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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 1,825 529 29.3 26.5-32.3 1,296 70.7 67.7-73.5
-Eastern NC 657 202 28.9 24.9-33.3 455 71.1 66.7-75.1
GENDER
Male 246 74 30.2 23.8-37.5 172 69.8 62.5-76.2
Female 411 128 27.6 22.9-32.9 283 72.4 67.1-77.1
RACE
White 371 111 28.9 23.6-35.0 260 71.1 65.0-76.4
African American 226 73 28.5 22.0-36.1 153 71.5 63.9-78.0
Other Minorities 55 16 30.0 17.2-47.0 39 70.0 53.0-82.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 7 30.3 11.9-58.3 9 69.7 41.7-88.1
Non-Hispanic 634 192 28.8 24.6-33.3 442 71.2 66.7-75.4
AGE
25-34 12 4 34.5 11.1-69.0 8 65.5 31.0-88.9
35-44 39 15 34.9 18.6-55.7 24 65.1 44.3-81.4
45-54 95 27 23.2 15.0-34.0 68 76.8 66.0-85.0
55-64 206 62 27.8 21.1-35.8 144 72.2 64.2-78.9
65-74 176 59 35.4 27.5-44.1 117 64.6 55.9-72.5
75+ 126 34 25.2 17.4-35.1 92 74.8 64.9-82.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 173 72 37.8 29.6-46.7 101 62.2 53.3-70.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 71 30.7 23.8-38.6 155 69.3 61.4-76.2
Some Post-H.S. 159 40 23.6 16.6-32.5 119 76.4 67.5-83.4
College Graduate 97 19 20.1 11.3-33.2 78 79.9 66.8-88.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 124 47 34.9 25.5-45.7 77 65.1 54.3-74.5
$15,000- 24,999 137 55 40.3 30.5-50.9 82 59.7 49.1-69.5
$25,000- 34,999 83 16 20.9 12.1-33.6 67 79.1 66.4-87.9
$35,000- 49,999 74 21 29.1 18.2-43.0 53 70.9 57.0-81.8
$50,000-74,999 64 16 25.4 14.0-41.6 48 74.6 58.4-86.0
$75,000+ 54 11 15.5 7.8-28.4 43 84.5 71.6-92.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 413 139 31.9 26.6-37.8 274 68.1 62.2-73.4
No 229 61 24.8 18.7-32.0 168 75.2 68.0-81.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 139 36 24.6 17.4-33.6 103 75.4 66.4-82.6
Non-Veteran 518 166 30.3 25.6-35.5 352 69.7 64.5-74.4

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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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