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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Control-MALES

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 789 544 70.0 65.9-73.9 245 30.0 26.1-34.1
RACE
White 592 410 70.7 65.9-75.1 182 29.3 24.9-34.1
African American 157 108 71.0 61.7-78.8 49 29.0 21.2-38.3
Asian 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 17 12 62.1 32.2-85.0 5 37.9 15.0-67.8
Other Minorities 18 10 50.7 26.9-74.2 8 49.3 25.8-73.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 14 8 50.6 24.4-76.4 6 49.4 23.6-75.6
-English Speaking 8 4 44.7 14.7-79.1 4 55.3 20.9-85.3
-Spanish Speaking 6 4 58.2 19.3-89.0 2 41.8 11.0-80.7
Non-Hispanic 774 536 70.8 66.6-74.6 238 29.2 25.4-33.4
AGE
18-24 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 19 14 62.0 29.2-86.6 5 38.0 13.4-70.8
35-44 51 38 78.5 63.0-88.6 13 21.5 11.4-37.0
45-54 143 101 73.9 64.8-81.3 42 26.1 18.7-35.2
55-64 244 183 73.7 66.6-79.8 61 26.3 20.2-33.4
65-74 208 141 69.3 61.6-76.0 67 30.7 24.0-38.4
75+ 122 65 51.1 39.9-62.2 57 48.9 37.8-60.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 109 58.7 48.9-67.9 77 41.3 32.1-51.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 250 181 73.8 66.7-79.8 69 26.2 20.2-33.3
Some Post-H.S. 168 117 71.4 63.0-78.7 51 28.6 21.3-37.0
College Graduate 184 136 76.0 68.2-82.4 48 24.0 17.6-31.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 75 62.4 51.8-71.9 48 37.6 28.1-48.2
$15,000- 24,999 159 111 67.9 57.1-77.0 48 32.1 23.0-42.9
$25,000- 34,999 107 71 64.8 52.7-75.3 36 35.2 24.7-47.3
$35,000- 49,999 97 78 82.4 71.6-89.7 19 17.6 10.3-28.4
$50,000-74,999 100 73 78.8 68.7-86.3 27 21.2 13.7-31.3
$75,000+ 102 73 69.7 58.3-79.1 29 30.3 20.9-41.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 445 298 65.1 59.2-70.5 147 34.9 29.5-40.8
No 329 233 74.5 68.6-79.7 96 25.5 20.3-31.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 345 234 67.9 61.8-73.5 111 32.1 26.5-38.2
Non-Veteran 443 309 71.4 65.7-76.4 134 28.6 23.6-34.3

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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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