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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-Mecklenburg County 66 10 14.3 7.4-25.9 24 32.3 21.1-45.9 14 21.4 11.8-35.7 18 32.0 19.3-48.1
GENDER
Male 23 4 15.3 5.3-36.7 10 33.2 16.3-56.0 3 15.2 4.3-41.5 6 36.4 15.3-64.3
Female 43 6 13.6 5.8-28.7 14 31.5 18.3-48.7 11 26.3 13.7-44.5 12 28.6 16.0-45.8
RACE
White 45 5 10.8 4.2-25.2 19 36.3 22.2-53.3 7 16.4 7.0-33.8 14 36.5 20.5-56.1
Other 20 5 23.9 9.5-48.4 5 23.8 9.3-48.7 7 35.5 15.8-61.9 3 16.8 4.9-44.4
AGE
18-44 2 1 36.5 3.5-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 63.5 9.8-96.5
45+ 64 9 13.4 6.6-25.1 24 33.6 22.0-47.7 14 22.4 12.4-37.0 17 30.6 17.9-47.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 3 8.2 2.4-24.9 7 30.1 13.2-54.9 7 21.2 8.6-43.5 8 40.5 18.0-67.8
Some College + 40 7 18.7 8.7-35.5 16 32.5 19.5-48.9 7 22.0 9.9-42.1 10 26.8 14.5-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 5 15.5 6.0-34.4 13 36.4 20.5-55.9 7 23.4 9.8-46.2 6 24.7 10.9-46.7
$50,000+ 24 5 18.2 7.1-39.4 8 28.3 13.3-50.3 4 16.1 5.2-40.4 7 37.4 16.6-64.2

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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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