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

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,824 455 26.4 23.9-29.0 1,369 73.6 71.0-76.1
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 40 12 26.1 14.2-43.1 28 73.9 56.9-85.8
GENDER
Male 18 7 34.3 15.7-59.4 11 65.7 40.6-84.3
Female 22 5 17.7 6.1-41.4 17 82.3 58.6-93.9
RACE
White 38 11 25.8 13.6-43.5 27 74.2 56.5-86.4
Other 2 1 31.3 2.8-88.0 1 68.7 12.0-97.2
AGE
18-44 8 3 38.3 12.1-73.7 5 61.7 26.3-87.9
45+ 32 9 21.9 10.4-40.3 23 78.1 59.7-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 6 24.0 9.9-47.6 17 76.0 52.4-90.1
Some College + 17 6 29.6 12.3-55.7 11 70.4 44.3-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 10 23.6 11.8-41.7 22 76.4 58.3-88.2
$50,000+ 5 1 35.6 5.7-83.4 4 64.4 16.6-94.3

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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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