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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-Durham County 36 3 7.9 2.4-23.2 13 32.5 18.2-51.1 11 28.9 15.7-47.0 9 30.7 15.4-51.9
GENDER
Male 11 1 8.5 1.1-42.9 3 24.8 6.8-59.9 4 26.0 8.6-56.7 3 40.7 14.2-74.0
Female 25 2 7.4 1.8-26.2 10 38.5 21.0-59.6 7 31.1 15.0-53.6 6 23.0 9.9-44.7
RACE
White 17 1 8.1 1.1-40.3 4 21.3 7.6-47.1 7 42.3 20.6-67.4 5 28.2 11.3-54.8
Other 19 2 7.8 1.8-28.0 9 42.0 19.9-67.9 4 17.4 6.1-40.6 4 32.8 11.7-64.4
AGE
18-44 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 74.7 20.6-97.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.3 2.9-79.4
45+ 33 3 9.2 2.8-26.3 11 25.8 13.7-43.3 11 33.4 18.3-52.8 8 31.6 15.1-54.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 16 0 0.0 . - . 7 39.4 18.7-64.8 5 35.9 15.4-63.3 4 24.6 8.7-52.9
Some College + 20 3 12.9 3.8-35.7 6 28.1 11.2-54.7 6 24.4 10.1-48.1 5 34.6 14.0-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 17 1 6.0 0.8-33.1 6 36.7 15.2-65.2 6 37.2 16.3-64.3 4 20.1 6.2-49.1
$50,000+ 13 2 12.6 2.7-42.5 4 20.7 6.6-49.2 3 20.5 6.0-51.0 4 46.2 19.0-75.9

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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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