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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,786 319 18.7 16.3-21.5 972 51.9 48.8-55.1 259 15.0 13.0-17.4 192 11.6 9.7-13.9 44 2.6 1.8- 3.8
-Eastern NC 649 123 20.6 16.8-24.9 355 51.8 47.0-56.6 90 14.4 11.4-18.0 64 9.8 7.4-12.8 17 3.5 1.9- 6.3
GENDER
Male 242 42 20.0 14.4-27.1 129 50.5 42.9-58.0 39 15.2 10.7-21.0 23 9.4 5.9-14.7 9 4.9 2.2-10.5
Female 407 81 21.2 16.5-26.7 226 53.0 47.1-58.9 51 13.6 10.0-18.2 41 10.1 7.2-14.0 8 2.1 0.9- 4.7
RACE
White 366 69 20.3 15.4-26.3 198 51.7 45.4-58.0 56 16.2 12.1-21.3 35 9.0 6.2-13.1 8 2.8 1.0- 7.5
African American 223 42 21.6 15.4-29.4 128 52.7 44.4-60.9 27 12.7 8.3-19.0 21 9.8 6.0-15.7 5 3.1 1.2- 8.3
Other Minorities 55 9 14.9 6.8-29.4 28 49.6 34.0-65.4 6 9.8 4.1-21.6 8 15.6 7.3-30.4 4 10.1 3.5-25.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 2 20.4 5.1-54.8 8 38.9 17.2-66.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.7 2.5-40.6 4 29.0 10.3-59.1
Non-Hispanic 626 119 20.5 16.6-24.9 343 52.2 47.2-57.0 89 14.8 11.7-18.5 62 9.8 7.4-13.0 13 2.8 1.4- 5.7
AGE
25-34 12 0 0.0 . - . 9 66.0 31.1-89.3 1 6.0 0.8-34.0 1 17.5 2.6-63.0 1 10.4 1.4-48.4
35-44 39 4 20.8 7.6-45.6 22 45.5 27.5-64.7 5 8.9 3.3-21.7 5 10.1 3.8-24.2 3 14.7 4.3-39.8
45-54 92 17 20.1 11.7-32.5 43 46.2 34.2-58.6 16 16.8 9.4-28.0 10 11.7 5.8-22.3 6 5.2 2.1-12.7
55-64 204 27 17.5 11.6-25.6 116 53.5 44.9-61.9 30 15.5 10.5-22.3 27 11.4 7.5-17.0 4 2.1 0.7- 6.5
65-74 175 32 17.2 11.7-24.5 98 54.8 46.0-63.3 27 17.6 11.6-25.8 15 8.9 5.1-15.1 3 1.5 0.3- 6.2
75+ 124 41 32.4 23.3-43.1 66 51.8 41.3-62.1 11 10.7 5.4-20.1 6 5.1 2.2-11.5 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 172 29 20.4 13.5-29.6 91 44.6 35.9-53.6 25 16.5 10.6-24.6 21 12.5 7.4-20.4 6 6.0 2.5-13.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 47 21.3 15.2-28.9 125 57.6 49.4-65.4 32 13.8 9.2-20.3 15 6.1 3.5-10.4 5 1.2 0.5- 3.3
Some Post-H.S. 154 29 19.5 12.9-28.4 81 47.1 37.7-56.6 25 18.9 12.5-27.5 15 9.8 5.4-17.3 4 4.7 1.3-15.4
College Graduate 97 17 20.5 11.4-34.1 57 57.8 44.9-69.7 8 5.9 2.6-12.6 13 13.3 7.3-22.8 2 2.5 0.5-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 122 19 23.5 14.3-36.2 70 47.8 37.1-58.7 17 15.4 9.0-25.1 13 10.0 5.5-17.5 3 3.3 0.9-12.1
$15,000- 24,999 136 27 13.6 8.6-21.0 72 60.7 50.4-70.1 19 12.7 7.3-20.9 13 9.3 5.1-16.5 5 3.8 1.3-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 82 18 22.4 13.2-35.3 36 42.5 30.3-55.6 15 17.6 9.9-29.5 11 14.5 7.2-27.2 2 3.0 0.7-11.5
$35,000- 49,999 73 12 15.6 8.0-28.4 44 56.4 42.8-69.1 11 18.5 10.1-31.6 6 9.4 4.1-20.3 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 63 12 30.0 16.7-47.8 41 52.9 37.6-67.7 7 13.4 5.8-28.0 2 3.2 0.8-12.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
$75,000+ 54 9 13.8 6.6-26.7 32 58.6 41.8-73.5 7 11.1 5.0-23.1 3 3.6 1.0-12.0 3 13.0 4.2-33.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 407 77 19.5 15.0-24.9 223 51.5 45.4-57.5 53 14.0 10.3-18.6 46 11.7 8.3-16.2 8 3.4 1.5- 7.6
No 227 41 21.4 15.2-29.2 126 52.9 44.8-60.8 35 15.5 10.7-22.0 17 6.7 4.0-10.9 8 3.6 1.5- 8.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 136 26 22.4 14.9-32.1 82 55.9 46.0-65.4 20 16.4 10.2-25.3 7 4.4 2.0- 9.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6
Non-Veteran 513 97 20.0 15.8-25.0 273 50.5 45.0-56.0 70 13.7 10.5-17.7 57 11.5 8.5-15.3 16 4.3 2.3- 7.9

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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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