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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Respond.^		 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 1,926 299 14.9 12.8-17.3 1,082 54.7 51.5-57.9 254 13.6 11.5-15.9 239 13.9 11.6-16.5 52 2.9 2.0- 4.2
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 478 86 17.3 13.4-22.2 265 53.5 47.2-59.8 65 14.2 10.3-19.2 50 12.8 8.6-18.8 12 2.1 1.1- 4.1
GENDER
Males 146 26 16.8 10.7-25.5 76 50.6 40.1-61.1 24 18.1 11.4-27.5 13 10.9 4.9-22.5 7 3.6 1.5- 8.2
Females 332 60 17.7 13.0-23.8 189 55.7 48.0-63.2 41 11.3 7.3-16.9 37 14.3 9.2-21.6 5 1.0 0.3- 2.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 1 9.5 1.1-48.6 4 90.5 51.4-98.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 471 85 17.5 13.4-22.4 261 53.5 47.1-59.8 63 13.9 10.1-18.9 50 13.0 8.7-18.9 12 2.1 1.1- 4.1
AGE
25-34 8 2 23.2 4.6-65.1 3 47.7 14.5-83.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 29.1 7.8-66.5 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 42 3 7.7 2.3-22.4 21 43.7 26.8-62.2 9 26.6 12.7-47.6 5 15.1 5.3-36.1 4 6.9 2.2-19.1
45-54 96 12 12.0 6.1-22.4 47 48.3 34.3-62.5 14 11.0 5.4-21.1 19 27.0 14.3-45.0 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8
55-64 128 26 21.4 13.1-32.8 69 56.6 44.5-68.0 19 13.8 7.8-23.2 11 6.1 3.1-11.6 3 2.2 0.6- 8.1
65-74 124 24 22.6 14.2-33.9 80 60.3 48.4-71.0 13 11.9 5.7-23.2 7 5.2 2.0-12.9 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 76 19 20.7 11.6-34.0 42 58.8 44.2-72.0 9 12.6 6.0-24.5 5 6.8 1.8-22.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 134 25 14.2 9.2-21.3 77 61.2 51.1-70.5 17 12.9 7.3-21.6 12 8.5 4.5-15.5 3 3.2 0.8-11.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 166 32 21.2 14.0-30.8 91 50.7 40.2-61.1 21 14.0 8.1-23.0 18 12.4 5.7-25.0 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9
Some Post-H.S. 93 14 10.6 5.6-19.2 52 50.0 36.1-63.9 13 19.4 9.8-34.6 11 17.1 8.2-32.3 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8
College Graduate 83 15 21.6 11.7-36.3 45 55.5 39.5-70.4 12 8.4 4.0-16.8 9 13.9 5.6-30.4 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 22 18.6 10.6-30.8 72 55.4 43.1-67.0 19 19.7 11.2-32.3 10 6.0 2.9-12.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5
$15,000- 24,999 110 23 19.8 11.6-31.8 63 53.1 38.7-67.0 11 5.3 2.5-11.0 13 21.7 9.8-41.5 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 53 10 19.4 10.2-33.8 26 47.6 31.8-63.9 6 14.4 5.5-32.7 8 13.4 5.8-27.8 3 5.3 1.6-16.3
$35,000- 49,999 51 8 13.5 5.9-27.8 25 60.8 42.8-76.2 12 20.4 9.3-39.2 3 2.5 0.6- 9.0 3 2.9 0.9- 9.4
$50,000-74,999 28 2 14.8 3.6-45.1 19 57.0 33.5-77.8 4 15.7 4.8-40.9 3 12.5 2.7-42.3 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 34 7 17.8 7.3-37.6 17 45.0 25.2-66.5 3 13.8 4.0-37.7 6 20.5 7.6-44.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 292 54 17.8 12.7-24.4 164 52.4 44.2-60.5 43 16.2 11.1-23.1 23 11.6 6.2-20.8 8 2.0 0.8- 4.8
No 176 30 15.8 10.2-23.6 95 55.5 45.2-65.3 22 11.9 6.6-20.4 26 15.2 9.3-24.0 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 50 10 24.8 12.6-42.9 27 49.7 33.4-66.1 8 15.0 6.1-32.5 4 9.1 2.9-25.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
Non-Veteran 428 76 16.2 12.2-21.1 238 54.1 47.3-60.8 57 14.0 10.0-19.4 46 13.4 8.8-20.1 11 2.2 1.1- 4.5

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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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