BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Less than age 30	Ages 30 to 50	Ages 50 to 60	Age 60 or older
North Carolina	1,763	142	10.0	8.2-12.2	581	35.9	33.0-38.8	505	26.7	24.2-29.4	535	27.4	24.9-30.0
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	52	3	7.6	2.2-22.9	25	58.3	42.6-72.4	9	14.0	6.6-27.0	15	20.2	11.6-32.8
Buncombe	31	3	10.6	3.1-30.6	10	42.5	24.2-63.1	7	18.6	8.1-37.4	11	28.2	15.0-46.6
Cabarrus	39	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	14	40.3	24.9-58.0	10	20.3	10.6-35.2	14	35.9	21.5-53.3
Catawba	49	3	14.2	4.2-38.5	18	41.7	27.1-57.8	15	25.0	14.6-39.2	13	19.2	10.7-32.1
Cumberland	38	4	18.0	6.9-39.5	15	45.1	28.8-62.5	10	20.4	10.4-35.9	9	16.5	8.1-30.8
Davidson	58	3	8.3	2.3-25.7	15	34.2	20.7-50.9	18	27.8	17.0-42.0	22	29.6	18.7-43.6
Durham	37	2	4.2	1.0-16.0	12	43.5	26.0-62.7	9	20.8	10.1-38.1	14	31.5	18.2-48.7
Forsyth	57	6	10.3	4.2-23.2	15	28.6	17.3-43.3	21	37.4	24.7-52.1	15	23.7	14.0-37.2
Gaston	51	2	5.0	1.0-22.5	15	30.2	18.1-45.9	16	33.7	19.8-51.1	18	31.1	18.7-47.0
Guilford	51	4	7.6	2.6-20.5	13	36.7	21.5-55.1	11	17.5	8.0-34.2	23	38.2	24.6-53.9
Iredell	37	1	3.3	0.5-20.2	11	36.3	19.8-56.9	7	16.0	7.3-31.4	18	44.4	27.4-62.8
Johnston	49	4	10.4	3.8-25.1	12	28.9	16.7-45.2	12	26.7	15.5-42.0	21	34.1	22.1-48.5
Mecklenburg	67	4	7.3	2.6-19.0	20	32.0	20.4-46.3	27	41.6	28.2-56.3	16	19.1	11.0-31.2
New Hanover	36	3	5.9	1.8-17.5	14	47.5	30.2-65.4	7	21.2	9.9-39.7	12	25.5	14.0-41.8
Onslow	43	3	6.2	1.9-18.1	15	43.4	27.3-61.0	15	35.1	20.7-53.0	10	15.3	7.8-28.0
Orange	29	5	19.4	7.3-42.2	11	31.8	16.0-53.4	10	25.8	12.6-45.7	3	23.0	6.3-57.2
Pitt	39	4	16.4	5.3-40.6	9	22.4	10.7-41.1	11	25.5	11.7-47.0	15	35.8	20.5-54.6
Randolph	28	2	8.0	2.0-27.2	8	23.3	10.9-43.1	11	43.5	25.3-63.6	7	25.2	11.9-45.8
Robeson	60	10	15.5	7.1-30.6	21	44.7	30.3-60.0	12	13.8	7.3-24.3	17	26.0	15.4-40.4
Rowan	73	5	7.4	3.0-17.0	25	37.3	25.5-50.8	20	31.3	19.6-46.0	23	24.1	15.6-35.2
Union	32	3	16.4	5.4-40.3	11	39.1	22.2-59.1	9	18.1	8.9-33.5	9	26.3	13.4-45.1
Wake	54	2	9.4	1.6-39.2	25	42.1	27.9-57.7	14	23.2	13.3-37.4	13	25.4	14.1-41.2
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	38	3	10.8	3.5-28.9	12	41.1	23.9-60.8	12	25.7	13.1-44.1	11	22.5	11.0-40.6
Northeast Partnership II	70	2	2.5	0.6- 9.7	25	36.0	24.6-49.2	22	33.0	22.2-46.0	21	28.4	18.4-41.1
Northeast Partnership I	93	5	7.8	3.0-18.6	31	33.0	22.3-45.7	26	25.9	17.0-37.4	31	33.4	22.8-45.9
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	49	7	13.6	6.1-27.6	19	41.1	25.3-59.0	12	25.4	13.0-43.9	11	19.9	10.5-34.6
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	71	10	16.1	8.4-28.6	22	34.2	22.5-48.3	21	27.9	17.3-41.7	18	21.8	12.7-34.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	47	1	7.7	1.1-38.0	12	26.3	14.4-43.2	17	31.7	18.7-48.3	17	34.3	20.1-52.1
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	50	4	11.0	3.6-28.6	18	31.5	19.3-46.9	18	38.3	24.4-54.5	10	19.3	9.7-34.6
Chatham/Lee/Moore	46	2	9.1	2.0-32.9	17	35.7	22.2-51.9	14	27.8	16.4-43.1	13	27.4	15.5-43.6
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	70	12	23.1	12.7-38.2	21	26.6	16.6-39.7	19	25.1	15.1-38.8	18	25.2	15.5-38.2
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	53	5	9.1	3.5-22.0	18	37.7	23.8-54.1	16	30.3	17.0-47.9	14	22.8	12.8-37.3
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	39	4	11.7	4.2-28.2	15	35.1	20.7-52.9	14	36.7	22.0-54.4	6	16.5	6.9-34.4
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	53	4	11.9	4.4-28.3	18	37.0	24.0-52.1	12	18.6	10.2-31.6	19	32.5	20.5-47.3
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	74	6	5.5	2.1-13.6	19	30.0	17.2-46.9	21	21.2	12.4-33.7	28	43.3	29.8-57.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	175	9	6.7	3.4-13.0	59	34.9	26.8-44.0	49	26.3	19.6-34.2	58	32.0	24.4-40.8
No	1,588	133	10.3	8.4-12.6	522	36.0	33.0-39.1	456	26.8	24.1-29.6	477	27.0	24.4-29.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	638	59	11.4	8.4-15.2	207	36.1	31.5-40.9	180	27.0	23.0-31.5	192	25.5	21.7-29.7
Piedmont	939	66	9.2	6.8-12.4	314	35.8	31.9-39.9	277	27.9	24.4-31.7	282	27.1	23.8-30.6
Western NC	186	17	9.5	5.7-15.6	60	35.6	27.3-44.9	48	21.9	16.0-29.2	61	33.0	25.4-41.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	105	9	6.8	3.2-13.9	29	33.2	22.1-46.5	28	20.5	13.1-30.6	39	39.5	28.6-51.5
Northwest	380	28	9.7	6.5-14.3	123	34.9	29.3-40.9	109	29.2	23.8-35.3	120	26.2	21.4-31.5
Charlotte	235	15	9.3	5.4-15.5	73	32.0	25.4-39.5	77	32.5	25.5-40.4	70	26.2	20.3-33.0
Greensboro	204	16	8.2	4.6-14.1	70	39.8	30.8-49.6	60	23.8	17.2-32.0	58	28.2	21.2-36.5
Southern Regional	196	25	14.8	9.3-22.8	72	43.3	34.8-52.3	49	20.3	14.7-27.2	50	21.6	15.8-28.8
Coastal	85	5	6.9	1.9-22.1	26	30.4	20.2-42.9	24	32.0	20.7-46.0	30	30.7	20.2-43.6
Wake	212	15	9.9	4.5-20.6	77	38.8	30.5-47.7	54	24.1	17.9-31.6	66	27.2	20.3-35.4
Area L	96	7	8.2	3.7-17.2	35	37.2	26.4-49.4	24	25.5	15.7-38.7	30	29.0	19.8-40.5
Eastern	250	22	13.4	8.5-20.5	76	32.6	25.7-40.3	80	30.0	23.6-37.3	72	24.1	18.2-31.1

Total
Respond.^

Less than age 30

Ages 30 to 50

Ages 50 to 60

Age 60 or older

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,763

142

10.0

8.2-12.2

581

35.9

33.0-38.8

505

26.7

24.2-29.4

535

27.4

24.9-30.0

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

7.6

2.2-22.9

58.3

42.6-72.4

14.0

6.6-27.0

20.2

11.6-32.8

Buncombe

10.6

3.1-30.6

42.5

24.2-63.1

18.6

8.1-37.4

28.2

15.0-46.6

Cabarrus

3.5

0.5-21.1

40.3

24.9-58.0

20.3

10.6-35.2

35.9

21.5-53.3

Catawba

14.2

4.2-38.5

41.7

27.1-57.8

25.0

14.6-39.2

19.2

10.7-32.1

Cumberland

18.0

6.9-39.5

45.1

28.8-62.5

20.4

10.4-35.9

16.5

8.1-30.8

Davidson

8.3

2.3-25.7

34.2

20.7-50.9

27.8

17.0-42.0

29.6

18.7-43.6

Durham

4.2

1.0-16.0

43.5

26.0-62.7

20.8

10.1-38.1

31.5

18.2-48.7

Forsyth

10.3

4.2-23.2

28.6

17.3-43.3

37.4

24.7-52.1

23.7

14.0-37.2

Gaston

5.0

1.0-22.5

30.2

18.1-45.9

33.7

19.8-51.1

31.1

18.7-47.0

Guilford

7.6

2.6-20.5

36.7

21.5-55.1

17.5

8.0-34.2

38.2

24.6-53.9

Iredell

3.3

0.5-20.2

36.3

19.8-56.9

16.0

7.3-31.4

44.4

27.4-62.8

Johnston

10.4

3.8-25.1

28.9

16.7-45.2

26.7

15.5-42.0

34.1

22.1-48.5

Mecklenburg

7.3

2.6-19.0

32.0

20.4-46.3

41.6

28.2-56.3

19.1

11.0-31.2

New Hanover

5.9

1.8-17.5

47.5

30.2-65.4

21.2

9.9-39.7

25.5

14.0-41.8

Onslow

6.2

1.9-18.1

43.4

27.3-61.0

35.1

20.7-53.0

15.3

7.8-28.0

Orange

19.4

7.3-42.2

31.8

16.0-53.4

25.8

12.6-45.7

23.0

6.3-57.2

Pitt

16.4

5.3-40.6

22.4

10.7-41.1

25.5

11.7-47.0

35.8

20.5-54.6

Randolph

8.0

2.0-27.2

23.3

10.9-43.1

43.5

25.3-63.6

25.2

11.9-45.8

Robeson

15.5

7.1-30.6

44.7

30.3-60.0

13.8

7.3-24.3

26.0

15.4-40.4

Rowan

7.4

3.0-17.0

37.3

25.5-50.8

31.3

19.6-46.0

24.1

15.6-35.2

Union

16.4

5.4-40.3

39.1

22.2-59.1

18.1

8.9-33.5

26.3

13.4-45.1

Wake

9.4

1.6-39.2

42.1

27.9-57.7

23.2

13.3-37.4

25.4

14.1-41.2

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

10.8

3.5-28.9

41.1

23.9-60.8

25.7

13.1-44.1

22.5

11.0-40.6

Northeast Partnership II

2.5

0.6- 9.7

36.0

24.6-49.2

33.0

22.2-46.0

28.4

18.4-41.1

Northeast Partnership I

7.8

3.0-18.6

33.0

22.3-45.7

25.9

17.0-37.4

33.4

22.8-45.9

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

13.6

6.1-27.6

41.1

25.3-59.0

25.4

13.0-43.9

19.9

10.5-34.6

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

16.1

8.4-28.6

34.2

22.5-48.3

27.9

17.3-41.7

21.8

12.7-34.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

7.7

1.1-38.0

26.3

14.4-43.2

31.7

18.7-48.3

34.3

20.1-52.1

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

11.0

3.6-28.6

31.5

19.3-46.9

38.3

24.4-54.5

19.3

9.7-34.6

Chatham/Lee/Moore

9.1

2.0-32.9

35.7

22.2-51.9

27.8

16.4-43.1

27.4

15.5-43.6

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

23.1

12.7-38.2

26.6

16.6-39.7

25.1

15.1-38.8

25.2

15.5-38.2

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

9.1

3.5-22.0

37.7

23.8-54.1

30.3

17.0-47.9

22.8

12.8-37.3

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

11.7

4.2-28.2

35.1

20.7-52.9

36.7

22.0-54.4

16.5

6.9-34.4

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

11.9

4.4-28.3

37.0

24.0-52.1

18.6

10.2-31.6

32.5

20.5-47.3

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

5.5

2.1-13.6

30.0

17.2-46.9

21.2

12.4-33.7

43.3

29.8-57.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

175

6.7

3.4-13.0

34.9

26.8-44.0

26.3

19.6-34.2

32.0

24.4-40.8

1,588

133

10.3

8.4-12.6

522

36.0

33.0-39.1

456

26.8

24.1-29.6

477

27.0

24.4-29.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

638

11.4

8.4-15.2

207

36.1

31.5-40.9

180

27.0

23.0-31.5

192

25.5

21.7-29.7

Piedmont

939

9.2

6.8-12.4

314

35.8

31.9-39.9

277

27.9

24.4-31.7

282

27.1

23.8-30.6

Western NC

186

9.5

5.7-15.6

35.6

27.3-44.9

21.9

16.0-29.2

33.0

25.4-41.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

105

6.8

3.2-13.9

33.2

22.1-46.5

20.5

13.1-30.6

39.5

28.6-51.5

Northwest

380

9.7

6.5-14.3

123

34.9

29.3-40.9

109

29.2

23.8-35.3

120

26.2

21.4-31.5

Charlotte

235

9.3

5.4-15.5

32.0

25.4-39.5

32.5

25.5-40.4

26.2

20.3-33.0

Greensboro

204

8.2

4.6-14.1

39.8

30.8-49.6

23.8

17.2-32.0

28.2

21.2-36.5

Southern Regional

196

14.8

9.3-22.8

43.3

34.8-52.3

20.3

14.7-27.2

21.6

15.8-28.8

Coastal

6.9

1.9-22.1

30.4

20.2-42.9

32.0

20.7-46.0

30.7

20.2-43.6

Wake

212

9.9

4.5-20.6

38.8

30.5-47.7

24.1

17.9-31.6

27.2

20.3-35.4

Area L

8.2

3.7-17.2

37.2

26.4-49.4

25.5

15.7-38.7

29.0

19.8-40.5

Eastern

250

13.4

8.5-20.5

32.6

25.7-40.3

30.0

23.6-37.3

24.1

18.2-31.1

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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