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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Diabetes Control

In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit due to other diabetes complications?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,839 134 7.8 6.2- 9.6 1,705 92.2 90.4-93.8
-Mountain AHEC 107 8 6.4 2.9-13.3 99 93.6 86.7-97.1
GENDER
Male 43 4 7.3 2.6-18.9 39 92.7 81.1-97.4
Female 64 4 5.2 1.6-15.6 60 94.8 84.4-98.4
RACE
White 89 5 5.0 1.9-12.5 84 95.0 87.5-98.1
African American 11 1 11.6 1.4-54.7 10 88.4 45.3-98.6
Other Minorities 7 2 21.1 3.0-69.4 5 78.9 30.6-97.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 103 8 6.8 3.1-14.2 95 93.2 85.8-96.9
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 1 86.2 28.0-99.0
25-34 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
35-44 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
45-54 16 2 10.2 2.3-35.1 14 89.8 64.9-97.7
55-64 22 1 8.8 1.3-42.6 21 91.2 57.4-98.7
65-74 30 2 5.2 1.2-20.6 28 94.8 79.4-98.8
75+ 25 2 5.9 1.4-21.9 23 94.1 78.1-98.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 2 2.2 0.5- 9.8 25 97.8 90.2-99.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 29 2 8.5 2.1-29.1 27 91.5 70.9-97.9
Some Post-H.S. 29 2 6.3 1.5-23.0 27 93.7 77.0-98.5
College Graduate 21 2 8.8 2.1-29.8 19 91.2 70.2-97.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 3 16.9 5.0-44.0 20 83.1 56.0-95.0
$15,000- 24,999 29 1 4.7 0.7-27.1 28 95.3 72.9-99.3
$25,000- 34,999 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 15 2 5.1 0.9-24.3 13 94.9 75.7-99.1
$50,000-74,999 7 1 5.5 0.7-33.9 6 94.5 66.1-99.3
$75,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 64 5 8.8 3.6-19.9 59 91.2 80.1-96.4
No 36 3 3.3 0.8-11.8 33 96.7 88.2-99.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 3 12.7 3.8-34.9 17 87.3 65.1-96.2
Non-Veteran 86 5 4.3 1.6-11.4 81 95.7 88.6-98.4

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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