 2.1-11.4 7 5.1 2.0-12.5
55-64 190 156 80.5 72.1-86.8 15 8.8 4.7-15.7 11 7.8 3.8-15.3 8 3.0 1.4- 6.1
65-74 177 153 85.7 77.9-91.1 7 6.6 3.0-14.1 8 4.1 1.8- 9.2 9 3.6 1.6- 7.9
75+ 125 107 86.7 78.2-92.2 4 3.8 1.2-11.8 4 1.7 0.6- 4.5 10 7.8 3.9-15.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 190 155 80.2 72.0-86.5 16 9.6 5.6-16.0 6 3.4 1.2- 8.9 13 6.8 3.4-13.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 209 172 81.1 73.3-86.9 10 7.6 3.8-14.6 12 6.5 3.2-12.7 15 4.9 2.8- 8.4
Some Post-H.S. 161 140 87.6 79.8-92.7 8 4.1 1.7- 9.6 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 6 3.6 1.2-10.3
College Graduate 142 118 83.6 75.3-89.5 6 4.8 1.9-11.7 10 5.2 2.6-10.0 8 6.4 3.0-13.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 137 107 74.9 64.8-82.8 11 8.2 4.0-16.0 5 7.4 3.1-16.9 14 9.5 5.3-16.3
$15,000- 24,999 142 127 90.8 84.5-94.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 9 5.4 2.7-10.5 4 2.6 0.8- 8.1
$25,000- 34,999 68 57 88.4 78.2-94.2 6 7.2 2.9-16.6 3 1.9 0.5- 6.5 2 2.5 0.6-10.6
$35,000- 49,999 76 57 74.9 61.2-84.9 4 5.7 2.0-15.2 9 12.0 5.3-25.2 6 7.4 2.8-18.1
$50,000-74,999 54 47 88.9 76.8-95.0 5 8.1 3.0-19.8 2 3.1 0.7-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 52 46 82.5 65.3-92.2 2 6.7 1.7-23.1 2 4.4 0.9-18.5 2 6.4 1.5-23.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 423 356 82.9 77.8-87.1 27 7.2 4.7-11.1 18 5.1 2.9- 8.9 22 4.8 2.8- 7.9
No 264 217 83.2 77.2-87.9 11 5.2 2.7- 9.8 17 5.2 3.0- 8.9 19 6.4 3.7-10.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 101 81.9 71.8-88.9 6 6.8 2.9-15.2 9 7.8 3.4-17.0 5 3.5 1.4- 8.7
Non-Veteran 580 483 83.2 79.1-86.6 34 6.6 4.5- 9.7 26 4.3 2.7- 6.7 37 5.8 3.9- 8.7
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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