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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 638 59 11.4 8.4-15.2 207 36.1 31.5-40.9 180 27.0 23.0-31.5 192 25.5 21.7-29.7
GENDER
Male 232 17 10.9 6.5-17.9 77 36.3 29.2-44.1 70 30.5 23.7-38.3 68 22.2 16.7-28.8
Female 406 42 11.8 8.4-16.4 130 35.8 30.2-41.9 110 23.9 19.5-28.9 124 28.4 23.4-34.0
RACE
White 365 33 12.4 8.2-18.1 103 31.4 25.9-37.6 100 28.4 23.2-34.4 129 27.8 23.0-33.1
African American 231 21 10.2 6.3-16.2 87 40.4 32.5-48.7 68 25.4 18.8-33.3 55 24.0 17.5-32.1
Other Minorities 41 5 10.5 3.6-27.1 17 52.3 34.0-70.0 12 24.9 12.3-44.0 7 12.2 5.1-26.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 1 7.1 1.0-37.0 9 60.3 32.4-82.8 3 27.2 8.9-59.0 2 5.4 1.1-22.5
Non-Hispanic 621 58 11.6 8.5-15.5 197 35.2 30.6-40.1 177 27.1 23.0-31.7 189 26.1 22.2-30.4
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 21 18 85.5 62.4-95.4 3 14.5 4.6-37.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 43 9 23.4 10.4-44.7 34 76.6 55.3-89.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 128 18 13.5 7.6-22.9 92 71.7 60.9-80.6 18 14.7 8.4-24.6 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 187 7 5.0 2.1-11.1 48 27.6 20.4-36.2 107 56.6 47.8-65.0 25 10.8 6.8-16.8
65-74 148 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 18 10.9 6.6-17.6 40 25.5 18.1-34.6 87 61.3 51.9-70.0
75+ 106 0 0.0 . - . 12 13.0 6.7-23.7 14 17.1 8.7-30.9 80 69.9 56.4-80.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 164 10 5.7 2.8-11.2 43 25.1 17.7-34.2 46 32.1 22.7-43.1 65 37.2 28.3-47.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 209 18 11.4 6.3-19.8 65 39.0 30.8-47.8 62 24.9 18.9-32.0 64 24.7 18.3-32.5
Some Post-H.S. 151 14 12.3 6.9-21.1 60 44.8 35.7-54.3 35 20.1 14.0-28.0 42 22.7 16.3-30.9
College Graduate 113 17 18.4 11.0-29.2 39 34.6 24.9-45.8 37 33.5 23.9-44.8 20 13.5 8.2-21.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 157 13 7.3 3.8-13.6 40 34.6 25.5-45.1 45 23.4 16.6-32.0 59 34.6 25.9-44.5
$15,000- 24,999 129 13 12.9 6.4-24.3 51 42.3 31.7-53.7 35 22.1 15.2-30.9 30 22.8 15.0-33.0
$25,000- 34,999 80 12 17.0 9.0-29.7 22 30.3 19.4-44.0 22 30.3 18.7-45.2 24 22.3 14.3-33.2
$35,000- 49,999 63 3 8.0 2.5-22.4 32 52.0 37.8-65.8 17 27.2 16.6-41.3 11 12.9 6.9-22.7
$50,000-74,999 61 6 12.4 4.6-29.4 25 43.7 29.9-58.6 16 27.8 16.2-43.3 14 16.1 8.8-27.5
$75,000+ 49 6 17.7 7.8-35.3 16 32.8 20.1-48.6 17 34.8 21.7-50.8 10 14.7 7.5-26.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 397 37 11.2 7.6-16.2 133 37.4 31.6-43.5 110 27.1 21.8-33.0 117 24.4 19.8-29.6
No 227 21 11.5 7.0-18.4 69 34.4 26.9-42.7 67 27.3 20.9-34.7 70 26.9 20.4-34.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 4 6.0 1.9-17.1 32 37.3 26.7-49.2 30 31.9 22.3-43.2 38 24.9 17.4-34.3
Non-Veteran 530 55 12.6 9.3-17.0 175 36.1 31.1-41.4 149 26.0 21.6-31.0 151 25.3 21.0-30.0

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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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