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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,852 428 22.4 20.1-25.0 1,424 77.6 75.0-79.9
-Mtn. AHEC 99 21 18.4 11.1-28.9 78 81.6 71.1-88.9
GENDER
Male 35 7 18.2 7.6-37.4 28 81.8 62.6-92.4
Female 64 14 18.6 10.1-31.8 50 81.4 68.2-89.9
RACE
White 81 14 14.6 8.1-24.7 67 85.4 75.3-91.9
Other 18 7 44.8 18.4-74.5 11 55.2 25.5-81.6
AGE
18-44 12 1 9.9 1.3-46.8 11 90.1 53.2-98.7
45+ 87 20 19.9 11.8-31.5 67 80.1 68.5-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 14 28.0 15.9-44.5 38 72.0 55.5-84.1
Some College + 47 7 7.1 2.8-16.9 40 92.9 83.1-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 15 18.9 10.6-31.5 60 81.1 68.5-89.4
$50,000+ 11 1 8.9 1.2-43.5 10 91.1 56.5-98.8

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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