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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 1,804 379 20.6 18.2-23.1 1,425 79.4 76.9-81.8
-Eastern NC 651 137 21.0 17.4-25.1 514 79.0 74.9-82.6
GENDER
Male 245 55 20.9 15.6-27.4 190 79.1 72.6-84.4
Female 406 82 21.1 16.5-26.5 324 78.9 73.5-83.5
RACE
White 368 71 19.1 14.6-24.4 297 80.9 75.6-85.4
African American 223 53 24.1 17.7-31.9 170 75.9 68.1-82.3
Other Minorities 55 13 21.4 11.6-36.1 42 78.6 63.9-88.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 4 21.0 7.1-47.9 12 79.0 52.1-92.9
Non-Hispanic 628 131 21.0 17.3-25.2 497 79.0 74.8-82.7
AGE
25-34 12 3 33.5 10.1-69.3 9 66.5 30.7-89.9
35-44 39 6 12.4 5.2-26.7 33 87.6 73.3-94.8
45-54 91 26 28.3 18.3-40.9 65 71.7 59.1-81.7
55-64 204 42 22.3 15.9-30.3 162 77.7 69.7-84.1
65-74 176 36 17.7 12.2-24.8 140 82.3 75.2-87.8
75+ 126 24 18.3 11.7-27.3 102 81.7 72.7-88.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 46 29.1 21.4-38.3 126 70.9 61.7-78.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 223 51 24.6 18.0-32.7 172 75.4 67.3-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 157 24 13.3 8.3-20.5 133 86.7 79.5-91.7
College Graduate 97 16 13.0 7.6-21.5 81 87.0 78.5-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 121 30 24.0 16.0-34.4 91 76.0 65.6-84.0
$15,000- 24,999 136 32 22.7 15.0-32.7 104 77.3 67.3-85.0
$25,000- 34,999 82 10 13.4 6.3-26.2 72 86.6 73.8-93.7
$35,000- 49,999 74 24 32.3 21.1-46.1 50 67.7 53.9-78.9
$50,000-74,999 64 13 17.2 9.0-30.3 51 82.8 69.7-91.0
$75,000+ 54 7 7.1 3.1-15.3 47 92.9 84.7-96.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 408 108 25.2 20.5-30.6 300 74.8 69.4-79.5
No 228 26 12.8 8.0-19.8 202 87.2 80.2-92.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 27 17.3 11.3-25.7 112 82.7 74.3-88.7
Non-Veteran 512 110 22.2 18.0-27.1 402 77.8 72.9-82.0

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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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