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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,966 531 30.0 27.0-33.1 1,435 70.0 66.9-73.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,782 487 31.4 28.2-34.7 1,295 68.6 65.3-71.8
No 182 43 20.3 13.8-28.7 139 79.7 71.3-86.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 9 1 10.0 1.3-48.2 8 90.0 51.8-98.7
Recommended Range 291 75 30.1 22.3-39.2 216 69.9 60.8-77.7
Overweight 620 154 27.8 22.9-33.2 466 72.2 66.8-77.1
Obese 944 274 31.4 27.2-36.0 670 68.6 64.0-72.8
Current Smoker
No 1,652 456 30.2 27.0-33.7 1,196 69.8 66.3-73.0
Yes 300 74 29.4 22.2-37.8 226 70.6 62.2-77.8
History of CVD**
Yes 566 199 37.4 32.0-43.2 367 62.6 56.8-68.0
No 1,366 323 27.2 23.7-31.0 1,043 72.8 69.0-76.3
Binge Drinker
No 1,899 519 30.6 27.5-33.8 1,380 69.4 66.2-72.5
Yes 51 8 18.9 8.3-37.5 43 81.1 62.5-91.7
Heavy Drinker
No 1,915 520 30.1 27.1-33.3 1,395 69.9 66.7-72.9
Yes 28 6 25.9 10.8-50.4 22 74.1 49.6-89.2
Current Asthma
Yes 251 76 31.9 23.6-41.6 175 68.1 58.4-76.4
No 1,702 448 29.3 26.2-32.6 1,254 70.7 67.4-73.8
Disability
Yes 1,196 391 35.2 31.4-39.2 805 64.8 60.8-68.6
No 732 132 22.2 17.8-27.4 600 77.8 72.6-82.2

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease: includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

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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