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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 637 456 70.9 66.2-75.1 52 8.9 6.3-12.3 78 12.2 9.3-15.9 51 8.1 5.8-11.1
GENDER
Male 227 166 73.4 65.7-80.0 16 7.6 4.2-13.4 27 11.7 7.3-18.3 18 7.2 4.1-12.2
Female 410 290 68.6 62.7-74.0 36 9.9 6.5-14.7 51 12.7 9.2-17.1 33 8.8 5.9-13.0
RACE
White 358 261 70.4 64.0-76.0 24 8.7 5.2-14.2 38 9.9 6.8-14.0 35 11.1 7.5-16.1
African American 235 168 73.4 65.5-80.0 23 8.9 5.4-14.2 32 14.1 9.0-21.4 12 3.7 1.9- 7.1
Other Minorities 43 26 57.2 38.9-73.8 5 10.4 3.8-25.6 8 23.4 10.5-44.5 4 8.9 3.0-23.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 11 68.1 38.1-88.1 1 4.8 0.6-27.9 2 20.4 5.1-55.2 1 6.7 0.9-35.7
Non-Hispanic 621 444 70.9 66.1-75.3 51 9.0 6.4-12.6 76 12.0 9.1-15.6 50 8.1 5.8-11.2
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 21 13 60.7 35.5-81.3 2 14.1 3.2-44.8 4 19.5 6.3-46.7 2 5.7 1.2-23.2
35-44 42 26 68.0 47.6-83.2 8 20.4 7.8-43.8 6 8.4 3.4-19.5 2 3.2 0.6-15.0
45-54 129 94 71.2 60.6-79.9 11 8.5 4.1-16.7 14 12.1 6.9-20.6 10 8.2 3.6-17.3
55-64 189 140 73.7 65.2-80.7 9 3.8 1.8- 7.9 24 13.4 8.4-20.8 16 9.1 5.0-16.0
65-74 150 108 73.2 64.0-80.7 16 12.1 6.7-20.7 17 8.6 5.1-14.2 9 6.1 3.0-12.1
75+ 100 70 65.0 51.1-76.7 6 7.9 3.0-19.2 13 16.4 7.7-31.6 11 10.8 5.5-19.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 166 98 62.5 52.8-71.3 21 13.7 8.2-22.0 34 16.4 10.8-24.0 13 7.4 4.0-13.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 209 160 71.2 61.9-79.0 12 7.3 3.4-15.0 21 12.0 6.9-20.0 16 9.5 5.1-16.9
Some Post-H.S. 150 113 74.6 65.2-82.1 11 8.7 4.2-17.1 12 8.7 4.5-16.1 14 8.0 4.4-14.2
College Graduate 112 85 77.0 67.0-84.7 8 5.1 2.3-10.6 11 11.7 6.1-21.2 8 6.3 2.9-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 155 98 62.9 52.8-72.0 11 9.6 4.5-19.3 33 18.1 12.1-26.2 13 9.4 4.7-17.7
$15,000- 24,999 126 84 63.8 52.3-73.9 17 18.7 10.6-30.8 14 9.7 5.4-16.8 11 7.8 3.8-15.4
$25,000- 34,999 82 65 81.6 70.0-89.3 7 5.5 2.5-11.8 6 9.4 3.8-21.4 4 3.6 1.2-10.0
$35,000- 49,999 64 51 76.2 61.2-86.7 2 2.0 0.4- 9.2 6 14.7 6.3-30.7 5 7.1 2.8-16.7
$50,000-74,999 61 47 77.2 61.5-87.7 5 6.2 2.4-15.0 3 1.5 0.5- 4.6 6 15.2 6.3-32.4
$75,000+ 48 38 77.8 61.6-88.5 2 7.2 1.7-25.6 4 7.6 2.7-19.9 4 7.3 2.4-20.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 397 260 65.8 59.7-71.4 39 11.6 7.9-16.9 64 14.9 11.2-19.5 34 7.7 5.2-11.3
No 226 182 77.2 68.9-83.8 13 4.9 2.6- 9.1 14 8.7 4.4-16.4 17 9.2 5.3-15.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 79 78.3 68.3-85.7 4 3.5 1.3- 9.3 13 9.5 4.8-17.9 10 8.8 4.4-16.6
Non-Veteran 528 374 69.0 63.6-73.9 48 10.1 7.1-14.3 65 12.9 9.6-17.2 41 8.0 5.5-11.5

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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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