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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 1,790 1,207 66.4 63.3-69.3 361 22.0 19.4-24.9 77 3.8 2.9- 5.1 23 1.1 0.7- 1.7 122 6.7 5.3- 8.3
-Eastern NC 643 433 67.9 63.3-72.3 122 19.4 15.8-23.7 31 4.9 3.1- 7.6 9 1.2 0.6- 2.4 48 6.6 4.8- 9.0
GENDER
Male 242 157 66.4 58.8-73.1 47 20.2 14.6-27.3 10 5.2 2.4-10.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 25 7.5 4.9-11.4
Female 401 276 69.5 63.8-74.7 75 18.6 14.3-23.8 21 4.6 2.8- 7.3 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9 23 5.7 3.5- 9.1
RACE
White 366 247 69.1 63.1-74.5 70 19.0 14.5-24.4 16 4.1 2.2- 7.6 7 1.7 0.8- 3.7 26 6.1 4.0- 9.2
African American 221 150 65.8 57.2-73.5 41 20.7 14.3-29.0 11 5.5 2.5-11.7 2 0.6 0.1- 3.2 17 7.3 4.3-12.3
Other Minorities 51 33 71.7 56.6-83.1 9 12.8 6.0-25.3 4 7.8 2.8-20.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.7 3.0-18.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 14 11 83.1 55.7-95.1 1 4.9 0.7-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.0 2.7-40.2
Non-Hispanic 622 418 67.7 62.9-72.1 118 19.5 15.8-23.9 31 5.0 3.2- 7.8 9 1.2 0.6- 2.4 46 6.5 4.7- 9.0
AGE
25-34 12 8 72.2 40.8-90.7 2 12.9 3.0-41.6 1 4.5 0.6-27.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.4-48.4
35-44 38 26 75.3 55.4-88.2 6 16.7 6.1-38.3 3 3.8 1.1-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.2 1.2-14.0
45-54 92 56 63.1 50.6-74.0 21 22.1 13.7-33.7 5 7.2 2.4-19.6 2 1.3 0.3- 6.5 8 6.3 2.9-13.2
55-64 199 133 68.0 59.0-75.9 38 18.7 12.2-27.4 11 6.5 3.0-13.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 15 5.9 3.4-10.1
65-74 174 126 70.2 61.4-77.8 28 18.6 12.2-27.2 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 4 2.1 0.7- 5.7 10 6.6 3.4-12.4
75+ 125 83 66.3 56.0-75.3 26 20.8 13.6-30.4 4 3.3 1.2- 8.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 11 8.5 4.3-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 126 77.0 68.9-83.4 23 12.5 7.9-19.4 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 7.3 3.9-13.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 220 150 69.4 61.2-76.6 45 18.3 12.8-25.5 9 6.4 2.8-14.1 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 12 4.1 2.3- 7.5
Some Post-H.S. 155 97 63.4 53.9-71.9 33 21.7 14.9-30.5 9 4.9 2.3-10.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 14 8.9 4.9-15.4
College Graduate 97 60 59.3 46.0-71.3 20 28.3 17.2-42.8 6 4.4 1.8-10.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.0 8 6.3 2.9-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 122 83 66.8 55.6-76.4 23 21.1 12.9-32.5 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8 0 0.0 . - . 13 10.3 5.8-17.9
$15,000- 24,999 135 89 66.3 55.9-75.4 32 25.1 17.0-35.5 7 3.9 1.8- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 4.6 2.1- 9.9
$25,000- 34,999 79 50 64.6 51.2-76.1 16 16.9 9.8-27.5 6 10.5 3.9-25.3 2 2.2 0.5- 9.7 5 5.8 2.2-14.1
$35,000- 49,999 73 56 81.1 70.1-88.6 10 10.9 5.4-20.5 2 3.0 0.7-11.1 3 3.4 1.0-10.4 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8
$50,000-74,999 63 44 67.7 51.8-80.3 11 18.0 9.0-32.8 3 8.1 2.2-25.7 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 2 3.9 0.9-15.0
$75,000+ 53 36 63.1 44.7-78.3 10 27.8 13.8-48.0 4 5.3 1.6-16.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.8 1.0-13.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 402 281 70.7 65.0-75.8 78 19.0 14.7-24.2 11 2.5 1.4- 4.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 28 6.7 4.4-10.0
No 226 145 63.8 55.4-71.4 41 20.5 14.2-28.5 18 8.8 4.7-15.7 5 1.4 0.5- 3.5 17 5.6 3.3- 9.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 135 88 62.9 52.8-72.0 31 25.2 17.4-35.1 4 4.5 1.4-13.5 0 0.0 . - . 12 7.4 4.0-13.1
Non-Veteran 508 345 69.6 64.3-74.4 91 17.5 13.6-22.3 27 5.0 3.1- 8.0 9 1.6 0.8- 3.1 36 6.4 4.4- 9.1

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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.

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