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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,818 1,310 72.0 69.0-74.7 508 28.0 25.3-31.0
-Western NC 346 236 66.2 59.6-72.3 110 33.8 27.7-40.4
GENDER
Male 143 105 69.2 58.6-78.2 38 30.8 21.8-41.4
Female 203 131 63.1 54.7-70.7 72 36.9 29.3-45.3
RACE
White 311 215 66.9 59.9-73.3 96 33.1 26.7-40.1
African American 21 14 63.4 39.6-82.0 7 36.6 18.0-60.4
Other Minorities 11 6 51.2 21.0-80.5 5 48.8 19.5-79.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 343 236 66.9 60.2-72.9 107 33.1 27.1-39.8
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 2 16.3 2.7-57.9 3 83.7 42.1-97.3
35-44 20 10 43.2 21.8-67.5 10 56.8 32.5-78.2
45-54 50 33 69.8 52.8-82.7 17 30.2 17.3-47.2
55-64 97 70 66.4 53.8-77.1 27 33.6 22.9-46.2
65-74 102 70 71.7 61.5-80.1 32 28.3 19.9-38.5
75+ 69 50 78.9 67.4-87.1 19 21.1 12.9-32.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 94 65 68.6 55.7-79.2 29 31.4 20.8-44.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 103 71 66.0 52.4-77.5 32 34.0 22.5-47.6
Some Post-H.S. 81 52 59.0 45.8-71.1 29 41.0 28.9-54.2
College Graduate 68 48 72.1 58.3-82.6 20 27.9 17.4-41.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 47 66.2 50.0-79.4 18 33.8 20.6-50.0
$15,000- 24,999 82 55 64.2 50.8-75.7 27 35.8 24.3-49.2
$25,000- 34,999 34 26 79.1 62.0-89.8 8 20.9 10.2-38.0
$35,000- 49,999 47 30 58.1 39.8-74.5 17 41.9 25.5-60.2
$50,000-74,999 36 26 77.4 60.3-88.5 10 22.6 11.5-39.7
$75,000+ 31 19 62.9 41.7-80.2 12 37.1 19.8-58.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 211 151 67.6 58.7-75.4 60 32.4 24.6-41.3
No 118 73 63.9 52.9-73.6 45 36.1 26.4-47.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 65 50 78.4 65.3-87.5 15 21.6 12.5-34.7
Non-Veteran 281 186 63.3 55.7-70.2 95 36.7 29.8-44.3

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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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