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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 1,696 273 17.6 14.7-20.9 1,423 82.4 79.1-85.3
-Eastern NC 564 86 15.6 10.7-22.2 478 84.4 77.8-89.3
GENDER
Male 230 39 21.8 13.2-34.0 191 78.2 66.0-86.8
Female 334 47 10.5 6.3-16.9 287 89.5 83.1-93.7
RACE
White 327 39 13.6 8.6-20.8 288 86.4 79.2-91.4
African American 186 36 13.4 7.1-23.7 150 86.6 76.3-92.9
Other Minorities 44 11 41.9 14.9-74.9 33 58.1 25.1-85.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 1 6.3 0.7-39.0 8 93.7 61.0-99.3
Non-Hispanic 552 85 16.0 10.9-22.9 467 84.0 77.1-89.1
AGE
18-44 41 4 14.5 2.8-50.0 37 85.5 50.0-97.2
45-54 81 15 17.8 8.6-33.5 66 82.2 66.5-91.4
55-64 171 33 17.2 9.8-28.5 138 82.8 71.5-90.2
65+ 266 33 14.1 8.3-22.7 233 85.9 77.3-91.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 18 18.4 7.0-40.3 104 81.6 59.7-93.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 187 30 12.7 6.5-23.3 157 87.3 76.7-93.5
Some Post-H.S. 149 25 17.0 9.6-28.5 124 83.0 71.5-90.4
College Graduate 103 12 15.7 7.9-29.0 91 84.3 71.0-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 21 32.8 16.6-54.4 98 67.2 45.6-83.4
$15,000- 24,999 107 20 14.4 7.9-24.7 87 85.6 75.3-92.1
$25,000- 34,999 46 9 17.1 5.8-40.7 37 82.9 59.3-94.2
$35,000- 49,999 74 13 25.7 13.0-44.6 61 74.3 55.4-87.0
$50,000-74,999 71 7 6.6 2.7-15.3 64 93.4 84.7-97.3
$75,000+ 63 4 4.5 1.1-16.5 59 95.5 83.5-98.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 345 57 14.9 10.0-21.5 288 85.1 78.5-90.0
No 199 26 17.0 8.6-31.0 173 83.0 69.0-91.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 17 19.1 9.1-35.8 90 80.9 64.2-90.9
Non-Veteran 406 62 14.1 8.6-22.2 344 85.9 77.8-91.4

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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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