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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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  Total
Respond.^
Within one year More than a year Two or more years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,383 1,162 82.1 79.2-84.7 72 6.3 4.8- 8.2 64 4.9 3.5- 6.9 85 6.7 5.1- 8.7
-Western NC 157 130 79.6 69.6-86.9 11 8.7 4.4-16.6 6 3.7 1.4- 9.0 10 8.0 3.5-17.5
GENDER
Male 61 50 80.0 64.6-89.7 5 11.8 4.6-27.2 3 4.6 1.2-16.3 3 3.6 0.9-13.2
Female 96 80 79.2 65.0-88.7 6 6.0 2.3-14.4 3 2.9 0.9- 9.0 7 11.9 4.5-28.0
RACE
White 130 106 78.6 67.7-86.5 10 9.1 4.4-17.8 6 4.1 1.6-10.0 8 8.2 3.3-18.8
African American 8 7 88.0 46.3-98.4 1 12.0 1.6-53.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 4 77.7 27.1-97.0 1 22.3 3.0-72.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 9 8 91.5 54.6-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.5 1.0-45.4
45-54 35 29 70.9 44.4-88.1 2 7.5 1.8-26.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 3 20.4 5.9-51.5
55-64 33 27 81.1 61.7-92.0 2 7.6 1.9-26.0 2 4.5 1.1-16.9 2 6.9 1.4-27.1
65-74 37 26 66.7 44.5-83.3 5 19.0 6.6-43.8 3 9.8 2.6-30.6 3 4.5 1.0-17.6
75+ 37 35 98.0 92.1-99.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 36 77.2 57.0-89.7 4 12.9 3.8-35.9 3 4.8 1.5-14.4 2 5.2 1.2-20.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 59 47 73.7 54.4-86.8 4 8.0 2.7-21.4 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 7 16.3 5.9-38.0
Some Post-H.S. 26 23 85.4 60.8-95.7 1 3.2 0.4-19.9 1 7.6 1.1-38.2 1 3.9 0.5-23.3
College Graduate 26 23 88.5 67.2-96.7 2 9.9 2.4-32.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 26 71.5 46.5-87.9 4 18.2 5.3-46.8 3 7.9 2.3-23.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.4
$15,000- 24,999 31 25 81.6 60.2-92.9 1 3.0 0.4-18.5 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 4 14.1 4.5-36.7
$25,000- 34,999 18 16 91.1 59.8-98.6 1 8.4 1.2-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
$35,000- 49,999 17 15 83.7 52.3-96.0 1 9.7 1.4-45.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.9-35.2
$50,000-74,999 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 8 6 59.5 22.1-88.4 1 16.4 2.3-62.3 1 24.0 3.7-72.4 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 84 82.4 67.8-91.2 6 8.1 2.9-20.6 3 2.6 0.8- 8.3 4 6.9 1.7-23.6
No 57 43 74.6 59.1-85.6 5 9.9 4.1-22.3 3 5.4 1.4-19.0 6 10.1 3.9-23.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 29 82.5 56.0-94.6 2 11.7 2.6-40.0 1 5.8 0.8-31.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 125 101 78.7 67.5-86.8 9 7.8 3.8-15.5 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 10 10.5 4.6-22.3

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*Asked of all respondents that answered YES to diabetes Core question

^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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