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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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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 MALES 150 87 57.3 46.8-67.3 63 42.7 32.7-53.2
AGE
25-34 2 1 67.8 11.6-97.1 1 32.2 2.9-88.4
35-44 16 10 70.9 44.2-88.3 6 29.1 11.7-55.8
45-54 32 22 66.9 44.0-83.8 10 33.1 16.2-56.0
55-64 42 22 48.5 28.3-69.1 20 51.5 30.9-71.7
65-74 33 19 52.3 33.1-70.9 14 47.7 29.1-66.9
75+ 23 11 44.8 22.8-69.0 12 55.2 31.0-77.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 18 36.3 22.4-52.9 27 63.7 47.1-77.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 56 35 63.1 46.4-77.2 21 36.9 22.8-53.6
Some Post-H.S. 29 20 62.9 39.1-81.7 9 37.1 18.3-60.9
College Graduate 18 13 62.7 30.6-86.5 5 37.3 13.5-69.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 19 61.8 39.2-80.3 11 38.2 19.7-60.8
$15,000- 24,999 34 16 54.6 31.7-75.7 18 45.4 24.3-68.3
$25,000- 34,999 18 10 51.9 26.3-76.5 8 48.1 23.5-73.7
$35,000- 49,999 23 15 76.7 55.5-89.7 8 23.3 10.3-44.5
$50,000-74,999 13 10 74.1 39.7-92.5 3 25.9 7.5-60.3
$75,000+ 16 11 61.7 33.2-83.9 5 38.3 16.1-66.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 88 53 62.9 49.5-74.7 35 37.1 25.3-50.5
No 54 31 50.6 33.4-67.6 23 49.4 32.4-66.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 34 61.1 43.4-76.3 15 38.9 23.7-56.6
Non-Veteran 101 53 55.7 42.6-68.0 48 44.3 32.0-57.4

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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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