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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 1,196 107 7.4 5.8- 9.3 9 0.7 0.3- 1.5 1,060 90.4 88.2-92.3 20 1.5 0.8- 2.9
GENDER
Male 422 43 8.7 6.0-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 370 89.9 86.2-92.8 9 1.4 0.6- 3.0
Female 774 64 6.2 4.6- 8.3 9 1.2 0.5- 2.8 690 90.9 88.0-93.1 11 1.7 0.7- 4.2
RACE
White 1,043 89 7.4 5.8- 9.5 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3 932 90.4 88.0-92.4 17 1.7 0.9- 3.3
African American 65 11 11.7 4.5-27.1 2 3.3 0.7-14.8 52 85.0 69.3-93.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 88 7 3.6 1.1-10.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 76 94.4 87.6-97.6 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 3 5.1 1.4-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 42 94.9 82.9-98.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,149 103 7.4 5.8- 9.4 9 0.7 0.3- 1.6 1,017 90.2 87.9-92.2 20 1.7 0.9- 3.1
AGE
18-24 59 2 0.6 0.1- 3.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 54 94.1 83.8-98.0 2 4.1 1.0-15.5
25-34 172 5 2.9 1.0- 8.6 3 1.2 0.3- 5.4 163 95.8 90.1-98.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3
35-44 185 7 2.9 1.2- 6.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 173 95.8 91.8-97.9 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
45-54 201 16 10.6 5.8-18.6 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 180 87.4 79.4-92.5 3 1.4 0.4- 5.4
55-64 217 22 8.3 5.0-13.5 0 0.0 . - . 192 90.1 84.6-93.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.3
65-74 186 30 14.3 9.4-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 151 84.1 77.3-89.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.4
75+ 171 25 19.8 13.2-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 142 77.0 67.9-84.1 4 3.1 1.1- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 27 9.3 5.5-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 150 87.8 80.1-92.8 3 2.9 0.7-11.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 29 6.1 3.8- 9.6 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2 313 92.0 88.2-94.6 10 1.3 0.6- 2.5
Some Post-H.S. 306 29 10.6 7.0-15.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 268 86.6 81.0-90.7 5 2.2 0.8- 6.0
College Graduate 353 21 4.4 2.7- 7.1 3 1.1 0.3- 4.3 327 94.1 90.8-96.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 23 10.3 6.1-17.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 125 84.5 74.5-91.1 5 4.7 1.1-18.3
$15,000- 24,999 243 29 9.9 6.4-15.1 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 207 88.7 83.4-92.4 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6
$25,000- 34,999 166 7 3.0 1.3- 6.6 2 1.9 0.4- 7.4 153 92.1 85.5-95.9 4 3.0 0.9- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 168 15 8.7 4.6-15.7 2 1.4 0.3- 7.8 150 89.5 82.0-94.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2
$50,000-74,999 144 7 6.7 2.8-15.2 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 134 91.7 83.2-96.1 2 1.4 0.3- 6.7
$75,000+ 135 7 4.8 2.0-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 128 95.2 89.0-98.0 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 399 64 14.8 11.1-19.6 3 0.7 0.2- 3.2 323 82.1 76.8-86.4 9 2.3 0.8- 6.4
No 764 36 3.8 2.4- 5.9 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7 712 94.3 91.9-96.1 11 1.3 0.6- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 162 20 13.4 8.3-20.8 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 139 84.7 77.0-90.2 2 1.6 0.3- 6.7
Non-Veteran 1,033 86 6.4 4.9- 8.4 8 0.7 0.3- 1.7 921 91.3 89.0-93.2 18 1.5 0.8- 3.0

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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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