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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 103 21 22.0 13.7-33.4 18 18.4 10.8-29.4 35 27.8 18.7-39.1 29 31.8 20.8-45.4
GENDER
Male 41 10 21.5 10.3-39.5 7 19.6 9.1-37.3 14 28.7 15.5-46.9 10 30.3 14.8-52.1
Female 62 11 22.7 12.4-37.8 11 17.0 8.3-31.6 21 26.7 16.5-40.3 19 33.6 20.5-49.8
RACE
White 85 17 23.9 14.6-36.7 17 18.8 11.0-30.5 26 27.7 17.9-40.2 25 29.6 18.7-43.4
African American 11 3 14.2 3.3-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 33.3 9.0-71.5 2 52.5 15.1-87.3
Other Minorities 7 1 3.0 0.3-23.3 1 53.1 11.4-90.9 3 16.8 3.3-54.4 2 27.1 4.6-74.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.8 6.5-92.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.2 7.7-93.5
Non-Hispanic 100 21 23.1 14.4-34.9 17 16.9 9.8-27.6 35 29.2 19.7-40.9 27 30.8 19.6-44.7
AGE
18-24 2 0 0.0 . - . 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 2 20.3 3.1-67.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 28.9 5.1-75.6 1 50.8 10.0-90.6
35-44 7 1 20.1 2.7-69.5 2 52.8 16.1-86.7 2 9.2 1.8-35.6 2 18.0 3.5-57.0
45-54 15 2 7.3 1.6-27.8 3 16.1 4.2-45.4 6 39.7 15.2-70.6 4 37.0 11.8-72.0
55-64 22 8 41.7 19.9-67.2 5 20.5 6.1-50.8 3 6.9 1.8-23.0 6 30.9 13.2-56.8
65-74 29 5 26.8 10.9-52.1 5 19.6 7.7-41.6 12 33.9 17.8-54.7 7 19.8 7.9-41.5
75+ 23 3 19.3 5.8-48.1 2 11.5 2.6-38.5 9 32.2 15.4-55.5 9 37.0 17.9-61.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 7 32.0 12.8-60.2 3 12.2 2.1-47.5 11 46.0 22.3-71.7 5 9.8 3.1-26.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 27 2 8.2 1.9-29.5 8 29.5 13.2-53.5 8 20.5 8.5-41.6 9 41.8 19.7-67.7
Some Post-H.S. 28 5 20.1 8.3-41.2 7 22.6 10.1-43.1 9 23.6 11.2-43.1 7 33.7 15.6-58.2
College Graduate 21 7 35.0 15.8-60.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 24.0 10.0-47.5 8 41.0 19.8-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 2 11.7 2.8-38.3 3 21.8 5.2-58.6 7 23.6 9.9-46.4 9 43.0 20.3-69.0
$15,000- 24,999 27 7 25.2 10.1-50.0 3 13.5 4.2-35.6 11 39.8 20.3-63.2 6 21.6 8.3-45.4
$25,000- 34,999 7 1 12.3 1.6-54.8 2 42.9 12.0-80.6 3 34.9 9.5-73.3 1 9.8 1.3-48.3
$35,000- 49,999 15 4 32.6 11.4-64.6 3 18.4 5.4-47.3 4 14.2 3.9-40.3 4 34.8 10.1-71.6
$50,000-74,999 7 1 11.2 1.4-52.8 1 14.9 1.9-61.2 2 14.2 2.8-48.5 3 59.8 21.8-88.8
$75,000+ 7 3 41.7 10.8-80.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.6 3.1-55.5 2 41.7 10.0-82.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 61 12 20.8 10.9-36.2 10 15.8 7.5-30.0 23 37.5 24.2-53.0 16 25.9 14.9-41.1
No 36 8 23.5 10.6-44.1 5 15.6 5.5-37.0 12 16.0 7.8-30.1 11 45.0 24.1-67.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 18 5 35.7 15.4-62.9 3 21.5 7.1-49.7 7 32.0 13.9-57.7 3 10.8 3.1-31.9
Non-Veteran 84 16 17.7 10.2-29.1 15 17.4 9.5-29.7 28 26.5 16.7-39.2 25 38.4 25.0-53.8

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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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