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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,503 192 13.7 11.6-16.1 381 25.0 22.3-27.8 565 36.9 33.9-40.1 365 24.4 21.8-27.3
-Western NC 164 20 15.7 9.2-25.5 41 25.5 18.2-34.7 63 34.3 25.7-44.0 40 24.4 17.3-33.4
GENDER
Male 66 10 15.6 7.7-29.1 19 29.0 17.7-43.7 24 35.6 22.6-51.0 13 19.8 10.5-34.3
Female 98 10 15.9 7.1-31.9 22 22.3 13.7-34.0 39 33.0 22.6-45.4 27 28.8 19.1-41.0
RACE
White 138 14 13.9 7.4-24.5 34 24.8 17.2-34.4 52 35.2 26.0-45.6 38 26.2 18.4-35.8
African American 8 2 34.8 8.9-74.6 3 30.9 8.6-68.1 3 34.2 9.2-72.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 1 22.3 3.0-72.9 3 63.9 21.2-92.1 1 13.8 1.7-59.4 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 10 2 44.7 12.4-82.1 5 43.1 12.7-79.8 2 8.9 1.4-40.4 1 3.4 0.4-23.0
45-54 36 6 25.6 9.6-52.6 8 20.3 9.0-39.6 14 29.8 15.4-49.8 8 24.3 10.9-45.8
55-64 35 3 6.6 2.0-19.3 9 22.0 10.8-39.8 13 44.2 25.6-64.6 10 27.2 13.1-47.9
65-74 39 4 5.9 1.7-18.7 8 25.0 10.8-47.8 18 45.6 27.6-64.8 9 23.5 11.1-43.1
75+ 38 3 9.6 2.7-28.9 8 28.1 13.0-50.4 15 28.2 14.0-48.7 12 34.1 18.6-53.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 4 8.3 2.5-24.4 10 21.6 10.7-38.6 19 46.9 28.2-66.5 10 23.3 11.4-41.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 62 7 18.1 7.3-38.3 15 23.3 12.5-39.2 25 30.8 18.8-46.0 15 27.9 15.6-44.8
Some Post-H.S. 27 5 26.5 9.7-55.0 5 13.1 3.8-36.3 10 38.4 19.2-62.0 7 22.0 9.3-43.8
College Graduate 31 4 11.8 4.0-30.0 10 40.9 22.9-61.9 9 23.6 11.1-43.3 8 23.6 10.7-44.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 35 4 9.7 3.2-25.9 7 15.4 6.5-32.5 15 56.2 34.7-75.6 9 18.7 8.4-36.6
$15,000- 24,999 32 4 17.6 5.3-45.1 9 25.5 12.3-45.6 10 28.9 14.2-49.8 9 28.0 13.6-48.9
$25,000- 34,999 18 2 15.4 3.8-45.6 4 33.2 13.3-61.7 8 36.7 16.2-63.5 4 14.7 4.2-40.5
$35,000- 49,999 17 2 10.9 1.9-42.9 2 17.8 4.2-51.3 7 33.6 13.3-62.5 6 37.8 15.9-66.1
$50,000-74,999 14 2 13.5 3.2-43.0 6 49.1 20.3-78.6 5 23.9 7.7-54.0 1 13.5 1.9-55.6
$75,000+ 8 2 22.7 4.8-63.0 2 25.8 6.0-65.5 2 15.4 3.4-48.7 2 36.2 9.4-75.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 98 9 13.8 5.9-29.0 19 16.6 9.8-26.8 45 44.1 31.8-57.3 25 25.4 16.5-37.1
No 62 10 19.4 9.9-34.7 19 33.4 20.6-49.2 18 22.4 12.9-36.1 15 24.7 13.6-40.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 5 12.1 4.4-28.9 8 25.8 11.7-47.9 12 33.5 17.8-53.8 8 28.6 13.3-51.2
Non-Veteran 131 15 16.9 9.1-29.1 33 25.4 17.4-35.6 51 34.5 24.8-45.8 32 23.1 15.7-32.8

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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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