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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 57 6 10.3 4.2-23.2 15 28.6 17.3-43.3 21 37.4 24.7-52.1 15 23.7 14.0-37.2
GENDER
Male 17 2 12.6 3.0-40.5 4 25.1 9.6-51.5 7 41.0 19.7-66.4 4 21.3 7.6-47.0
Female 40 4 8.8 2.8-24.2 11 30.8 17.0-49.2 14 35.1 21.0-52.2 11 25.3 13.8-41.8
RACE
White 34 2 6.3 1.3-25.4 8 25.8 13.0-44.7 12 37.5 21.8-56.4 12 30.4 16.9-48.4
Other 23 4 15.3 5.0-38.3 7 32.0 14.8-56.1 9 37.3 18.7-60.5 3 15.4 4.9-38.9
AGE
18-44 4 2 40.9 7.7-85.1 2 59.1 14.9-92.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 52 4 8.2 2.7-22.4 12 26.2 15.0-41.5 21 40.2 26.7-55.4 15 25.5 15.1-39.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 4 11.4 3.8-29.3 7 28.1 13.3-49.9 9 38.0 20.4-59.4 7 22.6 10.3-42.5
Some College + 30 2 9.0 1.8-34.5 8 29.1 14.5-49.9 12 36.7 20.8-56.3 8 25.1 12.1-44.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 6 15.6 6.3-33.4 8 23.7 11.3-43.0 14 39.4 23.4-58.0 8 21.4 10.3-39.1
$50,000+ 12 0 0.0 . - . 3 26.0 8.1-58.1 6 49.6 22.8-76.7 3 24.4 7.3-57.1

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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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