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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 453 32 5.7 3.8- 8.4 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 409 92.1 88.9-94.4 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1
GENDER
Male 161 13 6.4 3.5-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 143 91.5 86.1-94.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4
Female 292 19 5.0 3.1- 8.0 3 1.5 0.4- 5.6 266 92.6 88.7-95.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
RACE
White 384 23 5.3 3.4- 8.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 352 93.0 89.8-95.2 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6
Other 69 9 7.5 3.1-16.9 2 3.4 0.7-14.5 57 88.3 77.0-94.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
AGE
18-44 170 5 1.9 0.7- 5.5 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2 163 97.0 92.8-98.8 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 281 27 10.7 7.2-15.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 244 85.5 80.0-89.6 9 3.4 1.6- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 17 6.9 3.9-12.0 2 1.5 0.3- 7.4 153 88.6 82.2-92.9 7 3.0 1.2- 7.0
Some College + 271 14 4.8 2.7- 8.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 254 94.4 90.7-96.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 22 6.1 3.7- 9.6 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 230 90.7 86.2-93.8 8 2.2 0.9- 4.9
$50,000+ 122 3 3.0 0.9- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 119 97.0 90.9-99.1 0 0.0 . - .

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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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