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

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,824 455 26.4 23.9-29.0 1,369 73.6 71.0-76.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 76 17 16.1 8.5-28.3 59 83.9 71.7-91.5
GENDER
Male 28 7 17.2 6.1-39.8 21 82.8 60.2-93.9
Female 48 10 14.9 7.2-28.6 38 85.1 71.4-92.8
RACE
White 67 15 16.6 8.5-29.9 52 83.4 70.1-91.5
Other 9 2 11.3 1.8-47.5 7 88.7 52.5-98.2
AGE
18-44 9 1 2.9 0.3-20.4 8 97.1 79.6-99.7
45+ 67 16 18.4 9.6-32.2 51 81.6 67.8-90.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 12 23.6 10.9-43.7 30 76.4 56.3-89.1
Some College + 34 5 8.8 2.9-23.8 29 91.2 76.2-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 14 21.0 10.6-37.4 39 79.0 62.6-89.4
$50,000+ 11 1 2.0 0.2-14.2 10 98.0 85.8-99.8

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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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