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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 449 39 7.1 5.0-10.0 6 1.1 0.4- 3.1 400 90.8 87.5-93.3 4 1.0 0.3- 2.9
GENDER
Male 161 14 7.3 4.1-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 145 91.3 85.6-94.8 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8
Female 288 25 6.9 4.5-10.4 6 2.2 0.8- 6.0 255 90.4 86.1-93.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0
RACE
White 379 27 6.1 4.0- 9.1 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 344 92.5 89.3-94.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3
Other 70 12 11.6 6.0-21.4 1 2.8 0.4-17.2 56 83.3 71.3-91.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.3
AGE
18-44 150 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 4 2.1 0.6- 6.5 141 95.8 91.2-98.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5
45+ 297 35 12.1 8.5-17.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 257 86.3 81.2-90.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 18 8.9 5.2-14.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 127 90.6 84.8-94.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 301 20 5.9 3.6- 9.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.9 273 91.1 86.7-94.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 23 8.2 5.2-12.7 3 1.5 0.3- 6.2 191 89.4 84.1-93.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0
$50,000+ 163 11 7.3 3.9-13.2 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 147 90.1 83.6-94.2 2 1.4 0.3- 7.1

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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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