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

Diabetes

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  Total
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 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 39 6 13.5 5.2-30.5 13 31.2 17.8-48.7 10 25.0 13.0-42.7 10 30.3 16.7-48.5
GENDER
Male 18 3 13.1 3.2-40.6 7 40.6 19.6-65.7 5 28.7 11.7-55.1 3 17.7 5.6-43.7
Female 21 3 13.9 3.8-40.1 6 21.2 8.9-42.7 5 21.1 7.8-45.9 7 43.7 22.4-67.6
RACE
White 37 6 14.3 5.6-32.1 12 31.2 17.4-49.4 9 22.4 11.0-40.1 10 32.2 17.8-50.9
Other 2 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.3 2.8-88.0 1 68.7 12.0-97.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 8 2 19.0 3.6-59.8 2 29.4 7.1-69.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 51.6 19.5-82.4
45+ 31 4 11.5 3.6-31.5 11 31.8 17.2-51.2 10 33.9 18.1-54.3 6 22.8 10.0-44.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 3 10.1 2.5-32.8 6 27.9 12.1-52.2 6 27.9 12.2-51.9 7 34.0 16.3-57.8
Some College + 17 3 18.8 5.1-50.1 7 36.3 16.5-62.3 4 20.4 6.6-48.2 3 24.5 8.2-54.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 3 8.6 2.1-29.0 11 34.2 18.6-54.2 9 29.7 15.1-50.0 8 27.5 13.9-47.2
$50,000+ 5 2 26.8 5.3-70.8 1 19.6 2.5-69.8 1 17.9 2.3-67.3 1 35.6 5.7-83.4

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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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