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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,794 1,356 76.0 73.4-78.4 139 7.5 6.1- 9.1 151 8.2 6.7- 9.9 148 8.4 6.8-10.2
-Western NC 190 147 80.0 72.9-85.6 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2 12 6.3 3.3-11.7 18 8.7 5.1-14.2
GENDER
Male 76 59 80.8 69.2-88.8 6 4.7 1.7-12.1 5 6.2 2.3-15.8 6 8.3 3.6-18.0
Female 114 88 79.2 69.9-86.2 7 5.4 2.4-11.4 7 6.4 2.8-13.9 12 9.0 4.8-16.4
RACE
White 166 130 80.5 72.8-86.4 11 4.9 2.5- 9.6 9 5.8 2.8-11.7 16 8.7 5.0-14.8
African American 15 9 67.9 34.9-89.3 2 8.6 1.8-32.2 2 11.6 2.1-44.6 2 11.9 2.6-41.0
Other Minorities 9 8 93.6 62.4-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.4 0.8-37.6 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 93.3 59.5-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.8-40.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 185 143 79.5 72.2-85.3 13 5.2 2.8- 9.5 11 6.3 3.2-11.9 18 9.0 5.3-14.7
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 16 11 79.5 55.2-92.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 0.9-16.5 3 16.4 5.1-41.5
45-54 28 22 80.6 60.5-91.9 3 7.4 2.0-23.5 3 12.0 3.8-31.9 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 54 41 72.0 55.7-84.0 5 7.6 2.6-20.2 3 5.3 1.6-16.0 5 15.2 6.3-32.2
65-74 43 35 85.7 70.2-93.8 2 2.3 0.6- 8.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 12.0 4.6-28.1
75+ 40 30 80.2 63.7-90.4 2 3.7 0.9-13.9 4 10.0 3.2-27.3 4 6.1 1.9-17.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 40 82.3 66.9-91.5 3 5.0 1.4-16.5 3 7.8 2.1-25.1 5 4.9 1.8-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 56 40 73.9 59.1-84.7 2 3.1 0.7-12.5 5 7.0 2.6-17.2 9 16.0 7.8-30.1
Some Post-H.S. 44 34 81.6 66.5-90.8 5 7.7 2.8-19.9 3 5.5 1.6-17.3 2 5.2 1.3-19.1
College Graduate 37 32 84.1 64.9-93.8 2 3.0 0.6-13.7 1 4.7 0.7-26.7 2 8.2 2.1-27.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 32 80.9 64.3-90.8 4 4.4 1.5-12.7 2 6.2 1.3-25.4 5 8.5 2.8-22.7
$15,000- 24,999 46 35 79.9 64.3-89.7 3 5.3 1.4-17.8 4 6.3 1.9-18.6 4 8.6 2.9-22.5
$25,000- 34,999 22 14 61.4 38.1-80.4 4 17.1 5.9-40.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 21.5 8.0-46.3
$35,000- 49,999 22 18 85.7 65.1-95.0 2 7.8 1.8-27.9 2 6.5 1.5-23.8 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 12 12 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 15 14 89.8 53.0-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.2 1.4-47.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 114 85 75.1 65.1-83.1 11 7.9 4.0-14.7 8 8.6 4.0-17.3 10 8.4 4.3-15.9
No 67 57 89.3 79.5-94.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 4 3.4 1.2- 9.3 4 6.3 2.3-16.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 35 25 72.7 53.5-86.0 2 2.9 0.7-11.2 4 12.8 4.3-32.2 4 11.6 4.0-29.1
Non-Veteran 154 122 82.1 74.5-87.8 11 5.6 2.8-10.8 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 13 7.8 4.3-13.8

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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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