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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Control-FEMALES

In the last 12 months, has a doctor, nurse or other health professional talked with you about exercise or physical activity to control your diabetes or pre-diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,262 887 71.1 67.9-74.2 375 28.9 25.8-32.1
RACE
White 837 565 67.9 63.8-71.8 272 32.1 28.2-36.2
African American 367 284 78.9 73.5-83.4 83 21.1 16.6-26.5
Asian 3 2 57.9 11.1-93.8 1 42.1 6.2-88.9
Native American 31 18 64.7 43.5-81.4 13 35.3 18.6-56.5
Other Minorities 17 13 76.5 46.9-92.3 4 23.5 7.7-53.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 25 18 70.2 44.9-87.2 7 29.8 12.8-55.1
-English Speaking 15 11 66.6 32.9-89.0 4 33.4 11.0-67.1
-Spanish Speaking 10 7 76.0 42.2-93.2 3 24.0 6.8-57.8
Non-Hispanic 1,232 868 71.3 68.0-74.4 364 28.7 25.6-32.0
AGE
18-24 14 11 66.2 32.4-88.9 3 33.8 11.1-67.6
25-34 43 29 71.1 54.1-83.7 14 28.9 16.3-45.9
35-44 91 66 76.0 65.0-84.5 25 24.0 15.5-35.0
45-54 229 176 78.9 72.4-84.2 53 21.1 15.8-27.6
55-64 347 268 76.7 70.6-81.8 79 23.3 18.2-29.4
65-74 307 215 71.9 65.7-77.3 92 28.1 22.7-34.3
75+ 227 118 54.3 46.2-62.2 109 45.7 37.8-53.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 329 212 64.8 57.6-71.4 117 35.2 28.6-42.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 405 291 72.0 66.5-77.0 114 28.0 23.0-33.5
Some Post-H.S. 299 221 75.6 68.8-81.2 78 24.4 18.8-31.2
College Graduate 225 160 72.5 65.3-78.8 65 27.5 21.2-34.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 313 201 64.2 57.1-70.8 112 35.8 29.2-42.9
$15,000- 24,999 260 181 70.5 62.9-77.1 79 29.5 22.9-37.1
$25,000- 34,999 142 105 73.9 64.4-81.5 37 26.1 18.5-35.6
$35,000- 49,999 124 94 78.0 68.8-85.1 30 22.0 14.9-31.2
$50,000-74,999 96 80 85.7 76.4-91.8 16 14.3 8.2-23.6
$75,000+ 71 48 69.1 54.8-80.5 23 30.9 19.5-45.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 752 504 67.5 63.2-71.6 248 32.5 28.4-36.8
No 482 365 78.1 73.6-82.1 117 21.9 17.9-26.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 19 14 72.2 44.4-89.4 5 27.8 10.6-55.6
Non-Veteran 1,239 870 71.1 67.8-74.1 369 28.9 25.9-32.2

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes OR pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes

^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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