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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Diabetes Control

In the last 12 months, has a doctor, nurse or other health professional talked with you about exercise or physical activity to control your diabetes or pre-diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,051 1,431 70.6 68.0-73.1 620 29.4 26.9-32.0
-Northeast Partnership II 80 57 68.2 55.4-78.8 23 31.8 21.2-44.6
GENDER
Male 25 16 58.9 37.1-77.6 9 41.1 22.4-62.9
Female 55 41 74.7 60.2-85.2 14 25.3 14.8-39.8
RACE
White 39 29 76.4 58.9-88.0 10 23.6 12.0-41.1
Other 41 28 61.8 44.0-76.9 13 38.2 23.1-56.0
AGE
18-44 3 1 21.3 2.4-74.9 2 78.7 25.1-97.6
45+ 77 56 69.7 56.5-80.2 21 30.3 19.8-43.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 43 70.9 55.2-82.7 14 29.1 17.3-44.8
Some College + 23 14 61.9 38.9-80.6 9 38.1 19.4-61.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 49 36 69.0 51.8-82.2 13 31.0 17.8-48.2
$50,000+ 13 9 64.9 33.5-87.1 4 35.1 12.9-66.5

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes OR pre-diabetes or borderline diabetes

^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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