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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,818 985 55.8 52.7-58.8 833 44.2 41.2-47.3
-Eastern NC 653 316 48.4 43.6-53.2 337 51.6 46.8-56.4
GENDER
Male 245 116 49.0 41.5-56.5 129 51.0 43.5-58.5
Female 408 200 47.8 41.9-53.7 208 52.2 46.3-58.1
RACE
White 368 166 44.1 38.0-50.5 202 55.9 49.5-62.0
African American 226 122 53.3 45.0-61.5 104 46.7 38.5-55.0
Other Minorities 54 26 55.6 39.6-70.5 28 44.4 29.5-60.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 9 49.6 24.2-75.2 7 50.4 24.8-75.8
Non-Hispanic 630 305 48.4 43.6-53.3 325 51.6 46.7-56.4
AGE
25-34 12 7 53.5 23.1-81.5 5 46.5 18.5-76.9
35-44 39 24 61.9 41.6-78.8 15 38.1 21.2-58.4
45-54 94 41 42.7 31.2-55.1 53 57.3 44.9-68.8
55-64 205 118 59.3 50.6-67.4 87 40.7 32.6-49.4
65-74 176 79 40.9 32.8-49.5 97 59.1 50.5-67.2
75+ 124 46 39.0 29.2-49.7 78 61.0 50.3-70.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 69 36.7 28.4-45.8 102 63.3 54.2-71.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 114 54.6 46.5-62.5 112 45.4 37.5-53.5
Some Post-H.S. 157 82 51.6 42.2-61.0 75 48.4 39.0-57.8
College Graduate 97 50 48.3 35.9-61.0 47 51.7 39.0-64.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 54 45.0 34.3-56.1 69 55.0 43.9-65.7
$15,000- 24,999 136 73 51.8 41.3-62.2 63 48.2 37.8-58.7
$25,000- 34,999 83 43 45.6 33.2-58.6 40 54.4 41.4-66.8
$35,000- 49,999 74 46 71.1 58.8-80.9 28 28.9 19.1-41.2
$50,000-74,999 64 35 59.8 45.3-72.8 29 40.2 27.2-54.7
$75,000+ 54 23 34.3 21.3-50.2 31 65.7 49.8-78.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 410 200 49.2 43.2-55.2 210 50.8 44.8-56.8
No 228 111 48.3 40.4-56.3 117 51.7 43.7-59.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 75 56.2 46.5-65.4 64 43.8 34.6-53.5
Non-Veteran 514 241 45.8 40.4-51.3 273 54.2 48.7-59.6

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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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