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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-Northeast Partnership I 99 15 17.0 9.5-28.4 24 27.3 17.6-39.8 42 40.5 29.6-52.5 18 15.2 8.9-24.7
GENDER
Male 29 4 16.2 5.2-40.4 9 34.9 17.7-57.2 11 35.9 18.8-57.7 5 13.0 4.9-30.1
Female 70 11 17.6 9.6-30.0 15 21.6 12.3-35.1 31 43.9 31.3-57.3 13 16.9 9.0-29.5
RACE
White 31 6 19.7 8.6-38.9 9 37.5 19.7-59.5 9 26.8 13.7-45.8 7 16.0 6.8-33.4
Other 68 9 15.9 7.4-30.9 15 23.4 12.9-38.5 33 45.8 32.0-60.3 11 14.9 7.6-27.2
AGE
18-44 5 2 30.2 5.6-76.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 69.8 24.0-94.4 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 94 13 16.1 8.6-28.0 24 29.2 18.9-42.1 39 38.5 27.6-50.7 18 16.3 9.6-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 11 17.6 8.9-32.0 18 26.6 16.1-40.7 34 42.9 30.0-56.7 11 12.9 6.3-24.4
Some College + 25 4 15.1 5.3-36.5 6 29.2 11.4-56.7 8 34.2 16.3-58.0 7 21.5 9.3-42.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 66 10 17.4 8.3-32.9 15 24.2 13.1-40.4 31 47.0 32.6-61.9 10 11.4 5.6-21.7
$50,000+ 7 3 50.5 17.2-83.3 2 37.7 10.1-76.6 1 6.2 0.8-35.9 1 5.6 0.7-33.4

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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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