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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 52 11 14.8 7.7-26.5 11 17.6 9.3-30.9 18 38.6 24.5-54.8 12 29.0 15.5-47.7
GENDER
Male 23 4 10.1 3.3-27.2 5 13.6 5.2-31.2 10 45.7 24.5-68.7 4 30.6 11.7-59.4
Female 29 7 21.0 9.6-39.8 6 23.1 10.0-44.6 8 29.0 14.5-49.6 8 27.0 13.3-47.2
RACE
White 47 11 18.0 9.6-31.5 10 20.4 10.7-35.3 16 41.5 26.6-58.0 10 20.1 10.5-35.1
Other 5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.1 0.6-33.9 2 25.5 4.7-70.5 2 69.4 25.8-93.7
AGE
18-44 5 1 20.6 2.8-70.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 79.4 29.9-97.2 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 47 10 14.1 7.0-26.3 11 19.6 10.3-34.1 14 34.0 19.9-51.6 12 32.3 17.4-51.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 6 10.1 4.0-22.9 6 15.5 6.3-33.4 11 41.0 22.1-63.0 7 33.4 14.7-59.3
Some College + 22 5 21.9 9.0-44.4 5 20.8 8.3-43.3 7 34.9 17.0-58.5 5 22.4 9.1-45.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 4 6.0 2.1-16.0 8 17.2 8.0-33.2 14 41.5 24.7-60.5 11 35.3 18.4-56.8
$50,000+ 7 3 37.8 11.0-74.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 44.2 12.9-80.9 1 18.0 2.5-65.4

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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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