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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,751 1,317 74.3 71.5-77.0 137 7.4 6.0- 9.0 123 7.4 5.9- 9.2 174 10.9 9.1-13.1
-Western NC 337 264 75.4 69.0-80.9 18 5.2 3.2- 8.5 18 5.8 3.5- 9.4 37 13.5 9.0-19.8
GENDER
Male 142 101 69.5 59.6-77.9 12 7.7 4.3-13.6 11 7.1 3.7-13.0 18 15.7 9.1-25.7
Female 195 163 81.9 73.3-88.1 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9 7 4.4 1.9- 9.7 19 11.2 6.1-19.7
RACE
White 305 237 75.1 68.2-80.9 17 5.4 3.3- 8.9 17 5.7 3.4- 9.3 34 13.8 9.1-20.6
African American 20 18 90.3 67.9-97.6 1 4.6 0.6-26.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.1 0.7-28.9
Other Minorities 10 7 58.8 24.7-86.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.3 3.3-68.5 2 19.9 4.7-55.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 334 261 75.2 68.7-80.7 18 5.3 3.2- 8.6 18 5.8 3.5- 9.5 37 13.7 9.1-20.0
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 4 87.2 42.0-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.8 1.5-58.0 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 20 16 86.5 66.6-95.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.9 3 10.1 2.9-29.6
45-54 49 37 67.3 48.0-82.1 3 5.0 1.5-15.5 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 8 24.6 11.2-45.7
55-64 94 74 72.5 59.7-82.4 6 7.8 3.4-17.1 3 5.3 1.7-15.6 11 14.3 7.0-26.9
65-74 98 78 75.6 63.7-84.5 7 7.0 3.1-15.0 6 6.9 2.9-15.4 7 10.6 4.6-22.6
75+ 68 53 81.6 70.2-89.4 2 3.3 0.8-12.3 6 8.6 3.7-19.0 7 6.4 2.9-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 87 60 62.8 49.3-74.6 6 6.7 2.9-14.8 10 14.3 7.3-26.0 11 16.2 7.9-30.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 101 75 68.9 55.1-80.1 8 8.2 3.9-16.6 5 4.2 1.7-10.3 13 18.6 9.2-34.1
Some Post-H.S. 81 73 88.5 76.6-94.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 2 2.9 0.7-11.3 5 8.0 2.9-20.2
College Graduate 68 56 84.2 72.4-91.5 3 4.8 1.5-14.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 8 9.7 4.4-20.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 41 58.4 42.6-72.6 6 8.4 3.6-18.5 7 16.7 7.7-32.4 8 16.5 7.2-33.7
$15,000- 24,999 80 64 77.4 64.0-86.8 6 8.9 3.8-19.4 4 4.4 1.5-12.4 6 9.2 3.3-23.4
$25,000- 34,999 34 28 75.2 54.2-88.6 3 11.9 3.8-31.6 1 6.8 1.0-34.9 2 6.1 1.5-21.5
$35,000- 49,999 46 35 76.3 59.3-87.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 4 8.0 2.9-20.3 6 14.1 5.6-31.3
$50,000-74,999 36 33 90.4 73.0-97.1 2 5.4 1.3-20.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-24.4
$75,000+ 31 26 79.2 51.6-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 20.8 6.9-48.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 203 148 69.0 60.2-76.7 15 7.0 4.0-11.7 16 9.1 5.3-15.0 24 14.9 9.0-23.7
No 117 101 84.4 73.4-91.4 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 12 11.7 5.6-22.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 64 53 80.9 67.5-89.7 4 7.1 2.5-18.8 3 4.7 1.4-14.4 4 7.3 2.5-19.3
Non-Veteran 273 211 74.1 66.6-80.4 14 4.8 2.7- 8.2 15 6.1 3.5-10.3 33 15.0 9.8-22.5

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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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