BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Less than age 30	Ages 30 to 50	Ages 50 to 60	Age 60 or older
North Carolina	1,785	143	12.8	10.5-15.6	603	37.6	34.7-40.6	487	24.1	21.8-26.6	552	25.4	23.1-27.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	47	5	13.1	5.1-29.7	13	35.4	20.0-54.6	10	18.9	9.7-33.5	19	32.7	20.1-48.4
Buncombe	32	3	16.3	4.9-42.3	9	35.2	18.1-57.2	7	22.5	10.2-42.7	13	26.0	14.0-43.2
Cabarrus	41	3	22.7	6.5-55.2	16	38.9	21.0-60.5	14	25.0	13.0-42.5	8	13.4	6.1-26.9
Catawba	46	4	11.7	4.4-27.5	18	43.1	28.0-59.6	10	19.6	9.8-35.4	14	25.6	14.9-40.2
Cumberland	51	4	20.3	5.9-50.6	18	31.8	18.3-49.2	18	32.8	19.0-50.5	11	15.1	7.5-28.0
Davidson	44	2	15.7	2.8-55.0	14	32.9	17.5-53.2	14	25.7	13.8-42.9	14	25.7	13.3-43.9
Durham	27	1	4.7	0.6-27.2	7	44.7	22.4-69.4	8	22.4	9.2-45.2	11	28.2	13.9-48.8
Forsyth	39	6	27.8	12.9-49.8	9	24.5	10.9-46.1	14	28.8	16.2-45.8	10	19.0	9.7-33.9
Gaston	56	0	0.0	. - .	20	52.6	37.6-67.2	14	20.2	11.5-33.1	22	27.2	16.9-40.7
Guilford	48	4	11.8	4.3-28.3	13	32.6	18.9-50.2	12	25.9	13.5-44.1	19	29.7	18.1-44.6
Iredell	45	4	7.6	2.8-19.0	15	43.5	28.1-60.2	13	30.3	17.3-47.6	13	18.6	10.4-31.1
Johnston	41	3	9.6	3.0-26.6	18	44.3	26.3-63.9	9	29.4	12.0-55.9	11	16.8	8.2-31.3
Mecklenburg	66	9	13.2	6.7-24.5	24	42.5	29.6-56.5	12	17.2	9.2-29.9	21	27.1	17.5-39.3
New Hanover	42	2	20.7	5.0-56.6	13	30.0	16.1-48.9	9	16.0	7.6-30.7	18	33.3	18.7-51.8
Onslow	44	3	6.5	2.0-19.3	15	41.9	26.1-59.5	12	26.2	14.6-42.4	14	25.4	14.6-40.5
Orange	32	2	9.0	2.1-31.2	12	40.7	23.7-60.1	9	26.4	13.3-45.6	9	24.0	12.1-41.9
Pitt	44	3	6.6	2.0-20.2	20	53.8	37.0-69.7	14	22.4	12.4-37.1	7	17.2	7.8-33.7
Randolph	36	2	6.8	1.5-25.5	11	31.1	16.9-50.1	10	28.3	14.9-47.0	13	33.8	18.2-53.9
Robeson	50	4	10.7	3.7-26.9	13	28.4	16.6-44.2	16	32.0	19.6-47.6	17	29.0	17.7-43.6
Rowan	65	4	7.7	2.8-19.4	21	34.1	21.8-49.0	18	28.4	17.3-43.0	22	29.8	19.1-43.3
Union	32	1	3.1	0.4-19.3	11	55.3	34.1-74.8	12	22.6	11.2-40.3	8	19.0	8.4-37.4
Wake	50	5	14.0	5.5-31.4	20	45.5	30.0-61.8	11	19.7	10.3-34.5	14	20.8	11.8-34.0
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	45	3	4.9	1.5-14.6	18	42.6	28.0-58.5	13	29.1	16.7-45.5	11	23.5	12.8-39.0
Northeast Partnership II***	73	7	9.3	4.2-19.5	25	38.5	26.3-52.2	25	29.8	19.8-42.3	16	22.4	13.2-35.2
Northeast Partnership I***	89	9	16.7	7.9-31.9	31	35.9	25.5-47.8	25	26.1	17.2-37.4	24	21.3	14.0-31.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	60	9	25.9	12.6-45.7	16	27.9	16.2-43.6	14	16.6	9.0-28.6	21	29.6	18.3-44.3
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	64	5	10.4	4.0-24.7	22	37.4	24.5-52.3	18	28.2	17.4-42.4	19	23.9	14.0-37.7
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	46	3	8.7	2.8-24.4	17	43.4	28.4-59.7	12	19.6	10.8-33.0	14	28.3	16.7-43.8
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	48	8	34.6	15.8-59.9	16	34.0	19.4-52.3	13	17.9	9.1-32.2	11	13.6	6.8-25.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore	59	2	4.8	1.0-20.1	16	29.0	17.5-44.0	25	42.9	29.0-58.0	16	23.3	13.8-36.7
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	85	5	9.3	3.3-23.6	27	35.4	24.4-48.2	24	25.2	16.1-37.2	29	30.1	20.3-42.0
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	57	5	11.1	3.8-28.2	21	45.1	30.6-60.5	11	16.4	8.8-28.7	20	27.3	17.1-40.7
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	45	5	21.6	9.3-42.3	19	39.8	25.2-56.6	6	9.6	4.1-21.0	15	29.0	16.7-45.4
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	69	5	11.2	4.0-27.6	26	43.5	30.4-57.5	16	19.3	11.3-30.9	22	26.0	16.3-38.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	67	3	5.8	1.5-20.3	19	25.2	15.1-38.9	19	31.3	19.6-46.0	26	37.8	25.5-51.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	175	17	12.3	7.1-20.5	61	38.1	30.1-46.8	53	26.5	20.0-34.2	44	23.0	16.8-30.7
No	1,610	126	12.9	10.4-15.8	542	37.6	34.5-40.8	434	23.9	21.5-26.6	508	25.6	23.2-28.2
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	659	52	11.4	7.9-16.1	232	38.5	34.0-43.3	190	26.6	22.8-30.9	185	23.5	19.9-27.4
Piedmont	944	79	14.2	10.9-18.2	310	37.9	33.9-42.2	257	23.1	20.0-26.5	298	24.8	21.8-28.1
Western NC	182	12	10.6	5.7-18.9	61	34.5	26.6-43.3	40	22.7	16.2-30.9	69	32.2	25.0-40.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	99	6	8.8	3.5-20.1	28	28.0	18.7-39.6	26	28.8	19.3-40.7	39	34.4	24.7-45.7
Northwest	353	27	13.9	8.8-21.3	122	38.1	31.6-45.1	90	22.1	17.5-27.5	114	25.9	21.0-31.5
Charlotte	258	19	11.6	6.9-18.8	93	43.6	36.2-51.3	65	19.6	14.7-25.6	81	25.2	19.8-31.6
Greensboro	227	19	14.2	8.0-23.8	67	32.6	25.0-41.3	63	25.9	19.1-34.0	78	27.3	21.1-34.6
Southern Regional	203	12	10.4	4.5-22.3	68	36.9	28.8-45.9	63	27.6	20.8-35.7	60	25.0	18.4-33.0
Coastal	88	4	11.6	3.8-30.6	30	38.2	26.5-51.4	23	22.8	14.3-34.3	31	27.4	18.5-38.5
Wake	196	22	18.0	11.1-27.6	70	40.5	31.6-50.2	47	20.8	14.5-28.9	57	20.7	15.1-27.7
Area L	106	10	12.7	6.3-23.7	35	35.2	25.3-46.4	32	26.8	18.6-37.0	29	25.4	17.3-35.6
Eastern	255	24	11.1	6.9-17.4	90	39.0	32.1-46.4	78	28.6	22.5-35.5	63	21.4	16.3-27.5

Total
Respond.^

Less than age 30

Ages 30 to 50

Ages 50 to 60

Age 60 or older

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,785

143

12.8

10.5-15.6

603

37.6

34.7-40.6

487

24.1

21.8-26.6

552

25.4

23.1-27.8

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

13.1

5.1-29.7

35.4

20.0-54.6

18.9

9.7-33.5

32.7

20.1-48.4

Buncombe

16.3

4.9-42.3

35.2

18.1-57.2

22.5

10.2-42.7

26.0

14.0-43.2

Cabarrus

22.7

6.5-55.2

38.9

21.0-60.5

25.0

13.0-42.5

13.4

6.1-26.9

Catawba

11.7

4.4-27.5

43.1

28.0-59.6

19.6

9.8-35.4

25.6

14.9-40.2

Cumberland

20.3

5.9-50.6

31.8

18.3-49.2

32.8

19.0-50.5

15.1

7.5-28.0

Davidson

15.7

2.8-55.0

32.9

17.5-53.2

25.7

13.8-42.9

25.7

13.3-43.9

Durham

4.7

0.6-27.2

44.7

22.4-69.4

22.4

9.2-45.2

28.2

13.9-48.8

Forsyth

27.8

12.9-49.8

24.5

10.9-46.1

28.8

16.2-45.8

19.0

9.7-33.9

Gaston

0.0

. - .

52.6

37.6-67.2

20.2

11.5-33.1

27.2

16.9-40.7

Guilford

11.8

4.3-28.3

32.6

18.9-50.2

25.9

13.5-44.1

29.7

18.1-44.6

Iredell

7.6

2.8-19.0

43.5

28.1-60.2

30.3

17.3-47.6

18.6

10.4-31.1

Johnston

9.6

3.0-26.6

44.3

26.3-63.9

29.4

12.0-55.9

16.8

8.2-31.3

Mecklenburg

13.2

6.7-24.5

42.5

29.6-56.5

17.2

9.2-29.9

27.1

17.5-39.3

New Hanover

20.7

5.0-56.6

30.0

16.1-48.9

16.0

7.6-30.7

33.3

18.7-51.8

Onslow

6.5

2.0-19.3

41.9

26.1-59.5

26.2

14.6-42.4

25.4

14.6-40.5

Orange

9.0

2.1-31.2

40.7

23.7-60.1

26.4

13.3-45.6

24.0

12.1-41.9

Pitt

6.6

2.0-20.2

53.8

37.0-69.7

22.4

12.4-37.1

17.2

7.8-33.7

Randolph

6.8

1.5-25.5

31.1

16.9-50.1

28.3

14.9-47.0

33.8

18.2-53.9

Robeson

10.7

3.7-26.9

28.4

16.6-44.2

32.0

19.6-47.6

29.0

17.7-43.6

Rowan

7.7

2.8-19.4

34.1

21.8-49.0

28.4

17.3-43.0

29.8

19.1-43.3

Union

3.1

0.4-19.3

55.3

34.1-74.8

22.6

11.2-40.3

19.0

8.4-37.4

Wake

14.0

5.5-31.4

45.5

30.0-61.8

19.7

10.3-34.5

20.8

11.8-34.0

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

4.9

1.5-14.6

42.6

28.0-58.5

29.1

16.7-45.5

23.5

12.8-39.0

Northeast Partnership II***

9.3

4.2-19.5

38.5

26.3-52.2

29.8

19.8-42.3

22.4

13.2-35.2

Northeast Partnership I***

16.7

7.9-31.9

35.9

25.5-47.8

26.1

17.2-37.4

21.3

14.0-31.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

25.9

12.6-45.7

27.9

16.2-43.6

16.6

9.0-28.6

29.6

18.3-44.3

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

10.4

4.0-24.7

37.4

24.5-52.3

28.2

17.4-42.4

23.9

14.0-37.7

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

8.7

2.8-24.4

43.4

28.4-59.7

19.6

10.8-33.0

28.3

16.7-43.8

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

34.6

15.8-59.9

34.0

19.4-52.3

17.9

9.1-32.2

13.6

6.8-25.2

Chatham/Lee/Moore

4.8

1.0-20.1

29.0

17.5-44.0

42.9

29.0-58.0

23.3

13.8-36.7

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

9.3

3.3-23.6

35.4

24.4-48.2

25.2

16.1-37.2

30.1

20.3-42.0

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

11.1

3.8-28.2

45.1

30.6-60.5

16.4

8.8-28.7

27.3

17.1-40.7

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

21.6

9.3-42.3

39.8

25.2-56.6

9.6

4.1-21.0

29.0

16.7-45.4

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

11.2

4.0-27.6

43.5

30.4-57.5

19.3

11.3-30.9

26.0

16.3-38.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

5.8

1.5-20.3

25.2

15.1-38.9

31.3

19.6-46.0

37.8

25.5-51.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

175

12.3

7.1-20.5

38.1

30.1-46.8

26.5

20.0-34.2

23.0

16.8-30.7

1,610

126

12.9

10.4-15.8

542

37.6

34.5-40.8

434

23.9

21.5-26.6

508

25.6

23.2-28.2

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

659

11.4

7.9-16.1

232

38.5

34.0-43.3

190

26.6

22.8-30.9

185

23.5

19.9-27.4

Piedmont

944

14.2

10.9-18.2

310

37.9

33.9-42.2

257

23.1

20.0-26.5

298

24.8

21.8-28.1

Western NC

182

10.6

5.7-18.9

34.5

26.6-43.3

22.7

16.2-30.9

32.2

25.0-40.4

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

8.8

3.5-20.1

28.0

18.7-39.6

28.8

19.3-40.7

34.4

24.7-45.7

Northwest

353

13.9

8.8-21.3

122

38.1

31.6-45.1

22.1

17.5-27.5

114

25.9

21.0-31.5

Charlotte

258

11.6

6.9-18.8

43.6

36.2-51.3

19.6

14.7-25.6

25.2

19.8-31.6

Greensboro

227

14.2

8.0-23.8

32.6

25.0-41.3

25.9

19.1-34.0

27.3

21.1-34.6

Southern Regional

203

10.4

4.5-22.3

36.9

28.8-45.9

27.6

20.8-35.7

25.0

18.4-33.0

Coastal

11.6

3.8-30.6

38.2

26.5-51.4

22.8

14.3-34.3

27.4

18.5-38.5

Wake

196

18.0

11.1-27.6

40.5

31.6-50.2

20.8

14.5-28.9

20.7

15.1-27.7

Area L

106

12.7

6.3-23.7

35.2

25.3-46.4

26.8

18.6-37.0

25.4

17.3-35.6

Eastern

255

11.1

6.9-17.4

39.0

32.1-46.4

28.6

22.5-35.5

21.4

16.3-27.5

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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