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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, boderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,044 1,559 9.6 9.0-10.1 137 0.7 0.6- 0.9 13,170 88.7 88.1-89.3 178 1.0 0.8- 1.2
-Western NC 1,638 172 10.2 8.5-12.2 16 0.8 0.4- 1.3 1,429 88.0 85.9-89.8 21 1.1 0.6- 2.0
GENDER
Male 615 69 10.1 7.6-13.3 0 0.0 . - . 542 88.9 85.5-91.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1
Female 1,023 103 10.3 8.1-12.9 16 1.5 0.9- 2.6 887 87.1 84.3-89.4 17 1.1 0.7- 1.9
RACE
White 1,453 144 10.3 8.5-12.4 14 0.8 0.4- 1.4 1,276 88.0 85.8-89.9 19 1.0 0.6- 1.6
African American 73 9 11.3 5.5-21.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 63 87.7 77.2-93.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 90 1 2.3 0.3-14.8 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 88 96.5 86.2-99.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 210 5 1.7 0.7- 4.3 5 1.4 0.5- 3.5 199 96.4 93.3-98.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
35-44 297 10 3.4 1.5- 7.6 5 1.4 0.5- 3.5 279 94.5 90.3-96.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.3
45-54 309 37 11.1 7.4-16.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 266 87.0 81.6-90.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
55-64 281 36 15.6 10.8-22.0 0 0.0 . - . 239 83.1 76.7-88.1 6 1.3 0.4- 4.1
65-74 251 41 16.5 11.4-23.1 0 0.0 . - . 202 80.0 72.7-85.7 8 3.6 1.3- 9.5
75+ 194 42 22.7 16.0-31.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 150 76.8 68.3-83.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 304 48 14.3 10.0-20.1 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 245 82.8 76.6-87.6 10 2.8 1.1- 6.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 486 64 11.9 8.8-15.9 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 416 87.1 83.0-90.3 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6
Some Post-H.S. 426 28 6.8 4.3-10.6 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0 388 91.1 87.2-93.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4
College Graduate 418 31 8.1 5.4-11.9 6 1.1 0.4- 2.7 377 90.0 86.0-93.0 4 0.8 0.2- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 213 38 17.0 11.1-25.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 169 79.2 70.4-85.9 5 3.6 1.1-10.8
$15,000- 24,999 303 33 10.6 7.1-15.5 3 0.9 0.3- 3.1 260 86.5 81.3-90.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.5
$25,000- 34,999 227 19 7.8 4.7-12.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 205 91.0 86.0-94.4 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 221 18 8.1 4.7-13.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8 199 90.8 85.4-94.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
$50,000-74,999 184 14 7.7 4.0-14.2 4 1.8 0.6- 5.4 163 89.3 82.4-93.7 3 1.3 0.3- 6.2
$75,000+ 148 8 5.6 2.6-11.6 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 138 93.3 87.3-96.6 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 582 105 17.9 14.2-22.3 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3 462 80.4 76.0-84.2 10 1.2 0.6- 2.4
No 1,018 63 6.1 4.5- 8.1 11 1.0 0.5- 1.8 933 91.9 89.6-93.7 11 1.1 0.5- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 225 36 15.7 10.7-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 187 83.1 76.2-88.3 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0
Non-Veteran 1,405 136 9.2 7.4-11.2 16 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,234 88.8 86.6-90.7 19 1.1 0.6- 2.0
Currently Serving 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - . 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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