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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 1,825 529 29.3 26.5-32.3 1,296 70.7 67.7-73.5
-Western NC 346 86 23.4 18.5-29.0 260 76.6 71.0-81.5
GENDER
Male 143 35 23.4 16.3-32.5 108 76.6 67.5-83.7
Female 203 51 23.3 17.5-30.5 152 76.7 69.5-82.5
RACE
White 311 71 21.6 16.7-27.5 240 78.4 72.5-83.3
African American 21 7 34.4 16.4-58.3 14 65.6 41.7-83.6
Other Minorities 11 7 63.4 30.6-87.2 4 36.6 12.8-69.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 78.7 24.8-97.6 1 21.3 2.4-75.2
Non-Hispanic 343 84 22.8 18.0-28.5 259 77.2 71.5-82.0
AGE
18-24 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
25-34 5 1 29.1 4.1-79.7 4 70.9 20.3-95.9
35-44 20 5 18.3 7.2-39.6 15 81.7 60.4-92.8
45-54 50 15 24.3 13.7-39.4 35 75.7 60.6-86.3
55-64 97 25 28.0 18.3-40.3 72 72.0 59.7-81.7
65-74 102 25 23.7 15.8-34.0 77 76.3 66.0-84.2
75+ 69 14 16.5 9.4-27.3 55 83.5 72.7-90.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 94 27 27.9 18.2-40.2 67 72.1 59.8-81.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 103 23 19.1 11.8-29.4 80 80.9 70.6-88.2
Some Post-H.S. 81 19 24.9 15.4-37.7 62 75.1 62.3-84.6
College Graduate 68 17 21.9 13.0-34.4 51 78.1 65.6-87.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 13 24.8 14.1-39.8 52 75.2 60.2-85.9
$15,000- 24,999 82 26 33.7 22.8-46.8 56 66.3 53.2-77.2
$25,000- 34,999 34 9 21.2 10.6-37.8 25 78.8 62.2-89.4
$35,000- 49,999 47 8 11.2 5.0-23.0 39 88.8 77.0-95.0
$50,000-74,999 36 5 14.6 5.1-35.2 31 85.4 64.8-94.9
$75,000+ 31 11 34.3 18.0-55.3 20 65.7 44.7-82.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 211 56 25.7 19.3-33.4 155 74.3 66.6-80.7
No 118 28 21.7 14.3-31.6 90 78.3 68.4-85.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 65 11 14.8 7.9-26.2 54 85.2 73.8-92.1
Non-Veteran 281 75 25.5 19.8-32.0 206 74.5 68.0-80.2

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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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