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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,715 911 53.6 49.3-57.8 804 46.4 42.2-50.7
-Eastern NC 569 279 46.6 38.5-54.9 290 53.4 45.1-61.5
GENDER
Male 232 114 49.2 38.3-60.3 118 50.8 39.7-61.7
Female 337 165 44.4 33.3-56.1 172 55.6 43.9-66.7
RACE
White 331 162 52.4 44.0-60.7 169 47.6 39.3-56.0
African American 186 91 35.3 23.1-49.8 95 64.7 50.2-76.9
Other Minorities 45 20 59.4 29.0-83.9 25 40.6 16.1-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 6 43.5 9.9-84.3 4 56.5 15.7-90.1
Non-Hispanic 556 270 46.3 38.1-54.7 286 53.7 45.3-61.9
AGE
18-44 42 19 33.9 12.8-64.2 23 66.1 35.8-87.2
45-54 82 46 62.9 46.2-77.0 36 37.1 23.0-53.8
55-64 172 91 55.3 43.5-66.5 81 44.7 33.5-56.5
65+ 268 119 39.0 29.7-49.1 149 61.0 50.9-70.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 39 32.2 18.1-50.5 82 67.8 49.5-81.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 82 40.7 26.6-56.6 107 59.3 43.4-73.4
Some Post-H.S. 153 95 59.7 47.1-71.2 58 40.3 28.8-52.9
College Graduate 103 62 61.7 47.3-74.3 41 38.3 25.7-52.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 44 37.8 22.0-56.7 75 62.2 43.3-78.0
$15,000- 24,999 110 46 40.2 27.1-54.8 64 59.8 45.2-72.9
$25,000- 34,999 47 21 36.4 19.1-58.1 26 63.6 41.9-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 75 42 54.4 37.6-70.2 33 45.6 29.8-62.4
$50,000-74,999 71 45 62.7 43.8-78.4 26 37.3 21.6-56.2
$75,000+ 63 37 64.5 46.7-79.1 26 35.5 20.9-53.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 348 167 45.7 36.9-54.7 181 54.3 45.3-63.1
No 201 105 48.0 33.3-63.0 96 52.0 37.0-66.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 68 49.6 33.5-65.7 41 50.4 34.3-66.5
Non-Veteran 409 196 47.2 37.2-57.5 213 52.8 42.5-62.8

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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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