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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 1,555 192 11.5 9.7-13.7 1,363 88.5 86.3-90.3
-Western NC 172 21 12.1 7.1-20.1 151 87.9 79.9-92.9
GENDER
Male 69 7 7.8 3.5-16.8 62 92.2 83.2-96.5
Female 103 14 16.2 8.2-29.5 89 83.8 70.5-91.8
RACE
White 144 21 13.5 7.9-22.2 123 86.5 77.8-92.1
African American 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
35-44 10 1 3.4 0.4-23.0 9 96.6 77.0-99.6
45-54 37 7 29.6 12.9-54.5 30 70.4 45.5-87.1
55-64 36 3 6.3 1.7-20.5 33 93.7 79.5-98.3
65-74 41 6 9.5 4.0-20.9 35 90.5 79.1-96.0
75+ 42 4 9.7 3.5-23.9 38 90.3 76.1-96.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 48 10 16.8 8.2-31.3 38 83.2 68.7-91.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 64 8 16.3 6.4-35.7 56 83.7 64.3-93.6
Some Post-H.S. 28 1 4.7 0.7-27.3 27 95.3 72.7-99.3
College Graduate 31 2 5.8 1.4-20.9 29 94.2 79.1-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 8 17.8 7.7-36.0 30 82.2 64.0-92.3
$15,000- 24,999 33 5 14.0 5.5-31.2 28 86.0 68.8-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 19 1 7.9 1.1-39.5 18 92.1 60.5-98.9
$35,000- 49,999 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 14 1 4.6 0.6-27.9 13 95.4 72.1-99.4
$75,000+ 8 2 21.3 4.9-58.7 6 78.7 41.3-95.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 105 18 18.7 10.6-30.9 87 81.3 69.1-89.4
No 63 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1 61 98.3 92.9-99.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 4 7.7 2.7-19.8 32 92.3 80.2-97.3
Non-Veteran 136 17 13.6 7.4-23.7 119 86.4 76.3-92.6

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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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