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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 1,822 200 11.0 9.2-13.1 1,622 89.0 86.9-90.8
-Western NC 346 43 12.7 8.9-17.8 303 87.3 82.2-91.1
GENDER
Male 143 20 11.2 7.0-17.6 123 88.8 82.4-93.0
Female 203 23 14.3 8.5-23.0 180 85.7 77.0-91.5
RACE
White 311 35 11.5 7.7-16.9 276 88.5 83.1-92.3
African American 21 4 21.3 7.6-47.2 17 78.7 52.8-92.4
Other Minorities 11 3 27.8 6.6-67.6 8 72.2 32.4-93.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 343 43 12.8 9.0-18.0 300 87.2 82.0-91.0
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
35-44 20 4 20.6 7.1-47.1 16 79.4 52.9-92.9
45-54 50 4 11.2 3.3-32.0 46 88.8 68.0-96.7
55-64 97 16 15.1 8.6-25.0 81 84.9 75.0-91.4
65-74 102 12 12.4 6.8-21.5 90 87.6 78.5-93.2
75+ 69 7 9.6 4.3-19.8 62 90.4 80.2-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 94 13 15.3 8.7-25.5 81 84.7 74.5-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 103 14 13.3 6.2-26.3 89 86.7 73.7-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 81 7 7.5 2.6-19.6 74 92.5 80.4-97.4
College Graduate 68 9 14.7 7.5-26.9 59 85.3 73.1-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 13 24.3 13.8-39.0 52 75.7 61.0-86.2
$15,000- 24,999 82 5 4.7 1.7-12.4 77 95.3 87.6-98.3
$25,000- 34,999 34 2 4.6 1.0-18.5 32 95.4 81.5-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 47 4 13.1 4.6-31.9 43 86.9 68.1-95.4
$50,000-74,999 36 5 7.9 3.0-19.2 31 92.1 80.8-97.0
$75,000+ 31 5 22.8 8.3-49.3 26 77.2 50.7-91.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 211 37 18.6 12.7-26.5 174 81.4 73.5-87.3
No 118 5 4.2 1.6-10.5 113 95.8 89.5-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 65 11 17.3 9.3-29.9 54 82.7 70.1-90.7
Non-Veteran 281 32 11.6 7.5-17.5 249 88.4 82.5-92.5

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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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