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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,811 367 20.3 18.0-22.9 957 51.4 48.5-54.3 260 15.1 13.1-17.3 179 10.0 8.4-11.7 48 3.2 2.1- 4.8
-Northeast Partnership I 100 25 28.3 18.3-41.0 55 53.5 41.5-65.1 12 12.9 6.9-22.7 7 4.6 2.0-10.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3
GENDER
Male 29 8 31.2 14.6-54.5 13 46.6 27.0-67.3 6 18.0 7.4-37.5 2 4.3 1.0-16.9 0 0.0 . - .
Female 71 17 26.1 15.7-39.9 42 58.9 45.3-71.2 6 8.9 3.7-19.8 5 4.8 1.9-11.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1
RACE
White 31 6 24.0 10.8-45.2 19 55.1 34.8-73.8 3 14.6 4.0-41.4 2 3.4 0.8-13.2 1 2.8 0.4-17.8
Other 69 19 29.9 17.8-45.7 36 52.9 38.5-66.9 9 12.2 6.1-23.0 5 5.0 1.9-12.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 1 39.7 6.7-85.8 4 60.3 14.2-93.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 95 24 27.5 17.5-40.5 51 53.1 40.8-65.0 12 13.7 7.4-24.1 7 4.9 2.2-10.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 18 23.6 13.7-37.6 42 58.3 44.4-71.0 9 12.1 5.7-23.9 5 4.9 1.9-12.1 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2
Some College + 25 7 40.9 20.0-65.7 13 40.5 21.7-62.7 3 14.9 4.8-37.9 2 3.7 0.9-14.5 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 14 24.5 12.9-41.6 39 56.0 40.8-70.2 8 13.6 6.4-26.7 6 5.9 2.4-13.5 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 7 3 49.9 16.9-83.0 3 29.8 7.7-68.5 1 20.3 2.9-68.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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