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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 290 16.8 14.7-19.1 437 25.8 23.3-28.5 621 33.1 30.4-35.9 446 24.4 21.9-27.0
-New Hanover County 38 6 15.7 6.7-32.6 9 22.5 11.5-39.4 15 33.6 19.5-51.4 8 28.2 14.5-47.7
GENDER
Male 14 2 15.0 3.6-45.3 5 27.9 11.0-54.8 3 25.4 8.0-57.0 4 31.7 11.8-61.7
Female 24 4 16.5 5.9-38.1 4 17.0 6.0-39.7 12 41.9 23.6-62.8 4 24.6 9.6-50.1
RACE
White 26 5 20.9 8.5-42.9 7 25.6 12.0-46.4 10 27.6 14.2-46.7 4 26.0 10.4-51.4
Other 12 1 4.2 0.5-25.9 2 15.7 3.4-49.9 5 46.8 18.8-77.0 4 33.3 11.7-65.3
AGE
18-44 4 1 47.5 8.4-89.9 2 37.8 6.8-83.6 1 14.7 1.6-64.0 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 34 5 12.2 4.9-27.6 7 20.8 9.8-39.0 14 35.6 20.4-54.5 8 31.3 16.2-51.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 2 9.4 2.1-32.8 6 31.3 13.6-56.9 8 42.4 20.5-67.8 2 16.9 3.8-51.4
Some College + 19 4 22.0 7.8-48.6 3 15.1 4.4-40.5 6 23.5 9.2-48.3 6 39.4 18.8-64.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 3 11.9 3.7-32.3 5 20.1 8.1-41.9 11 48.1 27.1-69.9 4 19.9 7.1-44.7
$50,000+ 11 3 24.3 7.0-57.7 3 23.8 7.0-56.5 1 6.1 0.8-34.0 4 45.8 18.8-75.4

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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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