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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,492 123 8.2 6.7-10.0 513 37.4 34.3-40.7 404 27.2 24.4-30.2 452 27.2 24.5-30.0
-Western NC 164 10 6.3 2.9-13.0 58 33.2 24.7-43.1 39 27.9 19.6-38.0 57 32.6 24.6-41.8
GENDER
Male 66 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 26 35.1 22.1-50.9 20 33.5 20.8-49.2 19 29.2 18.1-43.6
Female 98 9 10.1 4.4-21.5 32 31.5 21.3-43.9 19 22.7 13.0-36.5 38 35.7 25.1-47.8
RACE
White 139 8 6.3 2.8-13.7 48 32.9 23.9-43.5 35 28.3 19.5-39.2 48 32.5 24.1-42.2
African American 9 1 10.4 1.4-49.0 1 13.9 1.9-57.1 2 20.1 4.5-57.6 5 55.6 22.9-84.1
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 10 1 0.6 0.1- 5.2 9 99.4 94.8-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 36 3 9.0 2.5-27.4 29 70.6 45.2-87.5 4 20.4 6.2-49.8 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 34 0 0.0 . - . 11 36.3 18.6-58.8 21 57.7 36.5-76.3 2 6.0 1.4-21.8
65-74 39 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.5 1.9-14.6 11 31.0 14.8-53.7 23 63.5 42.3-80.6
75+ 39 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.4 1.0-10.9 3 9.7 2.3-32.4 32 86.9 67.0-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 44 2 6.7 1.7-23.7 15 38.2 20.6-59.5 10 28.5 14.1-49.1 17 26.6 14.9-42.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 63 3 4.5 1.3-14.2 24 32.5 20.3-47.7 18 37.6 22.6-55.5 18 25.4 14.8-39.9
Some Post-H.S. 27 4 14.5 3.8-42.1 7 25.8 10.4-51.0 5 15.2 5.2-37.0 11 44.5 23.9-67.1
College Graduate 30 1 1.1 0.2- 7.9 12 35.1 18.6-56.2 6 21.6 9.3-42.4 11 42.2 23.9-62.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 3 6.0 1.5-21.0 14 39.4 19.2-64.1 9 29.2 13.2-53.0 11 25.3 12.0-45.6
$15,000- 24,999 32 3 6.9 1.8-23.3 11 39.6 21.2-61.5 6 15.9 6.2-35.0 12 37.6 20.9-57.9
$25,000- 34,999 18 1 6.2 0.9-33.5 6 31.7 12.6-59.9 7 36.8 16.3-63.6 4 25.3 9.2-53.1
$35,000- 49,999 18 0 0.0 . - . 5 28.6 10.7-57.4 5 27.8 10.0-57.1 8 43.6 20.2-70.3
$50,000-74,999 13 0 0.0 . - . 9 50.0 20.9-79.2 2 27.2 6.3-67.3 2 22.8 5.6-59.4
$75,000+ 8 1 6.2 0.8-35.7 2 22.7 4.8-63.0 2 25.8 6.0-65.5 3 45.3 14.9-79.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 101 5 4.3 1.5-11.4 34 35.0 23.6-48.5 25 29.4 18.7-43.0 37 31.3 21.6-43.0
No 60 5 10.0 3.4-25.9 23 31.6 19.8-46.4 13 25.0 13.3-42.0 19 33.4 20.9-48.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 35 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.3 2.5-19.4 12 39.5 21.5-61.0 18 53.1 33.3-72.1
Non-Veteran 129 10 8.5 4.0-17.2 53 42.2 31.6-53.5 27 23.8 15.4-34.9 39 25.5 17.8-35.2

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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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