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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,790 1,207 66.4 63.3-69.3 361 22.0 19.4-24.9 77 3.8 2.9- 5.1 23 1.1 0.7- 1.7 122 6.7 5.3- 8.3
GENDER
Male 716 461 62.8 57.9-67.3 169 26.2 22.0-30.9 34 3.9 2.5- 5.9 11 1.2 0.6- 2.4 41 5.9 4.1- 8.5
Female 1,074 746 70.1 66.3-73.5 192 17.8 15.0-21.0 43 3.8 2.6- 5.6 12 0.9 0.5- 1.7 81 7.4 5.6- 9.7
RACE
White 1,287 866 65.9 62.5-69.2 261 22.1 19.3-25.3 54 3.6 2.6- 5.0 20 1.4 0.8- 2.3 86 6.9 5.3- 9.0
African American 408 285 70.2 63.6-76.0 77 20.4 15.2-26.8 15 2.8 1.4- 5.4 3 0.5 0.1- 1.9 28 6.1 3.9- 9.6
Asian 9 2 23.9 4.6-67.1 6 65.0 25.3-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.0 1.4-52.4
Native American 49 32 70.0 53.1-82.8 10 17.6 8.1-34.2 5 10.6 4.2-24.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.8 0.4- 8.6
Other Minorities 25 15 58.4 33.8-79.4 4 22.7 7.4-51.9 1 9.7 1.4-44.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.2 3.4-22.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 21 59.2 36.8-78.4 7 26.7 11.3-50.8 1 8.0 1.1-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.1 2.1-16.9
-English Speaking 21 16 79.6 52.8-93.2 4 18.5 5.7-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.2-12.7
-Spanish Speaking 12 5 38.8 14.0-71.1 3 34.8 10.7-70.4 1 16.0 2.3-60.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.4 2.8-31.8
Non-Hispanic 1,747 1,180 66.6 63.5-69.6 351 21.9 19.2-24.7 75 3.7 2.8- 4.9 23 1.1 0.7- 1.8 118 6.7 5.3- 8.4
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 37 28 82.7 67.2-91.8 3 5.5 1.6-17.3 2 3.1 0.7-12.8 1 2.2 0.3-14.5 3 6.4 1.9-19.4
35-44 116 68 64.7 53.6-74.3 31 22.4 14.8-32.4 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 10 10.0 4.7-19.8
45-54 287 186 64.2 56.7-71.0 57 22.8 17.0-30.0 12 4.8 2.4- 9.6 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 27 7.1 4.4-11.2
55-64 506 341 66.1 60.0-71.6 99 22.7 17.5-28.8 26 4.4 2.7- 7.0 7 1.4 0.6- 3.4 33 5.4 3.5- 8.2
65-74 486 351 66.5 60.4-72.2 95 24.8 19.5-30.9 16 2.8 1.6- 4.9 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 19 5.1 2.9- 8.8
75+ 344 225 67.0 60.5-72.8 73 21.3 16.4-27.3 12 2.7 1.4- 4.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 29 7.8 5.0-11.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 424 308 70.9 64.9-76.3 75 20.8 16.0-26.6 12 2.7 1.2- 5.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 28 5.3 3.5- 8.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 567 378 63.5 57.8-68.9 116 22.5 17.8-28.1 29 5.8 3.6- 9.2 8 1.4 0.6- 3.0 36 6.8 4.4-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 460 307 69.2 63.5-74.5 95 19.9 15.6-25.1 19 2.6 1.6- 4.4 9 1.7 0.8- 3.4 30 6.5 4.2-10.1
College Graduate 336 213 62.5 55.3-69.1 74 25.3 19.3-32.5 17 3.5 2.0- 5.9 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 27 7.9 5.0-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 227 68.4 60.3-75.6 64 22.9 16.3-31.1 7 1.4 0.6- 3.1 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 24 6.8 4.0-11.2
$15,000- 24,999 371 259 68.7 62.1-74.6 77 22.4 17.1-28.6 16 3.8 2.0- 7.4 4 1.4 0.5- 4.3 15 3.7 2.1- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 211 145 68.3 59.6-75.9 42 20.8 14.3-29.2 12 5.8 2.8-11.7 2 0.8 0.2- 3.7 10 4.4 2.2- 8.5
$35,000- 49,999 230 152 64.4 55.6-72.3 45 21.2 14.4-30.1 14 4.5 2.5- 7.7 5 1.8 0.7- 4.4 14 8.1 4.3-14.8
$50,000-74,999 188 128 71.5 62.7-78.9 40 20.0 13.8-28.1 7 3.4 1.3- 8.5 5 1.6 0.6- 4.7 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4
$75,000+ 191 122 62.5 53.5-70.8 38 22.9 16.0-31.5 11 5.2 2.5-10.6 4 0.9 0.3- 2.3 16 8.5 4.5-15.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,080 754 68.1 64.1-71.8 208 21.2 17.9-24.9 38 3.2 2.1- 4.7 11 0.9 0.5- 1.7 69 6.7 5.0- 9.0
No 651 418 65.5 60.6-70.2 138 21.9 18.0-26.4 36 4.9 3.2- 7.5 11 1.3 0.6- 2.6 48 6.4 4.4- 9.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 223 59.2 52.4-65.7 94 28.9 22.9-35.8 15 4.6 2.4- 8.5 3 1.4 0.4- 4.2 20 5.9 3.6- 9.6
Non-Veteran 1,435 984 68.4 65.0-71.6 267 20.1 17.3-23.2 62 3.6 2.6- 5.0 20 1.0 0.6- 1.6 102 6.9 5.4- 8.8

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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.

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