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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,786 319 18.7 16.3-21.5 972 51.9 48.8-55.1 259 15.0 13.0-17.4 192 11.6 9.7-13.9 44 2.6 1.8- 3.8
-Piedmont NC 801 136 17.8 14.2-22.2 452 53.8 49.0-58.5 108 13.9 10.9-17.5 92 12.9 10.0-16.5 13 1.6 0.8- 3.0
GENDER
Male 330 56 19.9 14.0-27.4 179 49.9 42.7-57.1 50 16.0 11.3-22.1 41 12.9 8.8-18.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.4
Female 471 80 15.9 12.1-20.5 273 57.6 51.5-63.4 58 11.8 8.5-16.2 51 12.9 9.1-17.9 9 1.8 0.7- 4.4
RACE
White 614 106 16.6 13.2-20.6 343 55.9 50.7-61.0 87 13.6 10.4-17.5 71 13.1 9.8-17.3 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0
African American 163 27 20.5 12.3-32.1 96 49.7 39.3-60.1 18 15.4 9.0-24.9 19 13.1 7.4-22.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9
Other Minorities 20 3 23.5 6.3-58.5 10 43.8 21.6-68.8 3 12.5 3.6-35.3 1 7.9 1.1-39.6 3 12.3 3.2-37.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 2 10.2 2.1-37.0 8 66.2 36.9-86.8 2 5.6 1.3-21.6 2 5.9 1.3-22.7 1 12.1 1.7-52.0
Non-Hispanic 783 133 18.1 14.4-22.5 442 53.4 48.6-58.1 106 14.2 11.1-17.9 90 13.1 10.1-16.9 12 1.2 0.6- 2.3
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 17 6 43.1 16.4-74.5 6 33.8 13.2-63.0 1 2.3 0.3-15.6 4 20.8 6.8-48.8 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 60 10 16.1 7.9-30.0 25 48.8 33.8-64.0 7 9.2 4.1-19.3 12 19.5 9.5-35.9 6 6.5 2.7-14.8
45-54 149 17 10.0 5.7-17.1 80 49.0 39.0-59.2 24 21.8 14.1-32.2 26 17.4 10.8-26.8 2 1.8 0.3- 9.4
55-64 214 33 17.2 11.4-25.1 115 50.2 41.1-59.2 37 16.7 11.0-24.7 27 15.2 9.6-23.3 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3
65-74 211 32 18.4 11.3-28.5 137 64.2 54.7-72.7 25 10.2 6.1-16.6 15 6.2 3.4-10.9 2 1.1 0.2- 4.9
75+ 142 37 25.5 17.4-35.9 82 60.2 49.7-69.8 14 10.2 5.2-18.9 8 3.9 1.8- 7.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 158 31 21.4 14.2-30.8 80 49.4 39.4-59.5 20 13.2 7.3-22.6 24 12.6 8.1-19.1 3 3.4 0.9-12.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 248 42 14.2 9.7-20.3 142 56.9 48.3-65.1 28 10.0 6.1-16.0 34 18.7 12.4-27.1 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
Some Post-H.S. 224 35 21.0 13.2-31.7 125 50.1 40.8-59.4 38 18.2 12.2-26.2 19 8.3 4.3-15.3 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3
College Graduate 170 28 16.0 9.4-25.9 105 58.1 48.0-67.6 21 14.1 8.3-23.0 15 11.2 6.2-19.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 22 17.7 9.4-30.7 78 52.1 40.2-63.8 22 16.0 8.9-27.1 18 14.3 7.9-24.4 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 154 23 16.1 9.9-25.2 91 57.5 46.9-67.5 18 12.0 6.3-21.6 19 10.9 6.1-18.6 3 3.5 0.9-13.2
$25,000- 34,999 98 15 14.7 7.7-26.1 59 53.9 40.6-66.6 10 9.2 4.3-18.8 10 18.5 8.5-35.5 4 3.8 1.3-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 109 24 17.9 10.7-28.5 50 52.6 40.3-64.6 19 17.1 10.1-27.3 14 11.5 6.1-20.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
$50,000-74,999 88 16 23.4 11.4-42.2 46 44.3 31.0-58.4 12 11.9 6.1-21.9 14 20.4 11.1-34.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 108 10 10.9 5.6-20.2 71 63.0 51.2-73.5 19 20.0 11.9-31.7 7 5.2 2.0-12.6 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 466 86 16.7 12.8-21.4 260 54.6 48.5-60.7 58 14.9 10.7-20.3 54 12.3 8.9-16.9 8 1.5 0.7- 3.3
No 306 45 18.2 12.2-26.3 175 53.2 45.4-60.7 45 12.8 8.8-18.2 36 14.0 9.2-20.8 5 1.8 0.6- 5.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 153 26 18.2 11.5-27.7 85 55.5 45.1-65.4 24 15.0 9.0-24.1 17 10.6 5.9-18.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5
Non-Veteran 648 110 17.8 13.7-22.7 367 53.4 48.0-58.7 84 13.6 10.4-17.7 75 13.5 10.1-17.7 12 1.8 0.9- 3.6

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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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