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

Diabetes Control

In the last 12 months, has a doctor, nurse or other health professional talked with you about exercise or physical activity to control your diabetes or pre-diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,051 1,431 70.6 68.0-73.1 620 29.4 26.9-32.0
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 59 43 74.3 59.5-85.0 16 25.7 15.0-40.5
GENDER
Male 24 20 82.5 59.4-93.8 4 17.5 6.2-40.6
Female 35 23 65.8 45.2-81.7 12 34.2 18.3-54.8
RACE
White 43 33 76.0 57.4-88.2 10 24.0 11.8-42.6
Other 15 10 72.1 44.2-89.4 5 27.9 10.6-55.8
AGE
18-44 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 55 39 70.2 54.4-82.3 16 29.8 17.7-45.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 26 68.7 49.7-83.0 13 31.3 17.0-50.3
Some College + 20 17 87.1 65.0-96.1 3 12.9 3.9-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 33 73.1 55.4-85.6 12 26.9 14.4-44.6
$50,000+ 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes OR pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes

^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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