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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,819 1,162 62.2 59.3-65.0 411 22.7 20.3-25.2 92 5.8 4.5- 7.3 31 2.3 1.5- 3.4 123 7.1 5.7- 8.8
-Northeastern Partnership 182 122 64.7 55.9-72.6 41 20.7 15.0-27.8 8 5.2 2.1-12.2 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 10 9.0 4.6-17.0
GENDER
Male 55 30 56.9 41.9-70.8 15 24.1 14.3-37.6 4 8.7 2.6-25.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 5 9.4 3.4-23.4
Female 127 92 70.0 59.5-78.8 26 18.4 12.2-26.7 4 2.8 0.9- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.8 3.5-20.3
RACE
White 73 48 64.0 50.0-75.9 16 19.5 11.6-30.9 4 4.9 1.7-13.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 4 10.7 3.7-26.9
African American 107 72 64.4 52.8-74.6 25 21.9 14.4-31.8 4 5.5 1.6-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.2 3.4-18.4
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 179 119 64.0 55.1-72.0 41 21.1 15.3-28.4 8 5.3 2.2-12.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 10 9.2 4.7-17.3
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 4 46.9 8.7-89.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 53.1 10.9-91.3
45-54 41 26 66.1 48.9-79.9 9 19.9 10.0-35.7 2 3.5 0.7-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.5 3.6-27.0
55-64 54 36 65.5 49.9-78.4 14 25.8 15.0-40.8 2 4.3 1.0-17.0 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 1 3.0 0.4-18.2
65-74 49 34 63.3 44.7-78.6 11 18.5 9.2-33.6 2 9.3 2.0-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 2.1-30.8
75+ 30 19 61.9 41.4-78.8 7 25.2 11.8-45.8 2 4.3 1.0-16.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.7 2.1-29.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 65 38 50.9 36.5-65.1 17 25.8 15.6-39.5 5 11.4 3.9-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 12.0 4.6-27.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 73 53 72.4 58.5-83.0 13 13.4 7.4-23.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 5 11.8 4.5-27.3
Some Post-H.S. 25 18 71.0 48.8-86.3 6 26.5 11.9-49.0 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 19 13 73.8 48.0-89.6 5 24.2 9.1-50.4 1 1.9 0.3-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 53 40 69.3 51.3-83.0 9 17.8 8.5-33.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.5 3.5-32.1
$15,000- 24,999 34 24 67.6 45.4-84.0 4 10.4 3.6-26.9 3 14.6 3.5-44.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.4 2.3-21.3
$25,000- 34,999 23 17 75.0 48.5-90.5 5 13.6 5.1-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.5 1.7-49.3
$35,000- 49,999 10 6 60.3 28.7-85.2 3 24.8 7.6-56.7 1 14.9 2.1-58.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 14 8 52.6 27.2-76.8 5 40.4 18.1-67.6 1 6.9 1.0-36.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 6 3 54.0 15.4-88.3 1 28.1 4.0-78.3 1 6.6 0.8-38.7 1 11.4 1.4-54.1 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 120 84 67.2 56.4-76.4 25 19.7 13.0-28.8 3 4.6 1.1-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 8.5 4.2-16.7
No 55 34 60.2 44.0-74.4 13 20.4 11.3-34.0 5 7.2 2.7-17.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 2 11.1 2.9-34.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 15 66.3 43.4-83.5 5 23.3 9.5-46.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.7 1.9-26.9
Non-Veteran 157 107 65.4 55.8-73.9 35 19.8 13.9-27.4 6 5.1 1.8-13.4 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 8 9.4 4.5-18.6

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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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