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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,763 142 10.0 8.2-12.2 581 35.9 33.0-38.8 505 26.7 24.2-29.4 535 27.4 24.9-30.0
-Northeastern Partnership 175 9 6.7 3.4-13.0 59 34.9 26.8-44.0 49 26.3 19.6-34.2 58 32.0 24.4-40.8
GENDER
Male 53 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 17 33.5 20.5-49.5 15 26.6 15.8-41.3 20 38.5 24.7-54.5
Female 122 8 10.3 5.0-20.0 42 35.9 26.2-47.0 34 26.1 18.4-35.6 38 27.7 19.8-37.3
RACE
White 74 5 8.4 3.2-20.0 19 27.9 16.7-42.8 21 31.5 20.6-44.7 29 32.2 21.5-45.1
African American 99 4 5.7 2.0-14.9 40 40.9 29.9-52.8 26 20.8 13.5-30.6 29 32.6 22.4-44.9
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 46.4 6.3-91.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.9 5.7-91.0 1 9.7 1.0-54.4
Non-Hispanic 172 8 5.9 2.8-12.1 59 35.7 27.4-44.9 48 25.9 19.3-33.9 57 32.5 24.7-41.3
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 1 12.9 1.4-60.8 4 87.1 39.2-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 39 5 15.2 6.1-33.2 28 71.4 53.3-84.5 6 13.4 5.6-28.8 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 55 0 0.0 . - . 17 31.1 17.9-48.3 27 53.7 38.1-68.6 11 15.2 8.0-27.1
65-74 43 0 0.0 . - . 6 11.8 4.8-26.2 14 27.9 15.5-44.7 23 60.4 43.0-75.5
75+ 30 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.7 6.5-46.4 2 6.3 1.5-23.6 24 73.9 49.5-89.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 3 5.9 1.8-17.8 20 30.6 18.7-45.9 15 21.4 12.1-35.0 21 42.0 27.5-58.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 3 5.1 1.5-16.3 21 35.9 22.9-51.4 22 31.7 20.5-45.6 23 27.2 17.1-40.4
Some Post-H.S. 27 2 10.9 2.5-36.9 11 42.6 24.4-63.1 5 15.9 6.4-34.0 9 30.6 15.5-51.4
College Graduate 20 1 9.3 1.3-43.8 7 33.8 13.7-62.1 7 35.1 15.9-60.7 5 21.8 8.1-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 49 3 5.4 1.7-16.0 16 42.4 25.3-61.6 12 23.0 12.0-39.5 18 29.1 16.1-46.9
$15,000- 24,999 33 0 0.0 . - . 16 39.9 23.0-59.7 8 24.7 11.9-44.5 9 35.3 17.5-58.5
$25,000- 34,999 22 3 13.6 4.0-37.5 8 40.0 19.2-65.2 6 25.6 10.5-50.3 5 20.7 8.0-43.8
$35,000- 49,999 10 0 0.0 . - . 4 34.6 12.1-66.9 5 52.4 23.0-80.2 1 13.0 1.8-54.4
$50,000-74,999 14 0 0.0 . - . 8 62.1 35.1-83.2 2 17.3 4.4-48.7 4 20.6 7.1-46.9
$75,000+ 6 1 32.9 5.2-81.6 2 16.8 3.3-54.6 2 38.9 8.5-81.3 1 11.4 1.4-54.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 115 8 8.8 4.2-17.5 42 37.4 27.3-48.7 30 24.2 16.4-34.1 35 29.7 20.7-40.6
No 54 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 15 30.5 17.4-47.9 18 31.4 19.5-46.5 20 34.7 21.5-50.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 0 0.0 . - . 8 43.4 22.5-67.0 6 27.6 12.1-51.5 9 28.9 13.9-50.6
Non-Veteran 150 9 7.9 4.0-15.2 51 34.1 25.5-44.0 42 25.7 18.6-34.2 48 32.3 23.9-42.0

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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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