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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 1,125 62.8 58.4-67.1 338 21.5 18.4-24.9 60 4.1 2.9- 5.8 17 1.6 0.7- 3.8 148 9.9 6.6-14.7
-Eastern NC 557 384 61.3 51.9-69.9 107 22.2 16.6-29.2 15 1.6 0.8- 3.1 6 1.4 0.5- 3.6 45 13.5 6.4-26.5
GENDER
Male 227 145 67.8 57.6-76.6 52 22.6 15.2-32.3 10 2.7 1.2- 6.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 19 6.5 3.4-12.0
Female 330 239 55.9 42.4-68.6 55 21.9 14.2-32.3 5 0.7 0.2- 2.1 5 2.1 0.7- 6.2 26 19.3 7.7-40.6
RACE
White 326 220 62.0 53.3-69.9 60 22.1 15.7-30.1 9 1.7 0.6- 4.6 4 2.0 0.6- 6.3 33 12.2 7.4-19.6
African American 179 129 61.2 40.9-78.2 36 19.4 10.9-32.1 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 9 17.4 4.1-51.0
Other Minorities 45 29 52.2 23.0-80.0 10 39.1 14.5-70.9 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 1 0.8 0.1- 6.3 3 5.9 1.6-20.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 4 19.2 4.5-54.4 4 72.4 34.4-92.9 1 2.4 0.3-18.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-37.3
Non-Hispanic 544 377 62.5 52.8-71.2 103 20.7 15.4-27.2 14 1.6 0.8- 3.2 6 1.4 0.5- 3.7 44 13.9 6.5-27.3
AGE
18-44 41 22 33.1 12.4-63.3 9 24.5 8.4-53.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6 1 1.0 0.1- 7.8 8 40.6 12.2-77.0
45-54 81 54 65.9 48.8-79.7 13 23.8 11.9-41.9 4 5.0 1.5-15.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 9 4.9 2.1-10.8
55-64 168 114 65.3 53.3-75.7 39 23.7 15.5-34.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 11 8.6 3.2-20.9
65+ 263 190 69.0 58.5-77.9 46 19.9 12.6-30.0 7 1.3 0.5- 3.3 3 1.6 0.4- 5.9 17 8.2 4.1-15.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 120 94 76.5 59.5-87.8 16 14.0 5.4-31.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 8.7 3.4-20.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 186 123 50.5 33.7-67.2 36 22.7 13.4-35.9 7 1.2 0.5- 2.9 3 2.9 0.9- 9.2 17 22.7 7.4-51.8
Some Post-H.S. 149 100 62.1 49.1-73.5 34 26.8 16.8-39.8 5 2.8 0.8- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 8.4 3.7-18.0
College Graduate 99 64 63.0 48.0-75.9 21 26.5 15.0-42.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 3 2.0 0.5- 7.7 9 6.6 2.4-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 85 71.8 54.8-84.2 20 19.5 8.8-37.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 8.7 4.4-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 108 82 63.7 46.4-78.1 15 25.1 12.1-44.8 4 4.0 1.0-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 7.2 2.7-17.9
$25,000- 34,999 45 34 75.2 53.2-89.0 7 16.7 6.3-37.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.5 1.5-30.1
$35,000- 49,999 74 51 66.0 48.9-79.8 13 25.6 13.5-43.3 4 3.1 1.1- 8.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 4 4.4 0.9-18.6
$50,000-74,999 69 45 54.5 35.7-72.1 17 35.2 19.1-55.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 1 3.6 0.5-21.8 5 5.8 1.4-21.0
$75,000+ 63 32 51.2 33.4-68.7 20 34.1 19.1-53.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 9 12.3 4.8-28.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 341 249 70.9 62.5-78.2 54 18.5 12.4-26.6 10 2.2 1.0- 5.1 4 1.7 0.5- 6.0 24 6.6 3.9-11.0
No 196 124 50.1 34.8-65.4 46 26.0 16.1-39.2 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 20 22.6 8.6-47.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 70 69.0 54.3-80.7 29 21.7 12.8-34.5 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.4 3.1-20.8
Non-Veteran 399 278 58.8 47.1-69.6 70 21.9 15.1-30.6 12 1.8 0.8- 3.9 5 1.6 0.5- 4.7 34 16.0 6.7-33.6

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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.

**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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