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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, boderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,251 1,849 8.5 8.0- 9.0 144 0.7 0.6- 0.9 15,042 89.6 89.1-90.1 216 1.2 1.0- 1.4
-Northeast Partnership I 517 102 16.8 13.4-20.9 3 0.3 0.1- 1.1 405 81.9 77.7-85.4 7 1.0 0.4- 2.1
GENDER
Male 181 30 15.0 9.9-21.9 0 0.0 . - . 148 84.0 76.9-89.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4
Female 336 72 18.6 14.5-23.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 257 79.9 74.8-84.1 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
RACE
White 238 32 10.2 6.8-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 203 88.7 83.7-92.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.3
Other 274 70 22.5 17.2-28.9 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 197 76.0 69.6-81.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5
AGE
18-44 142 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 134 96.2 91.6-98.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
45+ 373 97 25.2 20.2-30.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 269 73.4 67.6-78.4 6 1.4 0.6- 3.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 321 77 19.7 15.0-25.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 240 79.6 73.9-84.3 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
Some College + 194 25 12.1 7.7-18.5 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 163 85.7 79.1-90.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 334 68 17.5 13.1-23.0 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 262 81.9 76.4-86.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
$50,000+ 92 7 6.8 3.1-14.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 80 89.3 81.2-94.1 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2

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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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