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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Randolph County

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,819 1,162 62.2 59.3-65.0 411 22.7 20.3-25.2 92 5.8 4.5- 7.3 31 2.3 1.5- 3.4 123 7.1 5.7- 8.8
-Randolph County 29 13 41.7 24.6-61.2 12 38.6 22.1-58.2 1 5.7 0.8-30.8 1 7.0 1.0-35.9 2 7.0 1.7-24.3
GENDER
Male 16 5 30.6 12.9-56.8 8 45.2 22.8-69.8 1 8.7 1.2-42.3 1 10.8 1.6-48.1 1 4.7 0.6-27.2
Female 13 8 62.3 33.2-84.6 4 26.5 9.3-55.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.2 1.6-49.6
RACE
White 24 12 44.3 25.2-65.1 9 37.8 20.2-59.4 1 6.5 0.9-34.0 1 8.0 1.1-39.4 1 3.4 0.5-21.0
Other 5 1 23.6 3.2-74.2 3 44.1 11.3-82.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 32.3 5.0-81.3
AGE
18-44 3 2 69.9 17.4-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.1 3.8-82.6
45+ 26 11 37.5 20.5-58.2 12 44.4 25.7-64.9 1 6.5 0.9-34.2 1 8.1 1.2-39.5 1 3.5 0.5-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 9 41.9 21.9-65.0 9 43.7 23.2-66.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.1 1.5-45.8 1 4.3 0.6-25.4
Some College + 9 4 41.4 14.3-74.8 3 26.9 7.3-63.1 1 18.7 2.7-65.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.1 1.8-55.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 18 10 51.8 28.6-74.3 6 34.7 15.8-60.1 1 8.8 1.2-42.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.7 0.6-27.1
$50,000+ 5 0 0.0 . - . 3 42.6 9.8-83.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 36.7 5.9-84.4 1 20.7 2.6-71.6

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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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