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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,952 1,044 54.6 51.5-57.8 908 45.4 42.2-48.5
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 489 295 59.2 52.9-65.2 194 40.8 34.8-47.1
GENDER
Males 150 87 57.3 46.8-67.3 63 42.7 32.7-53.2
Females 339 208 60.6 53.0-67.7 131 39.4 32.3-47.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 4 78.2 28.0-97.1 1 21.8 2.9-72.0
Non-Hispanic 482 289 58.9 52.6-65.0 193 41.1 35.0-47.4
AGE
25-34 8 5 72.1 35.0-92.6 3 27.9 7.4-65.0
35-44 42 28 68.8 50.2-82.8 14 31.2 17.2-49.8
45-54 97 64 60.7 45.9-73.8 33 39.3 26.2-54.1
55-64 131 79 62.1 49.3-73.4 52 37.9 26.6-50.7
65-74 126 78 58.1 46.4-68.8 48 41.9 31.2-53.6
75+ 81 37 42.2 29.6-56.1 44 57.8 43.9-70.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 66 40.6 31.5-50.3 77 59.4 49.7-68.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 168 104 64.3 54.2-73.2 64 35.7 26.8-45.8
Some Post-H.S. 94 61 56.1 41.5-69.7 33 43.9 30.3-58.5
College Graduate 82 63 74.9 56.5-87.3 19 25.1 12.7-43.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 128 77 61.9 50.1-72.4 51 38.1 27.6-49.9
$15,000- 24,999 111 67 60.3 46.3-72.9 44 39.7 27.1-53.7
$25,000- 34,999 54 35 53.6 37.1-69.3 19 46.4 30.7-62.9
$35,000- 49,999 52 33 64.3 45.4-79.6 19 35.7 20.4-54.6
$50,000-74,999 27 19 71.9 48.8-87.3 8 28.1 12.7-51.2
$75,000+ 34 25 75.4 54.7-88.6 9 24.6 11.4-45.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 297 173 58.4 50.3-66.0 124 41.6 34.0-49.7
No 179 117 62.6 52.0-72.1 62 37.4 27.9-48.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 51 35 60.4 43.0-75.5 16 39.6 24.5-57.0
Non-Veteran 438 260 59.0 52.3-65.4 178 41.0 34.6-47.7

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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