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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Diabetes Control

In the last 12 months, did a doctor, nurse or other health professional give you advice about your weight to control your diabetes or pre-diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,130 1,106 97.5 95.9-98.5 24 2.5 1.5- 4.1
-Mountain AHEC 65 64 97.4 83.6-99.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.4
GENDER
Male 26 25 94.8 70.8-99.3 1 5.2 0.7-29.2
Female 39 39 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 53 52 97.1 82.1-99.6 1 2.9 0.4-17.9
African American 8 8 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 63 62 97.3 83.0-99.6 1 2.7 0.4-17.0
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 13 13 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 17 16 85.2 42.4-97.8 1 14.8 2.2-57.6
65-74 15 15 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 17 17 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 16 16 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some Post-H.S. 19 18 93.0 63.7-99.0 1 7.0 1.0-36.3
College Graduate 12 12 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 14 14 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 20 20 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 6 6 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 39 38 96.1 76.7-99.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.3
No 23 23 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 57 56 96.8 80.2-99.5 1 3.2 0.5-19.8

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes OR pre-diabetes or borderline 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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