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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

Diabetes Control

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,019 1,517 73.6 70.9-76.1 166 9.0 7.5-10.8 226 11.4 9.6-13.4 110 6.0 4.7- 7.6
-Northeastern Partnership 201 151 71.7 63.5-78.7 22 13.3 8.6-20.1 15 6.6 3.7-11.5 13 8.4 4.3-15.9
GENDER
Male 73 53 66.8 53.2-78.1 11 17.7 9.9-29.8 4 6.1 2.1-16.2 5 9.4 3.3-24.0
Female 128 98 76.1 66.4-83.7 11 9.3 4.8-17.2 11 7.0 3.7-13.0 8 7.6 3.3-16.4
RACE
White 102 66 60.8 49.1-71.3 17 20.9 13.0-32.0 11 7.9 4.1-14.7 8 10.3 4.3-22.8
African American 92 78 83.1 71.5-90.6 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 4 5.4 1.7-15.8 5 6.6 2.4-17.3
Other Minorities 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 44.1 6.5-90.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 55.9 10.0-93.5
Non-Hispanic 197 148 72.6 64.8-79.3 22 13.9 9.0-20.9 15 6.9 3.9-12.0 12 6.6 3.5-12.1
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 3 2 61.1 12.4-94.6 1 38.9 5.4-87.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 12 9 76.8 45.0-93.0 1 8.8 1.2-43.5 1 5.3 0.7-30.7 1 9.2 1.2-44.7
45-54 37 27 69.4 50.3-83.6 8 27.9 14.1-47.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8
55-64 58 43 72.7 57.9-83.8 7 13.6 6.3-27.0 4 8.5 2.7-23.5 4 5.1 1.7-14.6
65-74 53 42 79.7 65.0-89.2 3 3.8 1.1-12.5 5 10.8 4.2-25.2 3 5.8 1.7-17.9
75+ 36 27 70.4 50.2-84.8 2 6.3 1.6-22.2 4 7.4 2.6-19.2 3 15.9 5.1-39.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 51 61.5 47.0-74.3 7 10.6 4.8-21.8 7 9.0 3.7-20.2 8 18.8 8.9-35.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 66 49 72.6 58.5-83.4 10 19.4 10.2-33.9 4 5.9 2.1-15.6 3 2.1 0.6- 6.5
Some Post-H.S. 34 30 89.6 72.2-96.7 2 7.9 1.9-27.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4
College Graduate 27 20 73.9 52.4-87.9 3 12.2 3.6-34.0 3 8.9 2.5-27.0 1 5.1 0.7-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 56 40 58.3 40.7-73.9 6 16.0 6.5-34.1 4 5.2 1.7-14.2 6 20.6 8.3-42.6
$15,000- 24,999 41 34 79.2 60.4-90.5 3 10.7 3.5-28.6 2 6.6 1.3-27.6 2 3.5 0.7-15.4
$25,000- 34,999 21 10 55.5 32.2-76.7 6 24.8 10.5-48.1 2 10.0 2.4-33.9 3 9.7 2.8-28.5
$35,000- 49,999 24 22 91.0 66.8-98.1 2 9.0 1.9-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 15 9 55.7 29.8-78.9 2 16.1 4.1-46.4 3 21.0 6.7-49.4 1 7.2 1.0-37.3
$75,000+ 9 9 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 133 105 74.8 64.3-83.0 11 10.7 5.7-19.2 8 4.4 2.0- 9.5 9 10.1 4.6-20.7
No 63 45 69.3 54.9-80.7 9 15.5 7.8-28.5 5 10.0 3.8-23.9 4 5.3 1.7-15.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 22 64.0 45.3-79.3 5 17.6 7.3-36.6 3 7.6 2.2-22.7 3 10.8 3.5-28.8
Non-Veteran 168 129 73.3 64.1-80.9 17 12.4 7.4-19.9 12 6.4 3.3-12.0 10 7.9 3.5-16.9

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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