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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,819 1,162 62.2 59.3-65.0 411 22.7 20.3-25.2 92 5.8 4.5- 7.3 31 2.3 1.5- 3.4 123 7.1 5.7- 8.8
-Mountain AHEC 105 66 54.4 41.9-66.4 22 26.4 16.4-39.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.5 5 6.8 2.7-16.2 9 11.2 4.7-24.2
GENDER
Male 42 23 46.9 29.8-64.8 15 41.6 24.9-60.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 2 8.9 1.8-34.8
Female 63 43 63.7 47.7-77.2 7 7.6 3.1-17.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9 4 12.3 4.4-29.7 7 14.0 5.7-30.4
RACE
White 88 56 57.0 43.8-69.3 17 22.2 13.3-34.6 2 0.9 0.2- 5.1 5 7.9 3.1-18.6 8 12.0 4.8-26.9
African American 10 8 44.7 11.3-83.7 1 46.7 9.8-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.6 1.0-46.8
Other Minorities 7 2 22.9 3.5-70.6 4 67.3 21.9-93.8 1 9.8 1.1-52.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.8 6.5-92.3 1 8.8 0.9-51.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.5 5.5-91.1
Non-Hispanic 101 66 58.3 45.1-70.4 20 23.7 14.0-37.3 2 0.8 0.1- 4.7 5 7.3 2.9-17.3 8 9.8 3.7-23.5
AGE
18-24 2 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 2 31.4 5.5-78.2 2 17.8 2.8-62.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 50.8 10.0-90.6
35-44 7 2 24.6 4.4-69.7 2 37.3 7.5-81.5 1 6.0 0.7-36.1 1 20.1 2.7-69.5 1 12.0 1.5-55.0
45-54 16 13 65.8 29.8-89.7 1 21.6 3.4-68.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.6 2.7-43.0
55-64 21 12 46.8 23.4-71.7 7 45.4 22.1-71.0 1 4.4 0.6-26.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.3 0.4-20.9
65-74 30 23 77.4 54.3-90.8 5 19.5 7.1-43.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 24 13 46.3 25.6-68.3 4 24.5 9.0-51.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.8 5.8-43.5 4 11.4 3.0-35.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 25 16 59.2 31.4-82.1 6 36.8 14.8-66.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.3-16.8 2 1.5 0.3- 6.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 29 17 46.9 25.8-69.1 7 24.1 10.2-47.0 2 4.4 1.0-17.2 1 5.4 0.7-30.0 2 19.3 4.1-57.2
Some Post-H.S. 29 19 54.5 33.1-74.4 5 23.9 8.7-50.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.3 2.3-31.4 3 12.2 3.7-33.6
College Graduate 21 13 59.0 34.0-80.1 4 22.8 7.7-51.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 1 9.0 1.3-43.0 2 8.6 2.0-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 22 16 71.6 43.7-89.1 1 4.3 0.6-25.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.2 1.6-49.2 4 12.9 3.8-35.7
$15,000- 24,999 29 16 44.9 25.2-66.4 10 41.1 21.8-63.5 1 1.3 0.2- 9.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.6 3.2-38.5
$25,000- 34,999 7 5 63.3 22.4-91.1 2 36.7 8.9-77.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 15 10 62.2 27.2-87.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 1 0.5 0.1- 4.0 1 7.9 1.1-40.6 2 28.5 6.3-70.2
$50,000-74,999 7 4 44.1 12.5-81.3 3 55.9 18.7-87.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 7 2 23.0 4.9-63.3 3 26.9 5.3-70.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 50.1 14.7-85.5 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 62 40 54.5 39.3-69.0 13 27.8 15.8-44.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.4 2.7-23.4 6 9.3 3.4-23.2
No 36 22 55.9 32.9-76.6 6 19.5 5.7-49.4 3 3.4 0.8-12.5 2 5.3 1.1-21.4 3 16.0 4.0-46.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 19 11 52.9 28.9-75.7 5 35.7 15.6-62.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.6 0.8-31.3 2 5.7 1.3-21.8
Non-Veteran 85 54 54.9 40.5-68.5 17 23.5 12.8-39.1 3 1.6 0.4- 5.9 4 7.2 2.5-19.0 7 12.9 4.9-29.6

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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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