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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,811 367 20.3 18.0-22.9 957 51.4 48.5-54.3 260 15.1 13.1-17.3 179 10.0 8.4-11.7 48 3.2 2.1- 4.8
-New Hanover County 38 7 18.7 8.3-36.9 21 55.4 38.0-71.7 5 15.3 6.3-32.4 4 9.1 3.3-22.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.3
GENDER
Male 13 3 23.5 7.1-55.1 5 45.6 20.6-73.1 3 20.1 6.3-48.7 2 10.8 2.6-35.8 0 0.0 . - .
Female 25 4 14.1 5.1-33.4 16 64.8 43.6-81.4 2 10.6 2.6-34.7 2 7.5 1.8-26.4 1 3.0 0.4-18.8
RACE
White 27 6 24.4 10.5-47.0 13 46.8 27.8-66.9 3 13.9 4.5-35.5 4 12.8 4.6-30.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.1
Other 11 1 4.8 0.6-28.8 8 76.5 43.1-93.3 2 18.7 4.3-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 4 1 14.0 1.6-62.6 1 47.5 8.4-89.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 38.5 6.9-84.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 34 6 19.2 8.1-39.0 20 56.3 37.8-73.2 5 17.0 7.0-35.5 2 5.9 1.4-20.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 5 30.9 11.9-59.6 6 31.9 12.7-60.0 3 20.5 6.6-48.3 3 16.8 5.3-42.1 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 20 2 8.7 1.9-31.7 14 74.4 50.4-89.3 2 11.2 2.6-37.5 1 2.7 0.4-17.5 1 2.9 0.4-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 3 11.9 3.7-32.0 13 61.6 39.0-80.1 3 14.2 4.5-36.9 3 12.3 3.8-33.5 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 11 3 28.6 8.4-63.7 6 51.3 22.8-79.0 2 20.1 5.0-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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