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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 70 11 15.2 8.1-26.7 18 30.4 19.5-44.0 22 29.1 19.1-41.7 19 25.3 16.1-37.4
GENDER
Male 22 4 12.4 4.2-31.4 8 40.1 20.6-63.3 6 29.6 13.6-53.0 4 17.9 6.7-39.9
Female 48 7 17.1 7.8-33.2 10 23.9 13.2-39.5 16 28.7 17.3-43.7 15 30.3 18.5-45.4
RACE
White 33 6 15.4 6.5-32.1 9 30.3 15.8-50.1 11 35.7 20.1-55.0 7 18.6 8.6-35.8
Other 37 5 15.1 6.0-33.0 9 30.5 16.2-49.8 11 23.9 12.6-40.8 12 30.5 17.3-47.9
AGE
18-44 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 69 10 14.6 7.6-26.2 18 30.6 19.6-44.3 22 29.3 19.2-42.0 19 25.5 16.3-37.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 7 12.7 5.7-25.7 13 29.2 17.1-45.2 21 36.6 24.0-51.5 12 21.5 12.1-35.2
Some College + 17 4 23.8 8.3-51.9 5 34.4 14.9-61.0 1 3.5 0.5-21.6 7 38.3 18.1-63.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 5 11.1 4.2-26.3 14 37.9 23.3-55.0 14 27.6 16.0-43.3 12 23.4 13.0-38.4
$50,000+ 11 4 33.4 11.8-65.2 3 31.1 10.2-64.2 2 14.6 3.2-46.4 2 20.9 5.2-55.9

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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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