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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,786 319 18.7 16.3-21.5 972 51.9 48.8-55.1 259 15.0 13.0-17.4 192 11.6 9.7-13.9 44 2.6 1.8- 3.8
-Western NC 336 60 18.0 13.6-23.5 165 45.0 38.6-51.5 61 21.1 15.9-27.5 36 11.0 7.4-16.0 14 4.9 2.6- 9.0
GENDER
Male 139 25 18.0 11.6-26.7 65 46.0 36.3-56.1 29 18.5 12.2-27.2 15 11.9 6.5-20.8 5 5.6 2.1-13.8
Female 197 35 18.1 12.5-25.5 100 43.8 35.9-52.1 32 23.9 16.2-33.7 21 10.0 6.3-15.6 9 4.2 2.1- 8.4
RACE
White 301 52 17.5 12.9-23.4 148 45.2 38.4-52.1 55 21.4 15.8-28.3 33 10.8 7.1-16.1 13 5.1 2.6- 9.6
African American 21 4 23.4 8.9-49.0 11 43.9 23.8-66.2 5 27.9 11.8-52.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.7-27.5
Other Minorities 11 3 16.7 3.8-50.1 4 39.4 14.2-71.9 1 3.6 0.5-23.1 3 40.4 13.6-74.4 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 2 52.7 9.1-92.6 1 47.3 7.4-90.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 333 60 18.2 13.7-23.8 163 44.9 38.5-51.5 60 20.9 15.6-27.3 36 11.1 7.5-16.1 14 5.0 2.6- 9.1
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 0 0.0 . - . 3 61.7 18.5-92.0 1 25.5 3.4-76.8 1 12.8 1.5-58.0 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 20 5 33.0 13.7-60.4 8 31.3 14.6-54.9 2 7.8 1.7-28.5 2 16.9 3.3-54.3 3 11.1 3.3-31.4
45-54 50 9 18.5 9.2-33.7 18 37.6 22.9-54.9 13 31.1 17.0-49.9 8 11.0 5.2-21.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7
55-64 95 16 15.3 8.8-25.5 50 49.6 37.9-61.3 16 18.3 10.3-30.5 12 15.2 8.2-26.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
65-74 99 12 11.7 6.5-20.0 54 50.1 39.2-61.0 20 23.2 15.0-34.1 9 8.8 4.4-16.7 4 6.3 1.9-18.5
75+ 64 18 27.6 17.0-41.4 30 43.5 30.1-57.9 9 17.4 7.7-34.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.7 3 7.6 1.6-29.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 89 9 7.0 3.5-13.8 35 34.7 23.9-47.3 23 30.6 19.6-44.4 16 17.4 10.2-28.0 6 10.3 3.9-24.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 99 20 17.1 10.5-26.6 48 46.5 34.2-59.2 17 17.4 9.2-30.5 8 12.0 4.9-26.7 6 7.0 3.1-15.3
Some Post-H.S. 80 22 31.5 20.6-44.9 36 40.7 29.0-53.6 14 21.4 12.4-34.4 8 6.4 3.0-13.0 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 68 9 17.0 8.0-32.7 46 60.7 45.5-74.1 7 14.1 5.9-30.4 4 6.9 2.4-18.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 6 9.9 4.2-21.4 34 51.1 36.1-65.9 6 9.2 3.6-21.4 11 17.4 8.8-31.4 5 12.5 4.4-30.7
$15,000- 24,999 82 14 16.5 9.4-27.3 35 35.6 25.1-47.6 19 29.2 18.4-43.0 11 12.0 6.3-21.5 3 6.7 1.9-21.1
$25,000- 34,999 33 5 10.3 4.0-23.9 13 48.5 30.5-66.8 11 29.0 15.0-48.6 4 12.2 4.6-28.8 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 46 8 22.5 10.5-41.9 24 45.4 29.0-62.9 5 8.0 2.9-20.1 4 15.5 4.7-40.3 5 8.6 3.1-21.5
$50,000-74,999 36 5 15.9 5.5-38.0 20 48.1 29.4-67.3 7 24.3 10.3-47.2 4 11.7 4.2-28.8 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 31 9 29.5 14.6-50.7 17 48.6 28.9-68.7 4 17.3 4.8-46.5 1 4.6 0.6-26.2 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 201 32 16.5 10.9-24.2 99 42.1 34.2-50.5 38 24.1 17.0-33.0 25 13.3 8.1-21.0 7 4.0 1.6- 9.6
No 118 24 20.2 13.3-29.6 58 47.8 37.2-58.7 21 18.0 10.6-28.8 9 7.4 3.7-14.3 6 6.5 2.6-15.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 8 13.7 6.2-27.4 33 52.7 38.9-66.2 13 16.2 9.0-27.6 7 12.2 5.6-24.5 2 5.2 0.9-24.2
Non-Veteran 273 52 19.1 14.1-25.4 132 43.1 36.0-50.5 48 22.3 16.2-29.9 29 10.7 6.7-16.5 12 4.8 2.5- 9.2

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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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