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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 512 71 11.4 8.8-14.5 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6 423 85.2 81.6-88.2 11 2.3 1.2- 4.3
GENDER
Male 171 22 9.6 6.1-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 145 87.9 82.2-92.0 4 2.4 0.9- 6.5
Female 341 49 12.9 9.6-17.1 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 278 82.7 78.0-86.7 7 2.1 0.9- 4.8
RACE
White 322 34 9.2 6.4-13.1 5 1.7 0.7- 4.2 276 87.0 82.5-90.4 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7
Other 188 37 14.1 9.8-19.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.3 145 82.9 76.6-87.7 4 2.5 0.9- 6.7
AGE
18-44 151 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2 144 97.6 94.7-98.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0
45+ 357 70 19.3 15.1-24.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 275 76.4 71.0-81.1 9 3.3 1.6- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 290 54 15.0 11.2-19.8 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 229 82.8 77.7-86.9 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0
Some College + 222 17 6.2 3.7-10.2 5 1.9 0.7- 4.8 194 88.6 83.3-92.4 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 309 45 12.2 8.8-16.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 256 85.0 80.1-88.9 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1
$50,000+ 118 11 7.9 4.2-14.2 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 102 87.9 80.3-92.8 2 1.7 0.3- 8.6

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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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