BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC**: (Are you now taking diabetes pills?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,843	1,399	75.4	72.7-77.9	444	24.6	22.1-27.3
-Mountain AHEC	107	85	77.4	65.1-86.3	22	22.6	13.7-34.9
GENDER
Male	43	34	75.8	56.0-88.5	9	24.2	11.5-44.0
Female	64	51	79.4	64.5-89.1	13	20.6	10.9-35.5
RACE
White	89	70	75.0	61.3-85.0	19	25.0	15.0-38.7
African American	11	8	89.4	64.3-97.6	3	10.6	2.4-35.7
Other Minorities	7	7	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	3	3	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	103	81	75.9	63.0-85.3	22	24.1	14.7-37.0
AGE
18-24	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	5	2	28.9	5.1-75.6	3	71.1	24.4-94.9
35-44	7	6	95.5	70.5-99.5	1	4.5	0.5-29.5
45-54	16	12	82.0	54.2-94.6	4	18.0	5.4-45.8
55-64	22	20	89.4	57.6-98.1	2	10.6	1.9-42.4
65-74	30	24	78.3	55.9-91.1	6	21.7	8.9-44.1
75+	25	19	75.1	50.7-89.9	6	24.9	10.1-49.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	27	20	75.1	49.6-90.2	7	24.9	9.8-50.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	29	24	68.7	39.1-88.3	5	31.3	11.7-60.9
Some Post-H.S.	29	23	82.5	61.8-93.2	6	17.5	6.8-38.2
College Graduate	21	17	82.2	56.0-94.3	4	17.8	5.7-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	23	19	87.5	63.3-96.6	4	12.5	3.4-36.7
$15,000- 24,999	29	22	85.3	66.2-94.5	7	14.7	5.5-33.8
$25,000- 34,999	7	6	73.1	24.3-95.8	1	26.9	4.2-75.7
$35,000- 49,999	15	13	69.1	29.3-92.4	2	30.9	7.6-70.7
$50,000-74,999	7	6	89.0	47.5-98.6	1	11.0	1.4-52.5
$75,000+	7	6	69.1	20.4-95.2	1	30.9	4.8-79.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	64	48	76.4	61.7-86.6	16	23.6	13.4-38.3
No	36	31	80.0	52.0-93.6	5	20.0	6.4-48.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	20	15	72.6	45.8-89.2	5	27.4	10.8-54.2
Non-Veteran	86	69	79.0	64.5-88.6	17	21.0	11.4-35.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,843	1,399	75.4	72.7-77.9	444	24.6	22.1-27.3
-Mountain AHEC	107	85	77.4	65.1-86.3	22	22.6	13.7-34.9
GENDER
Male	43	34	75.8	56.0-88.5	9	24.2	11.5-44.0
Female	64	51	79.4	64.5-89.1	13	20.6	10.9-35.5
RACE
White	89	70	75.0	61.3-85.0	19	25.0	15.0-38.7
African American	11	8	89.4	64.3-97.6	3	10.6	2.4-35.7
Other Minorities	7	7	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	3	3	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	103	81	75.9	63.0-85.3	22	24.1	14.7-37.0
AGE
18-24	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	5	2	28.9	5.1-75.6	3	71.1	24.4-94.9
35-44	7	6	95.5	70.5-99.5	1	4.5	0.5-29.5
45-54	16	12	82.0	54.2-94.6	4	18.0	5.4-45.8
55-64	22	20	89.4	57.6-98.1	2	10.6	1.9-42.4
65-74	30	24	78.3	55.9-91.1	6	21.7	8.9-44.1
75+	25	19	75.1	50.7-89.9	6	24.9	10.1-49.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	27	20	75.1	49.6-90.2	7	24.9	9.8-50.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	29	24	68.7	39.1-88.3	5	31.3	11.7-60.9
Some Post-H.S.	29	23	82.5	61.8-93.2	6	17.5	6.8-38.2
College Graduate	21	17	82.2	56.0-94.3	4	17.8	5.7-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	23	19	87.5	63.3-96.6	4	12.5	3.4-36.7
$15,000- 24,999	29	22	85.3	66.2-94.5	7	14.7	5.5-33.8
$25,000- 34,999	7	6	73.1	24.3-95.8	1	26.9	4.2-75.7
$35,000- 49,999	15	13	69.1	29.3-92.4	2	30.9	7.6-70.7
$50,000-74,999	7	6	89.0	47.5-98.6	1	11.0	1.4-52.5
$75,000+	7	6	69.1	20.4-95.2	1	30.9	4.8-79.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	64	48	76.4	61.7-86.6	16	23.6	13.4-38.3
No	36	31	80.0	52.0-93.6	5	20.0	6.4-48.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	20	15	72.6	45.8-89.2	5	27.4	10.8-54.2
Non-Veteran	86	69	79.0	64.5-88.6	17	21.0	11.4-35.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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