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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,751 1,317 74.3 71.5-77.0 137 7.4 6.0- 9.0 123 7.4 5.9- 9.2 174 10.9 9.1-13.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 35 25 63.7 41.6-81.1 6 25.0 10.0-50.2 3 5.7 1.7-17.5 1 5.6 0.8-30.5
Buncombe 43 37 83.5 63.8-93.6 1 2.7 0.4-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 13.8 4.7-34.1
Cabarrus 51 36 69.9 54.3-82.0 4 7.0 2.3-19.5 4 10.8 4.0-26.5 7 12.2 5.6-24.8
Catawba 40 30 80.9 65.6-90.4 3 5.3 1.5-16.9 4 6.8 2.3-18.2 3 6.9 2.1-20.5
Cumberland 58 45 73.2 57.6-84.6 5 10.9 4.5-24.0 3 4.7 1.4-14.8 5 11.2 3.9-28.0
Davidson 53 39 78.1 63.3-88.0 5 7.9 3.0-19.0 4 8.8 2.9-23.6 5 5.3 2.0-13.1
Durham 39 30 74.3 55.5-87.1 2 4.3 0.9-18.7 2 6.3 1.5-22.4 5 15.0 5.9-33.2
Forsyth 30 26 79.3 50.6-93.5 2 15.8 3.6-48.7 1 2.8 0.4-17.9 1 2.1 0.3-13.7
Gaston 59 46 72.7 55.9-84.9 2 2.4 0.5-10.7 5 10.6 4.0-25.2 6 14.3 5.5-32.0
Guilford 47 38 78.1 61.0-89.0 3 8.2 2.6-23.4 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 4 11.4 3.9-28.9
Iredell 41 29 71.4 53.6-84.4 6 17.8 7.6-36.4 3 4.1 1.2-12.8 3 6.7 2.0-19.7
Johnston 44 30 63.4 42.7-80.1 5 19.8 7.7-42.4 4 5.4 1.8-14.8 5 11.4 3.8-29.2
Mecklenburg 60 49 76.6 60.9-87.4 5 8.0 3.0-19.6 2 5.0 0.9-23.3 4 10.4 3.8-25.1
New Hanover 47 38 80.9 66.0-90.2 6 13.9 6.1-28.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.2 1.7-15.3
Onslow 45 29 62.1 44.6-76.9 8 18.9 8.5-37.1 5 10.7 4.3-24.3 3 8.3 2.2-26.2
Orange 28 21 67.7 43.0-85.4 2 10.0 2.0-38.2 2 4.5 1.0-17.9 3 17.7 5.2-45.9
Pitt 57 40 68.4 52.6-80.8 6 11.2 4.5-25.3 3 4.9 1.5-15.1 8 15.5 7.2-30.1
Randolph 48 38 80.9 64.9-90.7 4 6.3 2.0-17.7 2 5.2 1.1-21.3 4 7.6 2.3-22.0
Robeson 58 38 65.8 50.9-78.2 10 15.7 7.9-28.6 6 13.4 5.8-28.0 4 5.1 1.7-14.2
Rowan 69 52 69.5 54.2-81.4 6 12.4 5.4-26.1 5 11.0 4.0-27.0 6 7.1 3.0-15.8
Union 32 26 83.0 63.3-93.3 3 10.5 3.0-30.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 2 5.3 1.0-22.8
Wake 50 43 91.1 80.9-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.3 1.0-10.5 4 5.6 1.8-15.6
Wayne 34 27 79.0 59.8-90.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 1 5.3 0.8-29.2 5 13.3 5.0-30.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 625 442 69.2 64.5-73.5 63 10.1 7.6-13.4 53 9.1 6.7-12.2 67 11.7 8.9-15.2
Piedmont 789 611 77.0 72.8-80.7 56 6.4 4.5- 8.9 52 6.8 4.7- 9.7 70 9.8 7.4-13.1
Western NC 337 264 75.4 69.0-80.9 18 5.2 3.2- 8.5 18 5.8 3.5- 9.4 37 13.5 9.0-19.8
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 232 183 78.9 71.8-84.6 14 5.9 3.4-10.2 10 4.3 2.2- 8.1 25 10.8 6.6-17.3
Northwest 357 270 71.2 64.1-77.4 26 8.1 4.9-13.2 27 9.1 5.5-14.9 34 11.5 7.5-17.2
Charlotte 233 182 76.1 67.8-82.8 16 6.2 3.4-11.1 13 6.4 3.1-12.8 22 11.3 6.6-18.6
Greensboro 178 140 78.9 70.0-85.6 15 8.3 4.4-15.1 11 4.5 2.1- 9.6 12 8.3 4.1-15.9
Southern Regional 178 124 66.2 56.8-74.5 19 9.5 5.5-15.7 18 10.2 6.2-16.4 17 14.1 8.1-23.4
Coastal 98 73 73.4 62.6-82.1 12 12.8 6.9-22.4 5 5.0 2.0-12.2 8 8.8 4.3-17.0
Wake 163 126 80.3 72.0-86.7 8 4.3 1.8- 9.6 12 6.4 3.1-12.7 17 9.0 5.1-15.4
Area L 75 52 69.9 56.7-80.5 6 7.3 2.8-17.8 8 12.8 6.0-25.1 9 10.0 5.0-18.9
Eastern 237 167 68.7 60.7-75.7 21 8.3 4.8-14.1 19 9.1 5.5-14.8 30 13.9 9.1-20.7

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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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