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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, boderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,251 1,849 8.5 8.0- 9.0 144 0.7 0.6- 0.9 15,042 89.6 89.1-90.1 216 1.2 1.0- 1.4
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 408 40 9.1 6.5-12.7 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 358 89.3 85.5-92.1 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9
GENDER
Male 148 18 9.6 5.8-15.6 0 0.0 . - . 127 88.9 82.6-93.1 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2
Female 260 22 8.7 5.5-13.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 231 89.6 84.7-93.1 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7
RACE
White 379 38 9.6 6.8-13.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 331 88.6 84.5-91.6 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2
Other 28 2 5.2 1.1-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 26 94.8 79.1-98.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 135 8 4.9 2.3-10.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 124 94.2 89.0-97.0 2 0.5 0.1- 1.8
45+ 270 32 13.3 9.2-18.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 231 84.5 78.7-88.9 6 2.1 0.8- 5.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 23 12.1 7.8-18.4 0 0.0 . - . 161 86.8 80.5-91.3 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7
Some College + 216 17 6.6 3.9-11.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 194 91.3 86.4-94.6 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 32 10.9 7.4-15.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 235 87.9 83.0-91.5 5 0.9 0.3- 2.2
$50,000+ 89 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 82 93.2 85.4-97.0 2 2.7 0.6-10.9

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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