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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,790 1,207 66.4 63.3-69.3 361 22.0 19.4-24.9 77 3.8 2.9- 5.1 23 1.1 0.7- 1.7 122 6.7 5.3- 8.3
-Western NC 337 214 57.9 51.1-64.4 79 26.3 20.8-32.6 12 4.6 2.2- 9.3 5 1.2 0.5- 2.8 27 10.1 6.1-16.2
GENDER
Male 141 84 52.8 42.8-62.6 43 33.4 24.7-43.5 6 3.2 1.3- 7.4 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 6 9.7 4.1-21.3
Female 196 130 63.4 54.6-71.4 36 18.5 13.1-25.5 6 6.2 2.3-16.1 3 1.4 0.5- 4.3 21 10.4 6.2-17.1
RACE
White 303 195 57.9 50.7-64.8 67 25.4 19.7-32.2 11 4.7 2.2- 9.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.0 25 10.7 6.4-17.3
African American 20 11 52.3 30.0-73.7 8 42.9 22.5-66.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.7-27.4
Other Minorities 11 6 60.6 28.4-85.7 3 26.1 7.4-60.7 1 11.3 1.6-50.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-14.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 47.3 7.4-90.9 2 52.7 9.1-92.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 334 213 58.0 51.1-64.5 77 26.0 20.5-32.4 12 4.7 2.3- 9.4 5 1.2 0.5- 2.8 27 10.2 6.2-16.3
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 4 74.5 23.2-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 25.5 3.4-76.8
35-44 18 8 35.1 16.1-60.3 7 35.4 15.5-62.1 1 3.9 0.5-23.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.6 6.8-61.7
45-54 49 31 58.0 40.1-74.0 7 14.8 6.3-30.9 3 10.0 2.5-32.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 17.2 7.1-36.1
55-64 93 58 59.4 47.2-70.6 23 28.9 19.0-41.5 3 3.2 1.0-10.1 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8 6 5.5 2.1-13.8
65-74 100 71 65.0 53.3-75.2 24 28.7 19.3-40.5 3 4.0 1.2-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.4-10.1
75+ 69 40 52.6 38.4-66.4 17 33.1 20.0-49.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4 2 2.8 0.7-10.7 8 9.1 4.2-18.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 93 69 71.3 57.9-81.9 18 23.7 13.9-37.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 4 3.1 0.9- 9.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 97 60 50.5 37.8-63.1 21 23.5 14.5-35.6 7 11.2 4.4-25.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 8 14.2 5.5-32.0
Some Post-H.S. 80 46 53.2 40.5-65.5 21 30.0 19.5-43.2 2 2.3 0.6- 8.9 3 2.8 0.9- 8.4 8 11.7 5.1-24.4
College Graduate 67 39 56.3 41.9-69.7 19 29.1 18.0-43.5 2 3.2 0.7-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.4 4.7-24.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 45 73.3 57.5-84.8 13 21.2 10.8-37.4 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.5 2 2.4 0.5- 9.6
$15,000- 24,999 81 55 66.1 52.9-77.2 18 22.6 13.6-35.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6 5 8.4 3.0-21.5
$25,000- 34,999 34 23 60.6 41.3-77.1 6 18.5 8.4-36.1 3 12.7 4.1-33.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.1 1.6-33.0
$35,000- 49,999 46 27 49.6 32.6-66.7 10 26.2 13.2-45.4 3 5.9 1.8-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 18.3 6.6-41.7
$50,000-74,999 36 22 56.2 36.2-74.3 10 34.9 18.4-56.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 3 7.0 1.9-23.0
$75,000+ 29 16 48.1 27.9-68.9 8 29.4 14.5-50.7 1 12.1 1.8-50.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 3 8.9 1.9-32.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 205 139 60.5 51.4-68.9 42 22.5 16.0-30.5 8 5.6 2.2-13.5 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8 13 10.3 5.2-19.2
No 116 64 53.6 42.5-64.3 32 30.4 21.2-41.5 4 3.8 1.4- 9.9 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 14 11.0 5.2-22.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 64 34 46.4 33.3-60.1 24 43.1 30.0-57.3 3 3.9 1.2-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.5 1.7-21.7
Non-Veteran 273 180 60.6 52.9-67.9 55 22.2 16.5-29.1 9 4.8 2.1-10.8 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 24 10.9 6.3-18.2

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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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