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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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 1,836 1,212 65.1 62.2-67.8 371 20.1 17.9-22.6 93 5.6 4.4- 7.1 28 1.6 1.0- 2.5 132 7.5 6.1- 9.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 66 47 65.9 51.1-78.1 12 21.8 12.1-36.1 3 3.1 0.7-12.2 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 3 6.6 2.0-19.7
GENDER
Male 25 16 59.9 38.2-78.4 7 29.2 13.7-51.8 1 4.2 0.6-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.9-34.7
Female 41 31 71.6 52.2-85.4 5 14.7 5.8-32.7 2 2.0 0.3-11.0 1 5.1 0.7-28.5 2 6.5 1.5-23.7
RACE
White 58 40 65.4 50.1-78.0 11 21.9 11.9-36.7 3 3.2 0.8-12.6 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 3 6.8 2.1-20.4
Other 8 7 79.5 31.1-97.1 1 20.5 2.9-68.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 3 54.0 10.1-92.5 1 10.4 1.1-55.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 35.6 4.5-86.6 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 61 44 66.8 51.5-79.3 11 22.7 12.5-37.8 3 3.3 0.8-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.1 2.1-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 25 64.1 43.3-80.7 6 19.7 7.9-41.1 3 5.6 1.3-20.9 1 4.7 0.7-26.8 1 5.9 0.8-31.6
Some College + 30 22 68.1 47.1-83.7 6 24.5 11.1-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.4 1.8-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 39 65.5 49.3-78.8 10 22.3 11.7-38.3 3 3.7 0.9-14.4 1 3.1 0.4-19.1 2 5.3 1.2-21.2
$50,000+ 6 3 52.7 17.6-85.4 2 28.5 6.4-69.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.7 2.6-66.8

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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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