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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Buncombe County 31 3 10.6 3.1-30.6 10 42.5 24.2-63.1 7 18.6 8.1-37.4 11 28.2 15.0-46.6
GENDER
Male 13 1 9.3 1.3-44.5 5 49.2 22.8-76.1 2 15.8 3.7-47.6 5 25.7 9.7-52.6
Female 18 2 12.4 2.8-41.3 5 33.5 14.0-60.9 5 22.5 8.9-46.4 6 31.6 13.9-57.0
RACE
White 23 2 12.0 3.0-37.5 6 34.7 16.4-58.9 5 18.1 6.6-40.8 10 35.2 18.4-56.7
Other 8 1 6.3 0.8-37.2 4 67.3 29.5-91.0 2 20.4 4.2-59.9 1 6.0 0.7-35.7
AGE
18-44 5 1 19.4 2.3-71.0 4 80.6 29.0-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 26 2 8.5 1.8-32.6 6 33.2 15.9-56.8 7 23.2 10.2-44.5 11 35.1 18.9-55.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 1 8.1 1.1-40.7 6 49.0 23.2-75.4 2 7.2 1.6-26.7 7 35.7 15.5-62.6
Some College + 14 2 13.2 2.7-45.4 4 37.7 15.0-67.5 4 26.9 9.5-56.3 4 22.2 7.7-49.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 3 16.8 5.0-43.5 6 30.5 13.0-56.3 6 27.3 11.6-51.8 7 25.4 11.2-47.8
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 74.6 20.9-97.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.4 3.0-79.1

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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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