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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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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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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 330 251 76.1 69.7-81.5 26 6.4 3.9-10.3 27 8.5 5.3-13.3 26 9.0 5.7-13.9
Female 459 360 77.9 72.3-82.7 30 6.3 3.9-10.0 25 5.1 2.9- 8.8 44 10.7 7.3-15.3
RACE
White 606 474 78.1 73.4-82.1 40 5.4 3.7- 7.8 39 6.9 4.6-10.4 53 9.6 6.8-13.4
African American 160 120 75.3 65.6-82.9 14 7.6 3.8-14.6 11 6.4 2.9-13.5 15 10.7 6.0-18.4
Other Minorities 21 16 77.7 52.3-91.7 2 13.0 3.2-40.4 2 7.4 1.5-29.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 11 79.6 48.2-94.2 1 12.0 1.7-51.9 1 3.0 0.4-19.6 2 5.4 1.2-20.8
Non-Hispanic 773 600 77.0 72.7-80.7 55 6.2 4.4- 8.6 50 6.9 4.8- 9.8 68 10.0 7.4-13.3
AGE
18-24 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 20 15 81.1 55.9-93.5 1 3.0 0.4-19.4 2 11.5 2.6-39.0 2 4.4 0.9-19.7
35-44 61 39 63.7 48.1-76.8 9 11.5 5.6-22.2 4 11.5 4.1-28.4 9 13.3 6.0-26.9
45-54 146 110 77.4 67.7-84.8 13 7.3 3.6-14.1 13 8.3 4.1-16.2 10 7.0 3.2-14.7
55-64 211 169 80.6 72.8-86.6 10 2.9 1.5- 5.6 14 5.7 3.0-10.5 18 10.8 6.2-18.2
65-74 207 167 80.6 72.0-87.0 11 5.6 2.5-11.9 12 3.9 2.1- 7.4 17 9.9 5.2-18.1
75+ 136 104 74.0 62.8-82.8 12 9.9 4.3-21.3 7 5.3 2.1-13.0 13 10.7 5.8-18.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 151 108 66.4 55.5-75.9 14 11.5 6.2-20.5 19 14.7 8.3-24.9 10 7.3 3.3-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 246 188 76.0 68.0-82.5 20 5.9 3.5- 9.7 14 5.5 2.7-10.7 24 12.7 7.7-20.3
Some Post-H.S. 222 177 82.0 74.4-87.7 12 4.9 2.0-11.4 13 4.4 2.2- 8.7 20 8.6 5.0-14.6
College Graduate 169 137 80.2 71.3-86.8 10 4.9 2.4- 9.5 6 5.5 1.9-14.5 16 9.5 5.4-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 102 77.5 66.3-85.8 12 5.1 2.7- 9.7 14 11.4 5.6-21.9 6 5.9 2.1-15.7
$15,000- 24,999 151 111 71.9 60.7-80.9 16 14.5 7.5-26.2 10 4.0 2.0- 7.7 14 9.7 5.0-17.9
$25,000- 34,999 98 74 71.8 58.8-82.0 8 8.4 3.6-18.4 6 5.6 2.2-13.4 10 14.2 7.0-26.9
$35,000- 49,999 110 95 84.5 74.1-91.3 4 3.8 1.2-10.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7 9 9.6 4.5-19.4
$50,000-74,999 88 70 78.5 65.1-87.8 6 4.4 1.7-10.8 5 7.2 2.4-20.0 7 9.9 4.1-21.7
$75,000+ 109 90 81.0 69.6-88.8 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 6 7.7 2.9-18.5 10 9.2 4.2-19.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 456 324 69.3 63.2-74.8 42 8.0 5.4-11.7 44 10.6 7.1-15.4 46 12.1 8.5-17.0
No 305 262 85.8 79.8-90.2 13 4.3 2.1- 8.4 7 2.2 0.9- 5.3 23 7.8 4.6-12.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 155 120 76.4 66.5-84.1 9 5.4 2.0-13.7 10 5.1 2.4-10.7 16 13.0 7.4-22.0
Non-Veteran 634 491 77.2 72.5-81.3 47 6.6 4.6- 9.3 42 7.2 4.8-10.7 54 9.0 6.4-12.5

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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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