BRFSS 2007 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?)

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,804	379	20.6	18.2-23.1	1,425	79.4	76.9-81.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	38	8	17.0	7.5-34.1	30	83.0	65.9-92.5
Buncombe	43	5	11.8	4.5-27.7	38	88.2	72.3-95.5
Cabarrus	51	15	29.0	17.2-44.5	36	71.0	55.5-82.8
Catawba	42	6	10.1	4.0-23.5	36	89.9	76.5-96.0
Cumberland	61	15	23.6	14.0-37.0	46	76.4	63.0-86.0
Davidson	54	8	13.8	6.3-27.7	46	86.2	72.3-93.7
Durham	40	4	17.3	4.8-46.7	36	82.7	53.3-95.2
Forsyth	30	5	22.8	9.1-46.7	25	77.2	53.3-90.9
Gaston	58	18	29.3	17.0-45.6	40	70.7	54.4-83.0
Guilford	47	6	13.2	5.0-30.6	41	86.8	69.4-95.0
Iredell	42	7	19.3	8.4-38.4	35	80.7	61.6-91.6
Johnston	45	7	12.7	5.5-26.4	38	87.3	73.6-94.5
Mecklenburg	63	17	29.1	17.8-43.8	46	70.9	56.2-82.2
New Hanover	47	10	32.3	17.2-52.2	37	67.7	47.8-82.8
Onslow	46	10	24.0	12.0-42.3	36	76.0	57.7-88.0
Orange	27	3	10.0	2.8-29.8	24	90.0	70.2-97.2
Pitt	57	15	25.0	14.1-40.3	42	75.0	59.7-85.9
Randolph	49	17	33.5	20.2-50.1	32	66.5	49.9-79.8
Robeson	63	20	36.0	23.2-51.2	43	64.0	48.8-76.8
Rowan	71	15	20.7	12.1-33.1	56	79.3	66.9-87.9
Union	34	6	16.1	6.1-36.0	28	83.9	64.0-93.9
Wake	52	10	17.2	8.3-32.2	42	82.8	67.8-91.7
Wayne	39	3	8.6	2.6-25.2	36	91.4	74.8-97.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	651	137	21.0	17.4-25.1	514	79.0	74.9-82.6
Piedmont	811	166	19.8	16.4-23.8	645	80.2	76.2-83.6
Western NC	342	76	22.5	17.5-28.4	266	77.5	71.6-82.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	234	44	17.4	12.4-23.9	190	82.6	76.1-87.6
Northwest	365	76	20.3	15.6-26.0	289	79.7	74.0-84.4
Charlotte	238	64	27.7	20.8-35.8	174	72.3	64.2-79.2
Greensboro	183	36	17.0	11.0-25.5	147	83.0	74.5-89.0
Southern Regional	190	50	23.4	17.0-31.2	140	76.6	68.8-83.0
Coastal	101	20	24.6	15.5-36.8	81	75.4	63.2-84.5
Wake	169	27	16.6	10.4-25.6	142	83.4	74.4-89.6
Area L	76	19	25.8	15.9-39.0	57	74.2	61.0-84.1
Eastern	248	43	15.9	11.2-22.0	205	84.1	78.0-88.8

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,804

379

20.6

18.2-23.1

1,425

79.4

76.9-81.8

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

17.0

7.5-34.1

83.0

65.9-92.5

Buncombe

11.8

4.5-27.7

88.2

72.3-95.5

Cabarrus

29.0

17.2-44.5

71.0

55.5-82.8

Catawba

10.1

4.0-23.5

89.9

76.5-96.0

Cumberland

23.6

14.0-37.0

76.4

63.0-86.0

Davidson

13.8

6.3-27.7

86.2

72.3-93.7

Durham

17.3

4.8-46.7

82.7

53.3-95.2

Forsyth

22.8

9.1-46.7

77.2

53.3-90.9

Gaston

29.3

17.0-45.6

70.7

54.4-83.0

Guilford

13.2

5.0-30.6

86.8

69.4-95.0

Iredell

19.3

8.4-38.4

80.7

61.6-91.6

Johnston

12.7

5.5-26.4

87.3

73.6-94.5

Mecklenburg

29.1

17.8-43.8

70.9

56.2-82.2

New Hanover

32.3

17.2-52.2

67.7

47.8-82.8

Onslow

24.0

12.0-42.3

76.0

57.7-88.0

Orange

10.0

2.8-29.8

90.0

70.2-97.2

Pitt

25.0

14.1-40.3

75.0

59.7-85.9

Randolph

33.5

20.2-50.1

66.5

49.9-79.8

Robeson

36.0

23.2-51.2

64.0

48.8-76.8

Rowan

20.7

12.1-33.1

79.3

66.9-87.9

Union

16.1

6.1-36.0

83.9

64.0-93.9

Wake

17.2

8.3-32.2

82.8

67.8-91.7

Wayne

8.6

2.6-25.2

91.4

74.8-97.4

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

651

137

21.0

17.4-25.1

514

79.0

74.9-82.6

Piedmont

811

166

19.8

16.4-23.8

645

80.2

76.2-83.6

Western NC

342

22.5

17.5-28.4

266

77.5

71.6-82.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

234

17.4

12.4-23.9

190

82.6

76.1-87.6

Northwest

365

20.3

15.6-26.0

289

79.7

74.0-84.4

Charlotte

238

27.7

20.8-35.8

174

72.3

64.2-79.2

Greensboro

183

17.0

11.0-25.5

147

83.0

74.5-89.0

Southern Regional

190

23.4

17.0-31.2

140

76.6

68.8-83.0

Coastal

101

24.6

15.5-36.8

75.4

63.2-84.5

Wake

169

16.6

10.4-25.6

142

83.4

74.4-89.6

Area L

25.8

15.9-39.0

74.2

61.0-84.1

Eastern

248

15.9

11.2-22.0

205

84.1

78.0-88.8

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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.

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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