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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 449 53 9.6 7.0-13.1 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5 384 86.7 82.5-90.0 9 2.9 1.3- 6.2
GENDER
Male 151 24 12.5 7.8-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 122 82.9 74.5-89.0 5 4.5 1.6-11.8
Female 298 29 7.2 4.9-10.6 3 1.5 0.5- 4.5 262 89.8 85.6-92.8 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
RACE
White 391 48 9.3 6.7-12.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 333 87.1 82.7-90.5 7 2.7 1.1- 6.6
Other 58 5 11.9 4.3-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 51 84.3 67.7-93.3 2 3.8 0.8-15.9
AGE
18-44 145 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 137 96.2 92.1-98.2 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2
45+ 301 48 16.1 11.7-21.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 244 78.6 72.1-83.9 7 4.4 1.8-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 31 11.3 7.3-17.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 195 85.4 79.0-90.1 4 2.8 1.0- 7.6
Some College + 217 22 7.8 4.9-12.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6 188 88.1 82.0-92.2 5 3.0 0.9- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 253 37 13.0 8.8-18.6 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 211 83.8 77.2-88.8 4 2.7 0.8- 8.8
$50,000+ 123 7 4.8 2.1-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 114 92.8 85.5-96.5 2 2.4 0.5-10.4

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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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