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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,804 379 20.6 18.2-23.1 1,425 79.4 76.9-81.8
-Piedmont NC 811 166 19.8 16.4-23.8 645 80.2 76.2-83.6
GENDER
Male 333 78 20.4 15.5-26.3 255 79.6 73.7-84.5
Female 478 88 19.3 14.8-24.8 390 80.7 75.2-85.2
RACE
White 619 120 17.8 14.3-21.9 499 82.2 78.1-85.7
African American 167 37 22.7 15.2-32.5 130 77.3 67.5-84.8
Other Minorities 21 7 28.0 11.6-53.5 14 72.0 46.5-88.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 7 43.3 18.5-71.9 8 56.7 28.1-81.5
Non-Hispanic 793 159 19.1 15.7-23.0 634 80.9 77.0-84.3
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 20 8 30.3 12.5-57.0 12 69.7 43.0-87.5
35-44 59 12 23.3 12.0-40.5 47 76.7 59.5-88.0
45-54 148 30 19.7 12.7-29.3 118 80.3 70.7-87.3
55-64 213 46 20.5 14.3-28.3 167 79.5 71.7-85.7
65-74 215 36 16.2 11.0-23.2 179 83.8 76.8-89.0
75+ 148 33 19.1 12.4-28.3 115 80.9 71.7-87.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 44 24.5 17.2-33.6 119 75.5 66.4-82.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 252 53 19.3 13.9-26.0 199 80.7 74.0-86.1
Some Post-H.S. 223 46 23.8 16.4-33.2 177 76.2 66.8-83.6
College Graduate 172 23 11.6 7.3-18.0 149 88.4 82.0-92.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 45 27.7 18.6-38.9 95 72.3 61.1-81.4
$15,000- 24,999 154 35 22.2 14.7-32.0 119 77.8 68.0-85.3
$25,000- 34,999 98 21 22.7 13.0-36.7 77 77.3 63.3-87.0
$35,000- 49,999 112 12 14.6 7.4-26.8 100 85.4 73.2-92.6
$50,000-74,999 89 16 16.7 9.3-28.1 73 83.3 71.9-90.7
$75,000+ 109 17 14.0 8.2-23.1 92 86.0 76.9-91.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 471 118 24.5 19.6-30.1 353 75.5 69.9-80.4
No 311 40 13.8 9.3-20.0 271 86.2 80.0-90.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 36 23.4 15.7-33.4 120 76.6 66.6-84.3
Non-Veteran 655 130 18.9 15.2-23.2 525 81.1 76.8-84.8

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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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