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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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
-Northeast Partnership I 95 66 71.0 60.0-79.9 19 18.8 11.6-28.9 5 6.3 2.6-14.3 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.0 1.6- 9.8
GENDER
Male 39 26 68.0 50.6-81.6 8 20.9 10.3-37.8 3 7.8 2.5-22.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.2 0.7-12.9
Female 56 40 73.9 60.0-84.3 11 16.6 8.8-29.2 2 4.7 1.2-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 1.4-14.8
RACE
White 41 24 64.8 47.0-79.3 11 22.5 11.4-39.4 3 7.9 2.5-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 1.4-14.9
Other 54 42 76.0 61.6-86.2 8 15.7 7.8-29.3 2 4.9 1.2-17.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.3 0.8-13.2
AGE
18-44 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 88 59 66.8 55.4-76.6 19 21.5 13.5-32.4 5 7.2 3.0-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.6 1.8-11.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 45 67.5 54.3-78.3 17 21.8 13.2-33.9 4 6.7 2.5-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.0 1.2-12.2
Some College + 25 20 78.9 55.1-91.9 2 11.6 2.7-38.6 1 5.4 0.7-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 45 73.1 59.6-83.3 14 19.6 11.0-32.5 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.0 1.2-12.4
$50,000+ 10 6 54.5 24.1-81.8 1 13.3 1.9-55.2 2 26.8 7.1-63.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.4 0.7-31.2

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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, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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