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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, borderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,764 1,825 9.1 8.5- 9.6 120 0.9 0.7- 1.1 12,552 88.7 88.1-89.3 267 1.4 1.2- 1.6
-Piedmont NC 7,098 822 8.5 7.7- 9.3 61 0.9 0.7- 1.2 6,099 89.4 88.5-90.3 116 1.2 1.0- 1.6
GENDER
Male 2,623 339 8.7 7.5-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 2,244 90.4 89.0-91.6 40 0.9 0.6- 1.4
Female 4,475 483 8.3 7.3- 9.3 61 1.7 1.3- 2.3 3,855 88.5 87.3-89.6 76 1.5 1.1- 2.0
RACE
White 5,668 629 8.1 7.3- 9.0 45 0.9 0.6- 1.2 4,898 89.6 88.7-90.5 96 1.4 1.1- 1.8
African American 987 168 12.6 10.3-15.4 6 0.5 0.2- 1.3 797 85.8 82.9-88.2 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9
Other Minorities 418 21 3.6 2.1- 6.0 10 1.5 0.8- 3.1 383 94.3 91.6-96.2 4 0.5 0.1- 2.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 16 3.0 1.6- 5.5 9 1.8 0.9- 3.9 284 94.9 91.9-96.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
Non-Hispanic 6,773 803 9.0 8.2- 9.9 52 0.8 0.6- 1.1 5,804 88.9 87.9-89.8 114 1.3 1.0- 1.7
AGE
18-24 237 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 232 99.0 97.3-99.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
25-34 713 20 2.4 1.3- 4.3 16 1.6 0.9- 2.7 673 95.7 93.7-97.1 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1
35-44 1,208 61 4.5 3.3- 6.1 28 2.0 1.3- 3.0 1,107 92.6 90.7-94.1 12 0.9 0.5- 1.8
45-54 1,464 149 10.6 8.7-12.8 9 0.6 0.3- 1.3 1,286 87.6 85.3-89.6 20 1.2 0.7- 2.1
55-64 1,432 217 15.2 12.9-17.9 5 0.4 0.1- 1.0 1,180 82.2 79.4-84.7 30 2.2 1.4- 3.4
65-74 1,119 216 20.7 17.7-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 878 77.0 73.5-80.2 25 2.3 1.3- 4.0
75+ 877 151 17.9 14.8-21.4 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 700 79.0 75.3-82.3 24 3.0 1.8- 4.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 943 166 11.0 8.9-13.5 8 0.9 0.4- 2.1 749 86.4 83.6-88.8 20 1.7 1.0- 3.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,974 254 9.8 8.3-11.5 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,659 87.5 85.5-89.2 49 2.0 1.3- 2.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,792 227 9.6 8.0-11.5 14 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,523 88.6 86.6-90.3 28 1.1 0.7- 1.7
College Graduate 2,382 174 5.5 4.6- 6.7 27 1.0 0.7- 1.6 2,162 92.9 91.6-94.0 19 0.6 0.3- 1.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 648 143 20.1 16.0-24.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 482 77.5 72.5-81.7 21 2.0 1.2- 3.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,004 158 10.0 8.0-12.3 7 0.7 0.3- 1.9 819 87.9 85.2-90.1 20 1.4 0.7- 2.7
$25,000- 34,999 717 99 9.9 7.6-12.8 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 606 88.6 85.6-91.1 7 0.6 0.3- 1.4
$35,000- 49,999 979 112 9.6 7.5-12.2 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 841 88.2 85.4-90.5 18 1.1 0.6- 2.0
$50,000-74,999 1,042 89 7.7 5.8-10.2 15 1.1 0.6- 2.0 923 89.9 87.2-92.1 15 1.3 0.7- 2.3
$75,000+ 1,695 110 4.9 3.9- 6.1 14 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,558 93.7 92.3-94.9 13 0.7 0.4- 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,373 479 16.9 15.0-19.0 14 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,815 79.7 77.5-81.8 65 2.5 1.8- 3.4
No 4,422 312 5.1 4.4- 5.9 44 0.9 0.7- 1.3 4,018 93.2 92.3-94.0 48 0.8 0.5- 1.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 948 158 15.3 12.5-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 772 82.9 79.6-85.8 18 1.8 1.0- 3.2
Non-Veteran 6,148 664 7.6 6.8- 8.4 61 1.0 0.7- 1.3 5,325 90.3 89.3-91.1 98 1.1 0.9- 1.5

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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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