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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 882 69 6.0 4.5- 7.9 10 1.1 0.6- 2.2 795 92.0 89.9-93.7 8 0.9 0.4- 1.8
GENDER
Male 314 24 5.3 3.3- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 284 93.2 89.9-95.6 6 1.5 0.6- 3.4
Female 568 45 6.7 4.8- 9.3 10 2.2 1.1- 4.3 511 90.8 87.8-93.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
RACE
White 602 46 6.4 4.5- 9.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 546 91.9 89.2-94.0 6 1.0 0.5- 2.3
Other 276 22 5.1 3.1- 8.1 5 1.6 0.6- 4.4 247 92.7 89.0-95.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
AGE
18-44 347 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 9 2.0 1.0- 4.1 335 97.4 95.2-98.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
45+ 526 67 12.6 9.6-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 452 85.7 81.8-88.9 7 1.7 0.8- 3.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 232 26 8.0 4.8-13.0 3 1.7 0.5- 5.3 200 89.1 83.6-92.9 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9
Some College + 648 42 5.1 3.7- 7.1 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 594 93.3 91.0-95.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 362 33 6.3 4.2- 9.2 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 322 91.3 87.7-93.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5
$50,000+ 385 24 5.8 3.6- 9.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 355 92.8 89.2-95.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.4

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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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