BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,941	364	17.2	15.1-19.6	1,577	82.8	80.4-84.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	51	2	5.2	1.2-19.9	49	94.8	80.1-98.8
Buncombe	31	3	9.7	3.0-27.3	28	90.3	72.7-97.0
Cabarrus	39	6	12.2	5.0-26.7	33	87.8	73.3-95.0
Catawba	47	5	12.9	4.1-33.6	42	87.1	66.4-95.9
Cumberland	75	17	22.1	12.9-35.3	58	77.9	64.7-87.1
Davidson	45	8	12.4	5.9-24.5	37	87.6	75.5-94.1
Durham	42	8	15.3	7.1-29.9	34	84.7	70.1-92.9
Forsyth	42	9	24.4	12.1-43.1	33	75.6	56.9-87.9
Gaston	40	5	12.0	4.4-28.7	35	88.0	71.3-95.6
Guilford	42	5	18.8	5.7-46.9	37	81.2	53.1-94.3
Iredell	46	8	15.2	7.2-29.4	38	84.8	70.6-92.8
Johnston	48	6	11.7	3.8-30.9	42	88.3	69.1-96.2
Mecklenburg	65	13	26.3	14.9-42.1	52	73.7	57.9-85.1
New Hanover	51	10	12.0	5.1-25.7	41	88.0	74.3-94.9
Onslow	45	5	13.4	5.0-31.4	40	86.6	68.6-95.0
Orange	26	5	26.9	11.3-51.4	21	73.1	48.6-88.7
Pitt	42	11	27.1	14.9-44.2	31	72.9	55.8-85.1
Randolph	56	8	21.1	10.5-37.7	48	78.9	62.3-89.5
Robeson	68	20	23.5	14.2-36.5	48	76.5	63.5-85.8
Rowan	64	11	13.9	6.7-26.4	53	86.1	73.6-93.3
Union	39	5	7.4	2.8-17.7	34	92.6	82.3-97.2
Wake	64	4	5.5	1.9-14.6	60	94.5	85.4-98.1
Wayne	59	14	29.0	16.6-45.5	45	71.0	54.5-83.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	726	155	19.6	16.3-23.5	571	80.4	76.5-83.7
Piedmont	851	132	15.0	12.0-18.7	719	85.0	81.3-88.0
Western NC	364	77	20.9	16.0-26.7	287	79.1	73.3-84.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	242	50	21.8	15.7-29.4	192	78.2	70.6-84.3
Northwest	391	77	20.1	15.2-26.0	314	79.9	74.0-84.8
Charlotte	222	37	17.8	12.0-25.6	185	82.2	74.4-88.0
Greensboro	203	27	17.6	10.3-28.6	176	82.4	71.4-89.7
Southern Regional	235	56	19.9	14.4-26.8	179	80.1	73.2-85.6
Coastal	107	23	17.0	9.7-28.1	84	83.0	71.9-90.3
Wake	192	23	8.1	4.9-13.3	169	91.9	86.7-95.1
Area L	76	15	17.2	9.2-29.9	61	82.8	70.1-90.8
Eastern	273	56	20.4	15.3-26.8	217	79.6	73.2-84.7

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,941

364

17.2

15.1-19.6

1,577

82.8

80.4-84.9

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

5.2

1.2-19.9

94.8

80.1-98.8

Buncombe

9.7

3.0-27.3

90.3

72.7-97.0

Cabarrus

12.2

5.0-26.7

87.8

73.3-95.0

Catawba

12.9

4.1-33.6

87.1

66.4-95.9

Cumberland

22.1

12.9-35.3

77.9

64.7-87.1

Davidson

12.4

5.9-24.5

87.6

75.5-94.1

Durham

15.3

7.1-29.9

84.7

70.1-92.9

Forsyth

24.4

12.1-43.1

75.6

56.9-87.9

Gaston

12.0

4.4-28.7

88.0

71.3-95.6

Guilford

18.8

5.7-46.9

81.2

53.1-94.3

Iredell

15.2

7.2-29.4

84.8

70.6-92.8

Johnston

11.7

3.8-30.9

88.3

69.1-96.2

Mecklenburg

26.3

14.9-42.1

73.7

57.9-85.1

New Hanover

12.0

5.1-25.7

88.0

74.3-94.9

Onslow

13.4

5.0-31.4

86.6

68.6-95.0

Orange

26.9

11.3-51.4

73.1

48.6-88.7

Pitt

27.1

14.9-44.2

72.9

55.8-85.1

Randolph

21.1

10.5-37.7

78.9

62.3-89.5

Robeson

23.5

14.2-36.5

76.5

63.5-85.8

Rowan

13.9

6.7-26.4

86.1

73.6-93.3

Union

7.4

2.8-17.7

92.6

82.3-97.2

Wake

5.5

1.9-14.6

94.5

85.4-98.1

Wayne

29.0

16.6-45.5

71.0

54.5-83.4

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

726

155

19.6

16.3-23.5

571

80.4

76.5-83.7

Piedmont

851

132

15.0

12.0-18.7

719

85.0

81.3-88.0

Western NC

364

20.9

16.0-26.7

287

79.1

73.3-84.0

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

242

21.8

15.7-29.4

192

78.2

70.6-84.3

Northwest

391

20.1

15.2-26.0

314

79.9

74.0-84.8

Charlotte

222

17.8

12.0-25.6

185

82.2

74.4-88.0

Greensboro

203

17.6

10.3-28.6

176

82.4

71.4-89.7

Southern Regional

235

19.9

14.4-26.8

179

80.1

73.2-85.6

Coastal

107

17.0

9.7-28.1

83.0

71.9-90.3

Wake

192

8.1

4.9-13.3

169

91.9

86.7-95.1

Area L

17.2

9.2-29.9

82.8

70.1-90.8

Eastern

273

20.4

15.3-26.8

217

79.6

73.2-84.7

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*Asked only of those with diabetes.

^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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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