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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, borderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,764 1,825 9.1 8.5- 9.6 120 0.9 0.7- 1.1 12,552 88.7 88.1-89.3 267 1.4 1.2- 1.6
-Western NC 2,896 346 9.5 8.4-10.8 24 0.9 0.6- 1.6 2,469 87.8 86.3-89.1 57 1.7 1.2- 2.3
GENDER
Male 1,075 143 10.1 8.3-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 910 88.2 85.9-90.2 22 1.7 1.0- 2.8
Female 1,821 203 9.0 7.7-10.6 24 1.8 1.1- 3.1 1,559 87.4 85.5-89.1 35 1.7 1.2- 2.5
RACE
White 2,674 311 9.7 8.4-11.0 18 0.8 0.4- 1.3 2,294 87.9 86.4-89.3 51 1.7 1.2- 2.3
African American 94 21 14.6 8.7-23.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 68 80.2 69.6-87.7 4 4.6 1.4-13.8
Other Minorities 118 11 4.3 2.1- 8.6 5 4.1 1.1-14.3 100 90.9 82.6-95.5 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 3 2.2 0.6- 7.2 3 4.8 1.0-19.9 63 93.0 80.3-97.7 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,820 343 9.9 8.7-11.2 21 0.8 0.5- 1.3 2,400 87.6 86.1-88.9 56 1.8 1.3- 2.4
AGE
18-24 78 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 77 99.7 97.6- 100 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 237 5 1.7 0.6- 4.4 8 2.0 0.9- 4.7 222 95.3 91.6-97.4 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5
35-44 379 20 5.5 3.4- 9.0 9 2.5 1.1- 5.8 345 90.5 86.3-93.6 5 1.4 0.5- 3.6
45-54 526 50 10.9 7.9-14.9 4 0.5 0.2- 1.3 460 86.8 82.7-90.0 12 1.8 0.9- 3.6
55-64 645 97 15.1 12.1-18.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 537 82.9 79.1-86.0 10 1.9 0.9- 3.9
65-74 576 102 18.7 15.3-22.7 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 455 78.1 74.0-81.7 17 3.1 1.9- 5.0
75+ 443 69 16.6 12.8-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 363 80.7 75.8-84.7 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 94 16.5 12.9-21.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 356 82.1 77.6-85.9 7 1.1 0.5- 2.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 911 103 8.4 6.6-10.8 12 1.5 0.7- 3.4 775 87.9 85.0-90.3 21 2.1 1.2- 3.7
Some Post-H.S. 751 81 9.1 7.0-11.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.3 652 88.1 85.2-90.6 13 1.9 1.0- 3.6
College Graduate 769 68 7.5 5.6- 9.9 5 0.6 0.2- 1.9 680 90.5 88.0-92.6 16 1.4 0.8- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 65 17.2 12.9-22.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 277 80.2 74.5-84.8 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7
$15,000- 24,999 560 82 11.0 8.5-14.2 4 1.6 0.4- 5.4 466 85.5 81.5-88.8 8 1.9 0.7- 4.7
$25,000- 34,999 313 34 7.4 5.0-10.8 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 264 88.5 84.2-91.7 11 2.9 1.4- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 453 47 8.8 6.2-12.4 6 1.4 0.5- 3.4 394 89.0 85.2-91.9 6 0.8 0.3- 1.7
$50,000-74,999 396 36 7.7 5.2-11.3 5 1.0 0.3- 3.2 349 89.8 85.8-92.8 6 1.5 0.6- 3.7
$75,000+ 432 31 7.2 4.7-10.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 392 91.3 87.7-94.0 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,125 211 17.4 14.8-20.4 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 877 78.7 75.4-81.6 31 2.6 1.7- 4.0
No 1,646 118 5.5 4.4- 6.8 17 0.8 0.5- 1.5 1,487 92.4 90.8-93.7 24 1.3 0.8- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 441 65 13.5 10.3-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 366 84.1 79.8-87.6 10 2.4 1.1- 5.0
Non-Veteran 2,455 281 8.9 7.7-10.3 24 1.1 0.6- 1.9 2,103 88.4 86.8-89.8 47 1.6 1.1- 2.3

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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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