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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 767 79 8.3 6.3-11.0 7 0.6 0.2- 1.7 668 89.3 86.3-91.7 13 1.7 0.8- 3.6
GENDER
Male 268 31 9.8 6.3-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 232 89.0 83.8-92.6 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4
Female 499 48 7.1 5.0-10.0 7 1.1 0.4- 3.1 436 89.6 85.8-92.5 8 2.1 0.7- 5.7
RACE
White 682 70 8.6 6.4-11.3 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 596 89.0 85.8-91.5 11 1.9 0.8- 4.1
Other 85 9 6.6 2.0-19.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6 72 92.1 80.0-97.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6
AGE
18-44 252 9 2.4 1.0- 5.8 5 1.1 0.4- 3.5 233 94.5 89.9-97.1 5 1.9 0.5- 6.6
45+ 512 70 13.7 10.3-17.9 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 432 84.6 80.3-88.2 8 1.5 0.7- 3.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 367 43 8.0 5.3-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 318 90.7 86.3-93.7 6 1.4 0.4- 5.2
Some College + 400 36 8.7 5.9-12.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.4 350 87.9 83.4-91.4 7 2.0 0.8- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 483 55 9.3 6.7-12.9 6 1.0 0.4- 2.8 414 87.9 83.7-91.1 8 1.8 0.6- 5.1
$50,000+ 161 11 7.1 3.4-14.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 147 91.6 84.4-95.7 2 1.2 0.2- 5.5

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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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