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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Pre-Diabetes

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes
or borderline diabetes?*

(See footnote for definition of Yes group.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 1,004 7.1 6.4- 7.9 10,524 92.9 92.1-93.6
-Eastern NC 3,090 287 8.5 7.1-10.2 2,803 91.5 89.8-92.9
GENDER
Male 1,096 89 6.7 4.9- 9.0 1,007 93.3 91.0-95.1
Female 1,994 198 10.3 8.2-12.8 1,796 89.7 87.2-91.8
RACE
White 2,109 199 10.0 8.1-12.3 1,910 90.0 87.7-91.9
African American 663 60 6.7 4.6- 9.6 603 93.3 90.4-95.4
Other Minorities 302 26 3.9 2.1- 7.1 276 96.1 92.9-97.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 4 1.3 0.4- 4.2 131 98.7 95.8-99.6
Non-Hispanic 2,951 283 9.1 7.6-10.9 2,668 90.9 89.1-92.4
AGE
18-24 134 5 2.2 0.8- 6.3 129 97.8 93.7-99.2
25-34 383 33 8.6 5.2-13.9 350 91.4 86.1-94.8
35-44 527 40 6.9 4.1-11.3 487 93.1 88.7-95.9
45-54 637 61 9.3 6.4-13.3 576 90.7 86.7-93.6
55-64 571 68 14.9 10.9-20.1 503 85.1 79.9-89.1
65+ 814 79 10.7 7.8-14.5 735 89.3 85.5-92.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 383 38 9.2 5.3-15.5 345 90.8 84.5-94.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 976 94 7.4 5.5- 9.9 882 92.6 90.1-94.5
Some Post-H.S. 868 80 8.1 5.8-11.3 788 91.9 88.7-94.2
College Graduate 860 75 10.0 7.0-14.0 785 90.0 86.0-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 28 7.6 4.0-14.2 320 92.4 85.8-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 515 56 8.1 5.5-11.7 459 91.9 88.3-94.5
$25,000- 34,999 326 30 8.2 4.3-14.9 296 91.8 85.1-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 413 42 7.0 4.1-11.7 371 93.0 88.3-95.9
$50,000-74,999 420 51 12.6 8.4-18.3 369 87.4 81.7-91.6
$75,000+ 620 43 8.1 5.3-12.1 577 91.9 87.9-94.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,015 130 12.5 9.6-16.2 885 87.5 83.8-90.4
No 1,854 141 7.0 5.4- 9.1 1,713 93.0 90.9-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 474 42 9.5 6.1-14.6 432 90.5 85.4-93.9
Non-Veteran 2,355 225 8.1 6.6-10.0 2,130 91.9 90.0-93.4

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*Females who reported being diagnosed with gestational pre-diabetes (N=147) were included in the YES group.
The pre-diabetes screening question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes, or not having pre-diabetes as
derived from the Diabetes Core question.

^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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