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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 1,822 200 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,622 89.0 86.9-90.8
-Piedmont NC 820 93 11.8 9.1-15.2 727 88.2 84.8-90.9
GENDER
Male 338 42 12.2 8.3-17.5 296 87.8 82.5-91.7
Female 482 51 11.4 8.0-16.1 431 88.6 83.9-92.0
RACE
White 628 77 14.1 10.6-18.6 551 85.9 81.4-89.4
African American 167 13 6.8 3.4-12.9 154 93.2 87.1-96.6
Other Minorities 21 2 7.4 1.5-29.2 19 92.6 70.8-98.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 1 7.0 1.0-37.2 15 93.0 62.8-99.0
Non-Hispanic 801 92 12.0 9.2-15.4 709 88.0 84.6-90.8
AGE
18-24 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
25-34 20 5 17.8 5.9-42.7 15 82.2 57.3-94.1
35-44 61 10 16.5 7.9-31.4 51 83.5 68.6-92.1
45-54 149 23 17.8 10.7-28.1 126 82.2 71.9-89.3
55-64 217 28 10.8 6.9-16.4 189 89.2 83.6-93.1
65-74 215 14 6.1 3.3-11.1 201 93.9 88.9-96.7
75+ 150 13 7.2 3.9-12.7 137 92.8 87.3-96.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 165 25 20.5 12.8-31.0 140 79.5 69.0-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 253 32 11.6 7.5-17.6 221 88.4 82.4-92.5
Some Post-H.S. 227 25 10.0 5.7-16.9 202 90.0 83.1-94.3
College Graduate 174 11 7.2 3.5-14.4 163 92.8 85.6-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 26 26.2 16.5-39.0 117 73.8 61.0-83.5
$15,000- 24,999 158 21 10.6 6.4-17.1 137 89.4 82.9-93.6
$25,000- 34,999 99 9 9.4 4.5-18.3 90 90.6 81.7-95.5
$35,000- 49,999 112 10 7.7 3.4-16.5 102 92.3 83.5-96.6
$50,000-74,999 89 5 5.7 2.1-14.5 84 94.3 85.5-97.9
$75,000+ 109 5 5.7 1.9-15.9 104 94.3 84.1-98.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 477 78 18.3 13.8-23.8 399 81.7 76.2-86.2
No 312 12 2.8 1.5- 5.1 300 97.2 94.9-98.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 17 8.6 5.0-14.4 140 91.4 85.6-95.0
Non-Veteran 663 76 12.6 9.5-16.7 587 87.4 83.3-90.5

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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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