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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-FEMALES

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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
-FEMALES 1,158 170 13.6 11.1-16.5 669 56.7 52.4-60.8 147 12.3 9.8-15.2 147 15.2 12.0-19.2 25 2.3 1.3- 3.8
RACE
White 759 103 11.5 8.8-14.9 439 58.3 53.3-63.1 101 13.9 10.8-17.8 102 14.3 11.0-18.4 14 2.0 1.0- 3.8
African American 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
Other Minorities 63 7 12.5 4.6-30.1 37 44.4 26.0-64.6 5 3.2 1.1- 8.9 8 28.7 10.5-57.8 6 11.1 3.8-28.4
AGE
25-34 25 1 2.4 0.3-15.6 14 61.7 38.9-80.3 4 15.5 5.5-36.8 5 17.4 6.6-38.3 1 3.0 0.4-19.0
35-44 70 3 5.5 1.6-16.9 30 36.8 23.7-52.1 12 16.7 8.1-31.5 16 31.9 17.5-50.9 9 9.1 4.2-18.4
45-54 177 11 6.9 3.3-14.0 98 55.3 45.1-65.0 29 16.3 10.0-25.2 35 20.6 13.5-30.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
55-64 312 44 14.8 10.1-21.2 174 57.1 49.4-64.4 45 11.1 7.5-15.9 44 15.0 10.0-21.8 5 2.1 0.6- 7.5
65-74 327 60 21.4 15.6-28.6 195 59.1 52.0-65.9 39 12.2 8.5-17.0 28 6.3 4.2- 9.5 5 1.0 0.4- 2.7
75+ 240 51 19.5 13.7-27.0 152 66.0 57.7-73.4 17 6.3 3.5-11.2 19 7.9 4.1-14.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 285 44 15.1 10.0-22.1 157 51.5 42.5-60.5 39 10.7 7.2-15.7 39 19.8 11.8-31.3 6 2.9 1.0- 8.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 397 69 16.8 12.4-22.3 222 55.3 48.4-61.9 45 11.8 8.1-16.9 54 14.2 10.1-19.7 7 2.0 0.7- 5.3
Some Post-H.S. 286 35 9.7 6.2-14.7 169 57.1 48.7-65.1 35 14.1 8.7-21.9 38 16.1 10.5-23.9 9 3.1 1.4- 6.4
College Graduate 189 21 9.0 5.3-14.7 121 67.8 57.7-76.4 28 12.9 8.1-19.8 16 9.8 4.5-20.2 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 275 42 16.4 10.6-24.4 161 58.4 48.6-67.6 35 10.1 6.7-14.9 31 13.6 6.5-26.3 6 1.6 0.5- 5.0
$15,000- 24,999 258 41 15.1 10.3-21.6 142 54.3 45.6-62.8 31 8.2 5.4-12.2 39 19.2 12.5-28.3 5 3.2 1.0- 9.9
$25,000- 34,999 132 22 16.1 9.9-25.1 71 56.6 45.8-66.8 18 9.6 5.7-15.7 16 14.7 8.4-24.6 5 3.0 1.1- 8.3
$35,000- 49,999 123 14 6.4 3.4-11.8 67 60.1 46.9-72.0 26 24.3 14.4-37.9 14 8.5 4.5-15.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
$50,000-74,999 79 7 7.8 3.2-17.8 53 64.9 50.6-77.0 10 13.7 6.3-27.3 7 9.1 3.4-22.2 2 4.4 1.0-17.6
$75,000+ 66 6 9.5 3.7-22.5 46 60.5 42.8-75.9 5 11.7 4.3-28.0 7 16.4 6.1-37.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 724 111 14.7 11.5-18.5 414 58.8 53.7-63.7 98 12.1 9.4-15.4 86 13.1 9.7-17.6 15 1.4 0.7- 2.6
No 416 57 12.5 8.7-17.4 243 52.6 45.5-59.6 48 12.7 8.5-18.5 58 18.6 12.8-26.2 10 3.7 1.8- 7.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 13 1 3.1 0.4-19.9 4 34.6 12.7-65.9 3 23.3 5.7-60.2 4 29.5 10.7-59.4 1 9.5 1.3-45.4
Non-Veteran 1,145 169 13.6 11.2-16.6 665 56.8 52.6-61.0 144 12.2 9.8-15.1 143 15.1 11.9-19.1 24 2.2 1.3- 3.7

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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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