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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,517 1,002 65.2 62.1-68.1 327 22.3 19.7-25.0 61 3.9 2.9- 5.3 33 1.9 1.3- 2.9 94 6.7 5.3- 8.6
-Western NC 168 111 66.0 56.6-74.3 34 18.6 12.8-26.3 7 3.3 1.3- 8.2 2 1.4 0.3- 6.5 14 10.6 5.6-19.1
GENDER
Male 67 45 72.0 58.0-82.7 12 14.6 7.8-25.7 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.1 4.4-25.2
Female 101 66 60.2 47.8-71.4 22 22.6 14.2-34.0 4 4.3 1.2-14.4 2 2.8 0.6-12.4 7 10.1 4.1-22.6
RACE
White 142 95 66.5 56.5-75.2 27 17.7 11.8-25.7 7 3.7 1.4- 9.1 2 1.6 0.3- 7.2 11 10.5 5.2-20.0
African American 9 5 60.1 25.9-86.7 3 29.5 7.9-67.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.4-49.0
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 4 77.7 27.1-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.3 3.0-72.9
35-44 10 4 34.7 8.8-74.6 4 32.3 8.8-70.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.0 6.4-78.1
45-54 34 23 66.8 45.9-82.7 6 17.9 6.9-39.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 5.8 0.8-31.3 3 9.1 2.5-27.7
55-64 35 23 75.5 57.6-87.5 8 15.5 7.0-31.0 2 2.4 0.6- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.5 1.4-26.0
65-74 41 24 57.8 38.6-74.9 11 29.0 15.3-48.1 3 9.3 2.4-29.5 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 2 2.4 0.4-13.2
75+ 42 33 75.9 56.6-88.4 5 11.6 4.3-27.9 1 2.3 0.3-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.1 2.7-31.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 48 28 64.9 47.4-79.2 14 24.4 13.0-41.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 4 7.9 2.6-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 62 45 75.0 60.2-85.7 8 12.9 5.8-26.1 3 3.4 1.1-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.7 3.0-22.4
Some Post-H.S. 27 17 51.0 28.8-72.8 6 18.6 7.1-40.8 1 7.2 1.0-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 23.1 7.4-53.2
College Graduate 30 20 64.1 42.9-80.9 6 21.6 9.5-41.9 2 2.1 0.4-10.2 1 5.6 0.8-30.6 1 6.6 0.9-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 29 79.3 59.1-91.0 3 7.8 2.4-22.7 2 6.9 1.1-33.7 1 1.6 0.2-11.0 3 4.4 1.2-14.2
$15,000- 24,999 33 19 54.6 34.4-73.5 8 14.7 6.1-31.2 1 2.5 0.3-16.0 1 5.6 0.8-30.4 4 22.6 8.2-48.7
$25,000- 34,999 19 13 69.1 42.1-87.4 3 24.6 8.4-53.7 2 5.8 1.4-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9
$35,000- 49,999 18 15 82.7 55.1-94.9 3 17.3 5.1-44.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 12 8 62.5 29.7-86.7 3 23.6 7.0-55.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.0 2.0-56.9
$75,000+ 8 6 59.5 22.1-88.4 2 40.5 11.6-77.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 103 73 70.0 57.7-79.9 16 14.1 8.0-23.7 5 4.4 1.4-12.9 2 2.4 0.5-10.9 7 9.1 3.6-20.9
No 61 34 57.7 42.5-71.6 18 26.7 16.1-41.0 2 2.0 0.5- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 7 13.6 5.5-29.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 26 75.3 56.4-87.7 5 13.3 5.0-30.9 3 4.4 1.3-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.0 1.5-26.5
Non-Veteran 132 85 62.9 52.0-72.6 29 20.5 13.6-29.6 4 2.9 0.8-10.1 2 1.9 0.4- 8.7 12 11.9 5.9-22.4

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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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