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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,966 531 30.0 27.0-33.1 1,435 70.0 66.9-73.0
-Western NC 366 93 25.3 20.0-31.3 273 74.7 68.7-80.0
GENDER
Male 154 38 22.4 15.6-30.9 116 77.6 69.1-84.4
Female 212 55 28.0 20.5-36.9 157 72.0 63.1-79.5
RACE
White 326 80 24.6 19.3-30.9 246 75.4 69.1-80.7
African American 18 4 36.0 13.3-67.4 14 64.0 32.6-86.7
Other Minorities 21 9 24.7 10.2-48.4 12 75.3 51.6-89.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 3 63.7 19.0-92.9 2 36.3 7.1-81.0
Non-Hispanic 358 87 23.9 18.8-30.0 271 76.1 70.0-81.2
AGE
25-34 10 3 32.8 10.6-66.8 7 67.2 33.2-89.4
35-44 12 1 4.0 0.5-24.9 11 96.0 75.1-99.5
45-54 58 17 28.6 16.5-44.8 41 71.4 55.2-83.5
55-64 100 29 31.7 21.2-44.5 71 68.3 55.5-78.8
65-74 95 23 18.5 11.5-28.3 72 81.5 71.7-88.5
75+ 90 20 24.9 15.6-37.3 70 75.1 62.7-84.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 27 37.0 23.9-52.4 51 63.0 47.6-76.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 131 32 22.0 14.9-31.1 99 78.0 68.9-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 99 22 21.3 12.4-34.1 77 78.7 65.9-87.6
College Graduate 57 12 24.3 13.3-40.2 45 75.7 59.8-86.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 91 20 26.9 16.0-41.4 71 73.1 58.6-84.0
$15,000- 24,999 75 25 32.1 21.6-44.8 50 67.9 55.2-78.4
$25,000- 34,999 43 8 19.6 9.0-37.6 35 80.4 62.4-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 47 11 18.8 8.5-36.6 36 81.2 63.4-91.5
$50,000-74,999 33 8 19.2 8.9-36.6 25 80.8 63.4-91.1
$75,000+ 20 6 35.1 12.0-68.2 14 64.9 31.8-88.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 227 71 32.8 25.5-41.1 156 67.2 58.9-74.5
No 132 19 11.5 6.7-19.0 113 88.5 81.0-93.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 77 17 19.3 11.4-31.0 60 80.7 69.0-88.6
Non-Veteran 289 76 26.9 20.8-34.1 213 73.1 65.9-79.2

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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.

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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