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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,002 194 7.9 6.7- 9.4 15 0.6 0.3- 1.2 1,756 89.9 88.3-91.4 37 1.5 1.0- 2.3
GENDER
Male 713 77 8.6 6.5-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 622 90.2 87.5-92.3 14 1.3 0.7- 2.3
Female 1,289 117 7.4 6.0- 9.1 15 1.2 0.6- 2.2 1,134 89.8 87.6-91.6 23 1.7 0.9- 3.2
RACE
White 1,782 169 8.1 6.8- 9.6 11 0.5 0.2- 1.0 1,569 89.8 88.1-91.3 33 1.6 1.0- 2.5
African American 94 15 11.2 5.1-22.8 2 2.5 0.5-11.4 76 84.6 72.3-92.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.8
Other Minorities 125 10 4.1 1.8- 9.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 110 94.5 89.4-97.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 79 5 3.8 1.3-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 74 96.2 89.6-98.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,921 188 8.2 6.9- 9.7 15 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,681 89.5 87.8-91.0 37 1.6 1.0- 2.5
AGE
18-24 102 2 0.4 0.1- 2.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 96 95.6 88.9-98.3 3 3.3 1.0-10.4
25-34 267 7 2.4 0.9- 6.0 5 1.3 0.4- 3.7 252 96.0 92.4-98.0 3 0.3 0.1- 1.4
35-44 311 16 4.7 2.7- 8.0 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 289 94.4 91.0-96.5 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
45-54 349 28 10.1 6.5-15.3 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 308 87.2 81.9-91.0 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7
55-64 379 54 12.3 9.1-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 318 86.1 81.8-89.5 7 1.7 0.7- 3.8
65-74 309 45 13.6 9.8-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 255 84.3 79.1-88.3 9 2.2 1.0- 4.7
75+ 277 42 18.9 13.7-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 230 78.8 72.1-84.3 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 347 53 10.9 7.8-15.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 286 86.7 81.8-90.5 7 2.1 0.7- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 611 57 7.0 5.1- 9.5 3 0.5 0.1- 2.0 534 91.2 88.5-93.3 17 1.3 0.8- 2.1
Some Post-H.S. 480 45 9.0 6.3-12.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.4 423 88.5 84.5-91.6 7 2.0 0.8- 4.6
College Graduate 555 37 5.7 4.0- 8.1 6 1.1 0.4- 3.0 506 92.4 89.6-94.4 6 0.9 0.4- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 280 45 12.9 9.1-18.0 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 223 82.7 76.2-87.7 10 3.7 1.2-10.4
$15,000- 24,999 415 47 8.8 6.2-12.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 356 89.6 85.9-92.4 10 1.4 0.7- 3.0
$25,000- 34,999 270 22 6.5 4.1-10.2 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 242 90.3 85.4-93.7 4 2.0 0.6- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999 295 22 6.7 3.9-11.2 4 1.3 0.3- 4.5 266 91.5 86.7-94.6 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
$50,000-74,999 215 12 6.7 3.4-12.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 198 91.4 85.2-95.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3
$75,000+ 226 15 6.0 3.3-10.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 209 93.2 88.7-96.0 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 673 117 16.1 13.1-19.6 5 0.7 0.3- 2.2 530 80.4 76.4-83.8 21 2.8 1.5- 5.2
No 1,277 68 4.3 3.2- 5.8 9 0.5 0.2- 1.2 1,184 94.2 92.5-95.5 16 1.0 0.5- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 265 36 13.2 9.1-18.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 225 85.4 79.7-89.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4
Non-Veteran 1,736 157 7.2 5.9- 8.7 14 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,531 90.6 88.9-92.1 34 1.5 1.0- 2.5

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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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