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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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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 AMERICAN FEMALES 339 208 60.6 53.0-67.7 131 39.4 32.3-47.0
AGE
25-34 6 4 73.6 29.5-94.9 2 26.4 5.1-70.5
35-44 26 18 66.8 40.6-85.5 8 33.2 14.5-59.4
45-54 65 42 55.9 37.8-72.6 23 44.1 27.4-62.2
55-64 89 57 71.5 59.2-81.3 32 28.5 18.7-40.8
65-74 93 59 62.8 49.9-74.0 34 37.2 26.0-50.1
75+ 58 26 40.6 26.6-56.3 32 59.4 43.7-73.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 98 48 43.4 32.2-55.4 50 56.6 44.6-67.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 112 69 65.4 53.9-75.4 43 34.6 24.6-46.1
Some Post-H.S. 65 41 52.4 34.7-69.6 24 47.6 30.4-65.3
College Graduate 64 50 83.1 69.9-91.2 14 16.9 8.8-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 58 61.9 48.8-73.5 40 38.1 26.5-51.2
$15,000- 24,999 77 51 65.3 47.8-79.5 26 34.7 20.5-52.2
$25,000- 34,999 36 25 54.8 34.4-73.7 11 45.2 26.3-65.6
$35,000- 49,999 29 18 53.6 28.6-76.9 11 46.4 23.1-71.4
$50,000-74,999 14 9 68.7 38.6-88.4 5 31.3 11.6-61.4
$75,000+ 18 14 87.9 67.1-96.3 4 12.1 3.7-32.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 209 120 54.8 45.1-64.1 89 45.2 35.9-54.9
No 125 86 69.9 58.0-79.6 39 30.1 20.4-42.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2 1 21.1 1.6-81.0 1 78.9 19.0-98.4
Non-Veteran 337 207 60.7 53.1-67.9 130 39.3 32.1-46.9

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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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