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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 1,356 76.0 73.4-78.4 139 7.5 6.1- 9.1 151 8.2 6.7- 9.9 148 8.4 6.8-10.2
-Northeastern Partnership 180 133 74.1 65.7-81.0 11 6.3 3.3-11.7 21 10.4 6.3-16.6 15 9.2 5.0-16.4
GENDER
Male 54 41 79.1 64.7-88.6 3 6.0 1.8-18.2 7 10.1 3.9-23.5 3 4.9 1.5-14.4
Female 126 92 70.7 60.1-79.5 8 6.5 3.1-13.1 14 10.6 6.0-17.9 12 12.2 6.1-23.1
RACE
White 73 54 73.2 58.8-83.9 3 5.1 1.4-17.5 7 6.9 3.2-14.2 9 14.8 6.6-29.9
African American 105 77 74.2 63.4-82.6 8 7.2 3.5-14.3 14 13.0 7.0-22.9 6 5.6 2.3-13.0
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 53.6 8.2-93.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 46.4 6.3-91.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 177 131 74.5 66.1-81.4 11 6.4 3.4-11.9 20 9.6 5.7-15.7 15 9.4 5.1-16.7
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 1 70.8 13.2-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 29.2 2.5-86.8 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 3 68.6 21.2-94.7 1 18.5 2.1-70.9 1 12.9 1.4-60.8 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 40 32 81.8 66.0-91.3 3 7.5 2.4-21.2 4 9.8 3.5-24.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
55-64 54 39 72.0 54.3-84.7 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 7 9.0 3.9-19.1 7 18.1 7.3-38.2
65-74 47 37 80.3 64.0-90.4 3 7.4 1.9-24.5 3 5.0 1.5-15.6 4 7.2 2.3-20.7
75+ 31 20 56.3 35.8-74.8 3 9.4 2.9-26.7 5 20.4 7.3-45.7 3 13.9 4.5-35.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 44 68.5 53.7-80.4 4 6.0 2.1-15.6 11 17.3 8.5-31.9 5 8.2 3.2-19.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 55 77.7 62.5-88.0 5 7.7 2.8-19.5 5 4.9 1.9-11.9 4 9.7 3.0-27.3
Some Post-H.S. 27 19 71.1 50.2-85.7 1 4.4 0.6-25.5 3 12.1 3.9-31.9 4 12.5 4.0-32.4
College Graduate 20 15 83.2 61.8-93.8 1 5.2 0.7-29.4 2 5.1 1.2-19.6 2 6.5 1.4-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 53 36 61.7 43.2-77.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 11 21.8 10.7-39.3 5 15.8 5.6-37.3
$15,000- 24,999 34 26 77.9 58.2-89.9 5 17.1 6.6-37.7 2 4.0 1.0-15.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
$25,000- 34,999 23 20 91.8 75.9-97.6 1 3.5 0.5-21.4 2 4.7 1.1-18.0 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 10 7 62.6 29.5-87.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.0 1.8-54.4 2 24.4 6.2-61.3
$50,000-74,999 14 10 76.6 49.3-91.7 2 14.1 3.5-42.5 1 2.5 0.3-16.3 1 6.9 0.9-36.3
$75,000+ 6 4 82.6 44.1-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.3-52.5 1 6.6 0.8-38.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 121 81 65.9 55.0-75.4 10 8.6 4.4-16.3 19 14.3 8.4-23.2 11 11.2 5.5-21.3
No 53 46 88.6 76.1-95.0 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 2 3.1 0.7-12.8 4 6.2 2.0-17.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 19 87.6 68.9-95.7 1 4.3 0.6-25.5 2 4.1 1.0-16.0 1 3.9 0.5-23.5
Non-Veteran 155 112 71.7 62.3-79.4 10 6.7 3.4-12.8 19 11.5 6.8-18.7 14 10.2 5.4-18.4

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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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