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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 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
-Piedmont NC 810 560 67.6 63.0-71.9 160 22.5 18.6-26.9 34 3.1 2.0- 4.7 9 1.0 0.5- 2.1 47 5.9 4.1- 8.3
GENDER
Male 333 220 63.3 56.0-70.0 79 27.8 21.5-35.1 18 3.3 1.8- 6.0 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 10 4.1 2.0- 7.9
Female 477 340 71.9 66.3-76.9 81 17.2 13.2-22.1 16 2.8 1.4- 5.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 37 7.7 5.1-11.4
RACE
White 618 424 67.1 62.0-71.8 124 22.5 18.3-27.2 27 3.0 2.0- 4.6 8 1.3 0.6- 2.9 35 6.1 4.0- 9.2
African American 167 124 74.2 64.0-82.3 28 19.1 11.9-29.4 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 10 5.3 2.5-11.0
Other Minorities 21 10 41.0 20.1-65.8 8 44.8 21.7-70.5 1 7.5 1.0-38.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.7 1.4-26.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 9 50.8 23.7-77.4 4 33.1 12.0-64.3 1 11.7 1.7-51.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.3 0.9-18.3
Non-Hispanic 791 549 68.2 63.5-72.5 156 22.1 18.3-26.6 32 2.7 1.7- 4.2 9 1.0 0.5- 2.1 45 5.9 4.1- 8.4
AGE
18-24 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 20 16 87.5 67.9-95.9 1 4.0 0.5-24.4 1 3.1 0.4-19.7 1 3.3 0.4-21.1 1 2.1 0.3-14.4
35-44 60 34 65.8 50.9-78.1 18 22.4 12.9-35.9 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.5 3.4-23.9
45-54 146 99 66.0 55.5-75.2 29 24.9 16.7-35.6 4 2.6 0.7- 9.0 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 11 5.2 2.5-10.5
55-64 214 150 66.4 56.7-74.9 38 23.8 15.9-34.0 12 3.3 1.8- 6.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 12 5.1 2.5-10.1
65-74 212 154 64.7 54.7-73.5 43 27.4 19.1-37.6 7 2.6 1.0- 6.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 7 5.1 2.0-12.4
75+ 150 102 71.2 61.5-79.3 30 18.6 12.1-27.7 6 2.3 0.9- 5.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 10 6.9 3.3-14.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 113 66.1 55.8-75.1 34 26.1 18.0-36.4 4 3.1 0.8-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 4.6 2.3- 9.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 250 168 62.9 54.0-70.9 50 24.9 17.7-34.0 13 4.2 2.1- 8.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6 16 6.7 3.6-12.1
Some Post-H.S. 225 164 75.3 67.1-82.1 41 17.0 11.4-24.6 8 1.7 0.8- 3.6 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 8 4.3 1.8-10.0
College Graduate 172 114 65.2 55.3-74.0 35 23.2 15.4-33.4 9 3.2 1.5- 6.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 12 7.8 4.1-14.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 99 68.2 55.5-78.6 28 24.1 14.6-37.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 9 5.9 2.4-13.8
$15,000- 24,999 155 115 71.3 60.4-80.1 27 20.4 12.7-31.0 8 4.8 1.8-12.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7
$25,000- 34,999 98 72 72.5 58.6-83.1 20 24.0 13.8-38.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.8- 8.3
$35,000- 49,999 111 69 60.3 47.4-71.9 25 24.9 14.8-38.7 9 4.8 2.3- 9.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 6 8.5 3.6-18.7
$50,000-74,999 89 62 76.5 64.5-85.4 19 17.7 10.1-29.3 4 1.9 0.7- 5.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4
$75,000+ 109 70 65.0 53.3-75.1 20 19.6 11.9-30.7 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 10 10.4 4.8-21.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 473 334 68.4 62.2-74.0 88 22.2 17.1-28.2 19 2.9 1.6- 5.3 4 0.7 0.3- 2.1 28 5.8 3.6- 9.2
No 309 209 69.1 62.0-75.3 65 20.8 15.5-27.3 14 3.2 1.6- 6.3 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8 17 5.7 3.3- 9.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 101 59.8 49.1-69.6 39 28.1 19.2-39.2 8 4.7 1.9-11.2 3 2.6 0.8- 7.9 5 4.8 1.9-11.5
Non-Veteran 654 459 69.7 64.6-74.3 121 21.0 16.9-25.8 26 2.6 1.6- 4.3 6 0.6 0.3- 1.4 42 6.2 4.2- 9.0

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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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