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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 55 10 14.8 7.5-27.2 14 26.4 15.4-41.5 22 44.0 30.2-58.8 9 14.7 7.5-27.0
GENDER
Male 16 3 16.4 4.8-43.4 6 39.1 17.9-65.5 7 44.5 21.8-69.7 0 0.0 . - .
Female 39 7 13.8 6.3-27.7 8 18.4 8.8-34.7 15 43.7 27.6-61.2 9 24.0 12.5-41.3
RACE
White 32 5 11.7 4.6-26.8 9 31.3 16.6-51.0 11 35.2 19.5-54.9 7 21.8 10.2-40.6
Other 23 5 18.5 6.9-41.0 5 20.7 7.4-46.0 11 54.5 32.3-75.0 2 6.4 1.5-23.1
AGE
18-44 4 2 40.9 7.7-85.1 1 15.3 1.7-64.7 1 43.8 7.3-88.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 50 8 12.9 6.0-25.9 12 27.0 15.4-42.9 21 44.2 29.8-59.5 9 15.9 8.0-28.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 4 9.2 3.2-23.8 4 19.9 7.3-43.8 13 56.4 35.7-75.0 5 14.5 5.6-32.8
Some College + 29 6 21.5 9.0-42.9 10 34.3 18.3-54.7 9 29.3 14.7-49.8 4 15.0 5.6-34.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 8 18.5 8.5-35.6 8 25.1 11.9-45.2 15 44.6 27.4-63.1 4 11.9 4.3-28.9
$50,000+ 12 1 5.8 0.8-32.5 4 32.3 11.9-62.8 4 38.9 15.1-69.7 3 23.0 7.2-53.6

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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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