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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Diabetes

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 47 3 4.9 1.4-16.4 15 32.7 18.7-50.7 17 40.8 24.9-58.9 12 21.5 11.4-36.8
GENDER
Male 18 0 0.0 . - . 7 27.8 12.0-52.0 7 48.2 23.7-73.6 4 24.0 8.8-51.0
Female 29 3 9.1 2.5-28.3 8 37.0 17.6-61.7 10 34.5 17.2-57.3 8 19.4 8.7-37.8
RACE
White 34 3 7.2 2.0-23.2 6 12.4 5.1-27.2 13 48.9 29.2-68.8 12 31.5 16.8-51.2
Other 12 0 0.0 . - . 9 79.4 48.4-94.0 3 20.6 6.0-51.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 35.4 4.7-85.8 1 64.6 14.2-95.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 44 3 5.6 1.5-18.4 13 32.4 17.8-51.3 16 37.6 22.5-55.4 12 24.4 13.2-40.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 3 7.2 2.0-23.4 6 21.5 8.3-45.3 14 52.8 31.7-73.0 7 18.4 7.7-37.7
Some College + 17 0 0.0 . - . 9 56.8 31.0-79.4 3 15.0 4.4-40.0 5 28.2 10.9-55.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 1 3.6 0.5-22.0 12 35.5 18.8-56.7 13 43.4 24.6-64.4 8 17.4 7.9-34.0
$50,000+ 6 1 11.5 1.5-52.8 2 30.0 6.8-71.6 2 36.3 9.1-76.4 1 22.3 3.2-71.4

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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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