BRFSS 2008 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Are you now taking insulin?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,966	531	30.0	27.0-33.1	1,435	70.0	66.9-73.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	51	14	24.5	13.5-40.3	37	75.5	59.7-86.5
Buncombe	31	7	23.1	10.9-42.5	24	76.9	57.5-89.1
Cabarrus	40	8	19.8	8.9-38.4	32	80.2	61.6-91.1
Catawba	49	12	22.1	11.0-39.4	37	77.9	60.6-89.0
Cumberland	77	21	29.9	18.6-44.3	56	70.1	55.7-81.4
Davidson	45	9	16.8	8.0-32.0	36	83.2	68.0-92.0
Durham	42	20	50.6	33.0-68.1	22	49.4	31.9-67.0
Forsyth	41	12	38.0	22.3-56.8	29	62.0	43.2-77.7
Gaston	40	12	33.7	18.9-52.6	28	66.3	47.4-81.1
Guilford	43	10	32.8	17.0-53.9	33	67.2	46.1-83.0
Iredell	47	8	16.9	8.1-31.9	39	83.1	68.1-91.9
Johnston	48	14	33.7	18.3-53.6	34	66.3	46.4-81.7
Mecklenburg	66	21	41.1	27.1-56.8	45	58.9	43.2-72.9
New Hanover	52	9	29.0	8.4-64.6	43	71.0	35.4-91.6
Onslow	45	11	26.5	14.0-44.5	34	73.5	55.5-86.0
Orange	27	7	26.4	12.3-47.9	20	73.6	52.1-87.7
Pitt	43	17	37.5	23.1-54.5	26	62.5	45.5-76.9
Randolph	56	15	31.5	18.9-47.5	41	68.5	52.5-81.1
Robeson	68	21	26.8	16.5-40.3	47	73.2	59.7-83.5
Rowan	65	12	30.2	11.1-60.2	53	69.8	39.8-88.9
Union	39	8	20.3	9.3-38.6	31	79.7	61.4-90.7
Wake	66	15	22.8	13.5-35.9	51	77.2	64.1-86.5
Wayne	60	14	29.9	17.3-46.5	46	70.1	53.5-82.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	738	215	30.3	25.9-35.2	523	69.7	64.8-74.1
Piedmont	862	223	30.9	26.5-35.6	639	69.1	64.4-73.5
Western NC	366	93	25.3	20.0-31.3	273	74.7	68.7-80.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	244	70	29.5	22.8-37.1	174	70.5	62.9-77.2
Northwest	394	83	25.2	19.1-32.4	311	74.8	67.6-80.9
Charlotte	225	61	34.2	26.1-43.3	164	65.8	56.7-73.9
Greensboro	205	55	33.1	24.2-43.6	150	66.9	56.4-75.8
Southern Regional	238	69	31.4	22.9-41.4	169	68.6	58.6-77.1
Coastal	109	24	26.3	13.5-44.8	85	73.7	55.2-86.5
Wake	195	57	27.1	19.9-35.7	138	72.9	64.3-80.1
Area L	78	27	31.8	21.5-44.3	51	68.2	55.7-78.5
Eastern	278	85	33.1	26.5-40.5	193	66.9	59.5-73.5

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,966

531

30.0

27.0-33.1

1,435

70.0

66.9-73.0

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

24.5

13.5-40.3

75.5

59.7-86.5

Buncombe

23.1

10.9-42.5

76.9

57.5-89.1

Cabarrus

19.8

8.9-38.4

80.2

61.6-91.1

Catawba

22.1

11.0-39.4

77.9

60.6-89.0

Cumberland

29.9

18.6-44.3

70.1

55.7-81.4

Davidson

16.8

8.0-32.0

83.2

68.0-92.0

Durham

50.6

33.0-68.1

49.4

31.9-67.0

Forsyth

38.0

22.3-56.8

62.0

43.2-77.7

Gaston

33.7

18.9-52.6

66.3

47.4-81.1

Guilford

32.8

17.0-53.9

67.2

46.1-83.0

Iredell

16.9

8.1-31.9

83.1

68.1-91.9

Johnston

33.7

18.3-53.6

66.3

46.4-81.7

Mecklenburg

41.1

27.1-56.8

58.9

43.2-72.9

New Hanover

29.0

8.4-64.6

71.0

35.4-91.6

Onslow

26.5

14.0-44.5

73.5

55.5-86.0

Orange

26.4

12.3-47.9

73.6

52.1-87.7

Pitt

37.5

23.1-54.5

62.5

45.5-76.9

Randolph

31.5

18.9-47.5

68.5

52.5-81.1

Robeson

26.8

16.5-40.3

73.2

59.7-83.5

Rowan

30.2

11.1-60.2

69.8

39.8-88.9

Union

20.3

9.3-38.6

79.7

61.4-90.7

Wake

22.8

13.5-35.9

77.2

64.1-86.5

Wayne

29.9

17.3-46.5

70.1

53.5-82.7

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

738

215

30.3

25.9-35.2

523

69.7

64.8-74.1

Piedmont

862

223

30.9

26.5-35.6

639

69.1

64.4-73.5

Western NC

366

25.3

20.0-31.3

273

74.7

68.7-80.0

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

244

29.5

22.8-37.1

174

70.5

62.9-77.2

Northwest

394

25.2

19.1-32.4

311

74.8

67.6-80.9

Charlotte

225

34.2

26.1-43.3

164

65.8

56.7-73.9

Greensboro

205

33.1

24.2-43.6

150

66.9

56.4-75.8

Southern Regional

238

31.4

22.9-41.4

169

68.6

58.6-77.1

Coastal

109

26.3

13.5-44.8

73.7

55.2-86.5

Wake

195

27.1

19.9-35.7

138

72.9

64.3-80.1

Area L

31.8

21.5-44.3

68.2

55.7-78.5

Eastern

278

33.1

26.5-40.5

193

66.9

59.5-73.5

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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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