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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,505 1,100 74.3 71.6-76.9 154 10.0 8.2-12.0 153 9.0 7.5-10.8 98 6.7 5.3- 8.5
-Western NC 167 123 75.6 66.7-82.7 17 8.4 4.4-15.5 14 7.8 4.2-14.0 13 8.2 4.3-15.0
GENDER
Male 65 43 68.9 54.2-80.5 10 12.6 5.5-26.2 3 5.1 1.4-16.2 9 13.5 6.5-25.9
Female 102 80 81.1 70.0-88.7 7 5.0 1.8-13.0 11 10.1 5.0-19.3 4 3.9 1.0-13.6
RACE
White 139 104 75.8 66.3-83.4 13 8.2 4.0-16.1 11 7.5 3.9-14.0 11 8.4 4.3-16.0
African American 9 7 81.6 43.3-96.2 2 18.4 3.8-56.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
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 7 85.2 51.5-96.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.0 0.9-23.8 1 9.8 1.2-48.5
45-54 37 24 61.8 41.5-78.6 6 17.1 7.0-36.2 4 13.0 4.5-32.3 3 8.1 2.3-24.9
55-64 34 23 62.9 42.8-79.4 4 12.5 3.5-36.4 3 10.9 3.5-29.2 4 13.7 4.8-33.4
65-74 40 34 87.4 67.6-95.9 2 3.2 0.7-13.9 2 2.9 0.5-16.0 2 6.5 1.0-32.2
75+ 40 29 85.7 71.5-93.5 5 3.7 1.1-11.4 3 6.1 1.6-20.6 3 4.5 1.3-15.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 44 30 70.5 52.1-84.0 5 4.5 1.4-13.2 6 15.7 6.1-34.9 3 9.3 2.9-25.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 64 47 73.4 57.0-85.2 5 9.7 2.9-27.9 5 6.8 2.6-16.7 7 10.2 3.9-24.0
Some Post-H.S. 28 24 84.7 61.7-95.0 2 3.6 0.8-13.8 1 4.7 0.7-27.3 1 6.9 1.0-36.0
College Graduate 30 21 75.2 55.3-88.1 5 16.0 6.2-35.7 2 4.0 0.7-20.3 2 4.8 1.0-19.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 26 80.5 60.2-91.8 4 5.1 1.3-17.7 4 13.0 4.0-35.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
$15,000- 24,999 33 22 62.6 41.8-79.6 2 9.4 2.3-31.1 4 13.6 4.8-33.1 5 14.5 5.0-35.3
$25,000- 34,999 19 16 86.7 59.8-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.7 3.1-40.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9
$35,000- 49,999 18 13 84.7 58.3-95.7 4 6.6 1.8-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.6 1.2-42.2
$50,000-74,999 13 12 99.1 92.8-99.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 7.2 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 8 6 66.8 26.0-92.0 1 9.1 1.2-45.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 24.0 3.7-72.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 100 69 72.0 60.5-81.2 11 7.9 3.6-16.2 13 13.8 7.5-24.0 7 6.3 2.7-13.9
No 63 51 78.9 62.9-89.2 6 9.7 3.3-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 11.4 4.5-25.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 28 80.7 55.7-93.3 3 11.3 2.4-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.0 1.8-29.8
Non-Veteran 134 95 74.1 64.4-81.9 14 7.6 3.9-14.0 14 10.1 5.5-17.9 11 8.2 4.1-16.0

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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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