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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 689 110 15.8 12.6-19.7 198 30.1 25.9-34.6 223 31.5 27.2-36.0 158 22.6 18.9-26.9
Female 1,105 180 17.7 15.1-20.7 239 21.7 18.9-24.8 398 34.6 31.2-38.0 288 26.0 22.9-29.3
RACE
White 1,232 194 15.4 13.2-18.0 310 26.8 23.7-30.0 394 31.1 28.0-34.5 334 26.7 23.7-29.9
African American 479 80 19.5 14.9-25.0 114 24.6 19.9-30.0 199 38.7 33.2-44.6 86 17.2 13.0-22.4
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 2 56.7 14.3-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 43.3 8.9-85.7
Native American 40 9 28.2 13.1-50.4 5 9.9 3.8-23.5 16 26.1 13.7-43.9 10 35.9 18.5-58.0
Other Minorities 32 6 20.2 8.3-41.5 4 18.3 6.6-41.7 10 31.2 15.9-52.1 12 30.2 15.8-50.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 40 6 16.8 6.9-35.5 9 28.2 14.4-47.8 8 19.9 9.0-38.4 17 35.2 20.8-52.8
-English Speaking 23 1 8.0 1.1-39.8 6 30.9 12.9-57.3 6 23.4 9.0-48.5 10 37.8 18.5-61.8
-Spanish Speaking 17 5 28.9 10.8-57.8 3 24.5 7.8-55.2 2 15.1 3.3-47.7 7 31.6 13.7-57.1
Non-Hispanic 1,750 284 16.9 14.7-19.2 426 25.6 23.1-28.4 612 33.5 30.8-36.4 428 24.0 21.5-26.7
AGE
18-24 9 3 46.2 16.7-78.7 2 24.9 6.2-62.6 3 21.5 5.2-57.7 1 7.4 1.0-39.5
25-34 53 9 15.4 7.3-29.7 15 22.1 11.9-37.2 14 30.3 14.9-52.0 15 32.2 17.6-51.4
35-44 119 33 28.9 19.3-40.8 32 29.0 20.0-40.2 27 19.0 11.9-29.0 27 23.1 15.0-33.8
45-54 325 70 18.8 14.4-24.1 89 30.3 24.0-37.4 91 26.9 21.2-33.6 75 24.0 18.2-30.8
55-64 527 71 13.3 10.1-17.4 140 27.9 23.4-32.8 180 34.4 29.7-39.5 136 24.4 20.3-29.0
65-74 452 69 17.8 13.8-22.8 91 21.1 17.1-25.9 186 40.0 34.7-45.6 106 21.0 17.0-25.6
75+ 305 35 11.5 7.6-17.0 66 21.3 15.9-27.9 119 38.5 31.9-45.6 85 28.7 22.6-35.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 457 56 15.2 10.8-20.9 88 20.0 15.4-25.5 200 42.4 36.4-48.6 113 22.5 18.1-27.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 569 97 17.2 13.8-21.2 148 27.4 23.0-32.4 188 31.7 27.2-36.7 136 23.7 19.3-28.6
Some Post-H.S. 405 73 18.8 14.6-23.9 112 28.3 23.3-33.8 115 25.9 21.1-31.3 105 27.1 21.7-33.2
College Graduate 358 64 16.4 12.4-21.4 88 27.9 22.3-34.3 115 31.1 25.6-37.1 91 24.6 19.6-30.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 379 49 13.2 9.6-17.8 83 24.3 19.0-30.5 143 34.7 29.1-40.7 104 27.8 22.6-33.7
$15,000- 24,999 381 61 19.5 14.8-25.3 70 18.3 14.0-23.7 154 41.1 34.7-47.8 96 21.1 16.5-26.5
$25,000- 34,999 222 35 18.5 12.0-27.4 56 25.5 19.1-33.3 80 37.1 29.2-45.6 51 18.9 13.9-25.2
$35,000- 49,999 190 37 17.9 12.4-25.2 57 31.6 24.3-40.1 57 29.6 22.3-38.0 39 20.9 14.1-29.7
$50,000-74,999 170 33 15.8 10.7-22.7 65 40.0 31.1-49.6 31 16.1 10.8-23.4 41 28.0 19.8-38.0
$75,000+ 148 28 17.9 12.0-25.9 37 26.7 18.5-36.8 45 27.7 20.3-36.5 38 27.7 20.0-37.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,056 157 15.7 13.1-18.7 229 22.2 19.3-25.5 412 39.1 35.4-42.9 258 23.0 20.0-26.1
No 698 124 17.4 14.3-21.0 193 29.8 25.5-34.5 202 25.8 22.1-29.9 179 27.0 22.7-31.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 321 55 17.1 12.6-22.8 101 32.1 26.2-38.6 104 31.7 26.0-38.0 61 19.2 14.5-24.9
Non-Veteran 1,468 235 16.8 14.5-19.4 336 24.3 21.5-27.2 515 33.4 30.4-36.6 382 25.6 22.8-28.6

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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.

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