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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 1,188 185 12.2 10.3-14.4 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3 974 85.7 83.4-87.8 19 1.4 0.8- 2.4
GENDER
Male 419 55 9.7 7.2-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 356 88.7 85.2-91.5 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2
Female 769 130 14.7 12.1-17.7 10 1.3 0.7- 2.6 618 82.7 79.5-85.5 11 1.3 0.6- 2.6
RACE
White 698 76 8.5 6.5-11.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 607 89.6 86.9-91.8 10 1.2 0.6- 2.3
African American 429 107 20.5 16.5-25.3 5 0.6 0.3- 1.7 309 77.1 72.2-81.4 8 1.7 0.8- 3.8
Other Minorities 54 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 51 95.6 85.8-98.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 3 4.4 1.2-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 34 95.6 85.2-98.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,151 182 12.6 10.7-14.9 10 0.7 0.3- 1.4 940 85.2 82.7-87.3 19 1.5 0.9- 2.5
AGE
18-24 37 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 36 98.7 91.0-99.8 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 129 2 1.1 0.3- 5.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2 122 97.2 93.7-98.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
35-44 179 5 2.6 0.8- 7.8 2 1.1 0.3- 4.5 170 95.7 90.6-98.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
45-54 270 41 12.3 8.7-17.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 222 84.8 79.5-88.9 5 2.0 0.7- 5.3
55-64 245 56 22.3 16.8-29.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 182 74.7 67.8-80.6 6 2.5 0.9- 6.6
65-74 177 49 31.6 23.7-40.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 124 65.7 56.6-73.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8
75+ 144 31 22.0 15.2-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 111 76.3 67.4-83.3 2 1.7 0.4- 6.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 244 65 21.7 16.3-28.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 176 77.0 70.1-82.6 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 439 73 12.5 9.5-16.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 357 86.0 82.0-89.2 7 1.0 0.5- 2.2
Some Post-H.S. 261 27 7.6 5.0-11.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 226 89.8 85.4-93.0 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8
College Graduate 242 20 7.2 4.3-11.8 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 213 89.3 84.1-92.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 54 25.3 18.4-33.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 139 73.0 64.5-80.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9
$15,000- 24,999 231 34 10.9 7.2-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 196 88.4 82.9-92.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2
$25,000- 34,999 157 23 13.2 8.1-20.6 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6 129 83.6 75.6-89.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3
$35,000- 49,999 137 10 5.7 2.9-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 125 93.4 88.4-96.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 133 14 8.4 4.9-14.2 3 2.1 0.7- 6.6 113 87.7 80.9-92.3 3 1.8 0.4- 7.0
$75,000+ 130 6 3.3 1.3- 8.2 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8 120 94.8 89.7-97.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 478 123 23.5 19.2-28.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5 344 73.8 68.7-78.4 10 2.7 1.3- 5.3
No 679 55 6.0 4.4- 8.1 9 1.0 0.5- 2.0 606 92.2 89.9-94.0 9 0.8 0.4- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 23 9.9 6.1-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 136 87.6 81.4-92.0 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1
Non-Veteran 1,018 160 12.5 10.4-15.0 10 0.8 0.4- 1.5 833 85.4 82.9-87.7 15 1.2 0.7- 2.2

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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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