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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,819 1,162 62.2 59.3-65.0 411 22.7 20.3-25.2 92 5.8 4.5- 7.3 31 2.3 1.5- 3.4 123 7.1 5.7- 8.8
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 47 31 74.5 60.4-84.8 12 19.2 10.6-32.4 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.2 1.6-15.5
GENDER
Male 19 12 77.6 56.1-90.3 4 12.9 4.4-32.2 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.3 1.7-26.8
Female 28 19 71.8 52.3-85.5 8 24.9 12.2-44.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.6
RACE
White 34 21 69.7 52.3-82.9 9 20.9 10.6-37.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.7 2.4-22.2
Other 13 10 84.2 56.4-95.7 3 15.8 4.3-43.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 45 29 71.8 57.1-82.9 12 21.3 11.8-35.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.8 1.8-17.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 20 97.2 82.4-99.6 1 2.8 0.4-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 26 11 47.9 29.1-67.3 11 38.4 21.7-58.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.3 3.6-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 23 76.0 60.1-86.9 9 18.0 9.0-32.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.5 1.1-17.4
$50,000+ 5 2 40.6 9.8-81.3 2 40.7 9.3-82.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.7 2.4-67.8

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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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