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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 1,966 531 30.0 27.0-33.1 1,435 70.0 66.9-73.0
-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES 150 55 41.4 31.3-52.2 95 58.6 47.8-68.7
AGE
25-34 2 1 67.8 11.6-97.1 1 32.2 2.9-88.4
35-44 16 7 51.6 25.9-76.5 9 48.4 23.5-74.1
45-54 32 11 43.8 21.6-68.9 21 56.2 31.1-78.4
55-64 42 16 40.4 22.5-61.3 26 59.6 38.7-77.5
65-74 33 9 28.6 14.2-49.1 24 71.4 50.9-85.8
75+ 23 10 40.6 19.6-65.7 13 59.4 34.3-80.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 22 45.4 30.0-61.7 23 54.6 38.3-70.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 56 20 49.0 32.4-65.8 36 51.0 34.2-67.6
Some Post-H.S. 29 8 32.9 14.6-58.5 21 67.1 41.5-85.4
College Graduate 18 4 27.8 10.0-57.3 14 72.2 42.7-90.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 30 12 42.4 22.8-64.7 18 57.6 35.3-77.2
$15,000- 24,999 34 17 57.4 34.6-77.5 17 42.6 22.5-65.4
$25,000- 34,999 18 5 19.9 7.5-43.3 13 80.1 56.7-92.5
$35,000- 49,999 23 10 55.4 31.8-76.7 13 44.6 23.3-68.2
$50,000-74,999 13 3 48.1 19.3-78.2 10 51.9 21.8-80.7
$75,000+ 16 3 28.7 9.4-60.9 13 71.3 39.1-90.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 88 42 53.7 40.2-66.7 46 46.3 33.3-59.8
No 54 12 23.3 12.3-39.7 42 76.7 60.3-87.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 16 38.3 23.0-56.4 33 61.7 43.6-77.0
Non-Veteran 101 39 42.8 30.3-56.2 62 57.2 43.8-69.7

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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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