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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 5,563 666 9.8 8.9-10.7 58 0.9 0.7- 1.2 4,758 87.9 86.8-88.9 81 1.5 1.1- 1.9
GENDER
Male 1,934 238 9.5 8.2-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 1,664 89.1 87.4-90.5 32 1.4 1.0- 2.1
Female 3,629 428 10.0 9.0-11.2 58 1.7 1.3- 2.3 3,094 86.8 85.4-88.0 49 1.5 1.0- 2.2
RACE
White 3,711 376 8.3 7.3- 9.3 38 0.9 0.6- 1.3 3,241 89.1 87.9-90.2 56 1.7 1.2- 2.4
African American 1,365 244 15.6 13.4-18.1 16 0.9 0.5- 1.5 1,086 82.4 79.8-84.7 19 1.1 0.7- 1.9
Other Minorities 469 44 5.8 4.0- 8.4 4 0.7 0.2- 2.1 416 92.9 90.1-95.0 5 0.6 0.2- 1.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 245 15 4.0 2.3- 6.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 227 95.0 91.7-97.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7
Non-Hispanic 5,311 649 10.3 9.3-11.3 56 0.9 0.7- 1.2 4,527 87.3 86.2-88.3 79 1.6 1.2- 2.1
AGE
18-24 278 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4 265 97.1 94.2-98.5 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8
25-34 775 21 2.1 1.3- 3.5 19 1.7 1.0- 2.8 731 95.9 94.3-97.1 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9
35-44 993 44 4.6 3.2- 6.6 20 1.8 1.1- 2.8 923 92.7 90.4-94.4 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4
45-54 1,140 132 11.4 9.3-13.8 9 0.5 0.2- 1.0 985 86.6 84.0-88.9 14 1.5 0.8- 2.8
55-64 1,038 193 19.1 16.3-22.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 815 77.8 74.6-80.8 28 3.0 1.9- 4.5
65-74 768 161 21.8 18.5-25.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 587 75.6 71.8-79.0 19 2.6 1.5- 4.3
75+ 539 109 21.0 16.8-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 422 77.6 72.6-81.8 8 1.5 0.7- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 869 181 14.8 12.2-17.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.6 673 82.9 79.5-85.8 12 1.9 0.8- 4.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,836 216 9.6 8.2-11.4 11 0.4 0.2- 0.8 1,585 88.8 87.0-90.4 24 1.1 0.7- 1.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,419 153 8.7 7.3-10.4 22 1.2 0.8- 2.0 1,220 88.4 86.4-90.1 24 1.7 1.0- 2.8
College Graduate 1,429 115 7.4 6.0- 9.2 22 1.5 1.0- 2.4 1,271 89.6 87.7-91.3 21 1.4 0.9- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 756 167 19.3 16.1-23.0 6 0.8 0.3- 2.2 568 77.6 73.6-81.1 15 2.3 1.1- 4.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,034 133 10.5 8.5-13.0 10 0.8 0.4- 1.7 878 87.5 84.8-89.8 13 1.2 0.6- 2.5
$25,000- 34,999 711 82 9.2 7.0-11.9 11 1.3 0.7- 2.4 611 88.6 85.6-91.0 7 1.0 0.4- 2.1
$35,000- 49,999 788 64 6.6 5.0- 8.7 6 0.6 0.3- 1.4 707 91.3 88.9-93.2 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9
$50,000-74,999 717 62 8.5 6.4-11.3 9 0.9 0.4- 1.8 635 89.1 86.1-91.5 11 1.5 0.7- 3.1
$75,000+ 753 49 5.6 4.1- 7.6 11 1.3 0.7- 2.6 683 91.9 89.5-93.7 10 1.2 0.6- 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,888 417 19.7 17.5-22.0 15 0.7 0.4- 1.2 1,412 76.9 74.4-79.3 44 2.7 1.9- 3.9
No 3,516 232 5.4 4.6- 6.3 41 1.0 0.7- 1.3 3,208 92.9 91.9-93.8 35 0.8 0.5- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 902 109 9.6 7.7-11.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8 774 88.4 86.0-90.5 17 1.8 1.1- 3.0
Non-Veteran 4,644 553 9.8 8.8-10.9 56 1.0 0.8- 1.4 3,971 87.8 86.6-88.9 64 1.4 1.0- 1.9

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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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