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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 1,356 76.0 73.4-78.4 139 7.5 6.1- 9.1 151 8.2 6.7- 9.9 148 8.4 6.8-10.2
-Buncombe County 32 22 67.5 47.0-83.0 3 6.3 1.7-20.6 4 12.5 4.1-32.2 3 13.7 4.3-35.8
GENDER
Male 13 10 70.9 39.2-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.3 1.3-44.5 2 19.8 5.1-53.3
Female 19 12 63.2 37.9-82.9 3 14.4 4.0-40.3 3 16.5 4.5-45.1 1 5.9 0.8-32.2
RACE
White 23 16 66.1 42.3-83.9 3 8.5 2.3-26.7 1 7.0 1.0-36.1 3 18.4 5.9-44.6
Other 9 6 71.6 31.8-93.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 28.4 6.8-68.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 2 66.1 21.8-93.2 1 19.4 2.3-71.0 2 14.4 2.6-52.1 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 27 20 67.9 44.9-84.6 2 3.2 0.8-12.4 2 12.0 3.1-37.0 3 16.9 5.4-41.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 11 69.0 41.5-87.4 2 10.5 2.2-37.9 3 15.1 4.0-43.5 1 5.4 0.7-30.7
Some College + 14 11 67.9 36.4-88.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.5-47.0 2 21.8 5.8-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 15 68.1 42.9-85.8 3 10.1 2.7-31.0 3 12.9 3.3-38.9 1 8.9 1.3-42.6
$50,000+ 3 2 56.9 10.7-93.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.1 6.4-89.3

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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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