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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-WHITE MALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,941 364 17.2 15.1-19.6 1,577 82.8 80.4-84.9
-WHITE MALES 581 111 15.4 12.4-19.0 470 84.6 81.0-87.6
AGE
25-34 4 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .
35-44 19 4 22.4 7.8-49.7 15 77.6 50.3-92.2
45-54 91 7 5.3 2.3-11.8 84 94.7 88.2-97.7
55-64 174 32 14.1 9.6-20.3 142 85.9 79.7-90.4
65-74 165 42 25.9 19.0-34.1 123 74.1 65.9-81.0
75+ 127 26 20.3 13.2-30.0 101 79.7 70.0-86.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 96 24 22.4 14.3-33.5 72 77.6 66.5-85.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 173 27 12.0 7.8-17.9 146 88.0 82.1-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 151 28 11.6 7.3-17.9 123 88.4 82.1-92.7
College Graduate 161 32 19.3 13.1-27.5 129 80.7 72.5-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 65 16 19.5 10.4-33.6 49 80.5 66.4-89.6
$15,000- 24,999 114 25 18.0 11.5-27.2 89 82.0 72.8-88.5
$25,000- 34,999 73 20 24.3 14.5-37.9 53 75.7 62.1-85.5
$35,000- 49,999 89 14 18.1 10.5-29.3 75 81.9 70.7-89.5
$50,000-74,999 83 15 15.4 8.8-25.7 68 84.6 74.3-91.2
$75,000+ 105 12 8.2 3.9-16.3 93 91.8 83.7-96.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 333 76 18.0 13.8-23.1 257 82.0 76.9-86.2
No 241 35 12.5 8.6-18.0 206 87.5 82.0-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 297 61 18.5 14.1-23.9 236 81.5 76.1-85.9
Non-Veteran 284 50 13.1 9.4-18.1 234 86.9 81.9-90.6

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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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