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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,537 434 28.5 25.7-31.5 1,103 71.5 68.5-74.3
-Western NC 171 57 32.7 24.3-42.4 114 67.3 57.6-75.7
GENDER
Male 69 26 40.8 27.2-56.0 43 59.2 44.0-72.8
Female 102 31 25.1 16.5-36.2 71 74.9 63.8-83.5
RACE
White 144 50 34.0 25.0-44.3 94 66.0 55.7-75.0
African American 8 2 12.9 2.7-43.5 6 87.1 56.5-97.3
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 1 27.6 3.9-78.0 4 72.4 22.0-96.1
35-44 10 2 13.6 2.6-48.3 8 86.4 51.7-97.4
45-54 36 13 34.0 18.3-54.2 23 66.0 45.8-81.7
55-64 36 11 43.6 25.3-64.0 25 56.4 36.0-74.7
65-74 41 15 27.0 13.4-46.9 26 73.0 53.1-86.6
75+ 42 15 32.5 17.6-52.1 27 67.5 47.9-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 48 20 46.0 28.2-64.9 28 54.0 35.1-71.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 63 25 35.6 22.3-51.7 38 64.4 48.3-77.7
Some Post-H.S. 28 3 14.1 4.2-37.9 25 85.9 62.1-95.8
College Graduate 31 8 21.9 10.1-41.1 23 78.1 58.9-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 21 67.8 47.3-83.2 17 32.2 16.8-52.7
$15,000- 24,999 33 8 16.0 7.0-32.4 25 84.0 67.6-93.0
$25,000- 34,999 19 8 51.1 27.0-74.7 11 48.9 25.3-73.0
$35,000- 49,999 18 5 19.3 5.4-50.1 13 80.7 49.9-94.6
$50,000-74,999 14 2 9.8 2.2-34.2 12 90.2 65.8-97.8
$75,000+ 8 1 9.1 1.2-45.7 7 90.9 54.3-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 104 41 37.4 25.9-50.4 63 62.6 49.6-74.1
No 63 14 26.6 15.3-42.1 49 73.4 57.9-84.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 16 40.0 22.5-60.5 20 60.0 39.5-77.5
Non-Veteran 135 41 30.3 21.1-41.3 94 69.7 58.7-78.9

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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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