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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 1,822 200 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,622 89.0 86.9-90.8
-Eastern NC 656 64 8.8 6.6-11.5 592 91.2 88.5-93.4
GENDER
Male 246 31 9.9 6.6-14.4 215 90.1 85.6-93.4
Female 410 33 7.7 5.2-11.1 377 92.3 88.9-94.8
RACE
White 370 35 7.5 5.2-10.7 335 92.5 89.3-94.8
African American 226 23 10.7 6.7-16.5 203 89.3 83.5-93.3
Other Minorities 55 6 9.0 3.7-20.6 49 91.0 79.4-96.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 1 3.1 0.4-20.0 15 96.9 80.0-99.6
Non-Hispanic 633 62 8.8 6.7-11.6 571 91.2 88.4-93.3
AGE
25-34 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
35-44 39 3 4.1 1.1-14.4 36 95.9 85.6-98.9
45-54 95 14 12.4 6.8-21.5 81 87.6 78.5-93.2
55-64 205 16 7.0 4.0-11.8 189 93.0 88.2-96.0
65-74 176 18 11.1 6.7-17.9 158 88.9 82.1-93.3
75+ 126 13 8.9 4.7-16.3 113 91.1 83.7-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 21 12.0 7.3-19.3 152 88.0 80.7-92.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 23 9.1 5.8-13.9 203 90.9 86.1-94.2
Some Post-H.S. 158 13 6.7 3.6-12.1 145 93.3 87.9-96.4
College Graduate 97 7 6.3 2.8-13.5 90 93.7 86.5-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 14 13.4 7.5-22.9 110 86.6 77.1-92.5
$15,000- 24,999 137 12 6.7 3.5-12.6 125 93.3 87.4-96.5
$25,000- 34,999 83 4 2.8 1.0- 7.6 79 97.2 92.4-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 74 7 9.0 4.0-19.0 67 91.0 81.0-96.0
$50,000-74,999 64 8 9.3 4.4-18.5 56 90.7 81.5-95.6
$75,000+ 54 2 2.4 0.5-11.1 52 97.6 88.9-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 412 53 11.3 8.4-15.2 359 88.7 84.8-91.6
No 229 11 4.8 2.5- 9.2 218 95.2 90.8-97.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 18 9.9 6.0-16.0 121 90.1 84.0-94.0
Non-Veteran 517 46 8.4 6.0-11.5 471 91.6 88.5-94.0

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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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