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

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 1,356 76.0 73.4-78.4 139 7.5 6.1- 9.1 151 8.2 6.7- 9.9 148 8.4 6.8-10.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 76 60 85.2 74.1-92.0 6 3.7 1.4- 8.9 2 3.6 0.8-15.0 8 7.6 3.2-17.0
GENDER
Male 30 23 84.1 64.7-93.8 3 2.0 0.5- 7.9 1 5.0 0.7-28.5 3 8.9 2.6-26.0
Female 46 37 86.4 72.9-93.7 3 5.4 1.7-16.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 5 6.2 1.9-18.6
RACE
White 67 53 85.5 73.6-92.6 5 3.3 1.2- 8.8 2 4.0 0.9-16.5 7 7.3 2.8-17.5
Other 9 7 82.0 38.1-97.1 1 7.2 0.7-44.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.1-56.1
AGE
18-44 9 8 92.5 58.6-99.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.5 0.9-41.4
45+ 67 52 83.9 71.5-91.6 6 4.3 1.7-10.3 2 4.2 0.9-17.2 7 7.6 3.0-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 31 78.5 59.0-90.2 2 2.9 0.7-11.3 1 5.5 0.8-30.4 7 13.1 5.0-30.2
Some College + 35 29 91.2 78.9-96.6 4 4.3 1.3-13.6 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 1 2.7 0.4-17.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 40 86.2 73.8-93.3 6 5.5 2.1-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.3 3.1-20.7
$50,000+ 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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