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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 430 49 10.8 7.8-14.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 369 86.4 82.1-89.8 10 2.4 1.2- 4.9
GENDER
Male 139 19 12.2 7.3-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 115 83.5 75.3-89.4 5 4.2 1.6-10.5
Female 291 30 9.8 6.4-14.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0 254 88.3 83.2-92.0 5 1.2 0.5- 2.9
RACE
White 346 35 9.2 6.2-13.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 301 87.4 82.7-91.0 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0
Other 82 13 16.4 8.9-28.1 0 0.0 . - . 67 82.6 70.9-90.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3
AGE
18-44 123 3 3.2 0.8-11.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.5 117 94.2 86.1-97.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
45+ 306 46 15.6 11.3-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 251 81.4 75.6-86.0 9 3.1 1.4- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 32 15.0 10.0-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 179 81.5 74.3-87.1 7 3.5 1.4- 8.2
Some College + 212 17 6.6 3.8-11.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 190 91.2 86.2-94.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 36 14.4 9.8-20.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 219 82.1 75.7-87.1 9 3.2 1.5- 6.6
$50,000+ 105 6 4.0 1.7- 8.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 97 93.3 86.0-97.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.4

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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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