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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,652 1,280 76.6 72.2-80.6 112 6.2 4.7- 8.1 79 4.0 2.9- 5.5 181 13.1 9.5-17.8
-Eastern NC 538 415 74.2 63.6-82.6 41 6.7 4.1-10.7 24 3.5 2.0- 6.0 58 15.6 8.0-28.3
GENDER
Male 224 175 81.2 72.9-87.4 18 6.3 3.2-12.0 10 3.8 1.7- 8.1 21 8.7 4.6-15.8
Female 314 240 68.6 51.8-81.6 23 7.1 3.6-13.5 14 3.2 1.5- 7.0 37 21.2 9.1-41.9
RACE
White 314 249 77.2 69.3-83.6 19 6.4 3.2-12.5 8 2.5 1.1- 5.8 38 13.8 8.9-20.8
African American 176 131 69.6 44.8-86.6 19 6.3 3.2-12.0 11 3.5 1.4- 8.5 15 20.6 5.6-53.2
Other Minorities 41 31 78.6 50.4-93.0 3 11.2 2.0-43.9 4 4.5 1.0-18.0 3 5.7 1.2-23.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 9 97.7 82.3-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.3 0.3-17.7
Non-Hispanic 525 404 73.3 62.4-82.0 41 7.0 4.3-11.2 24 3.6 2.1- 6.3 56 16.1 8.1-29.2
AGE
18-44 42 30 57.1 22.6-85.8 5 7.7 2.0-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 35.2 8.5-76.0
45-54 78 61 74.0 55.6-86.7 10 14.9 6.0-32.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 6 10.7 3.3-29.2
55-64 165 131 80.1 69.8-87.5 7 3.6 1.1-10.9 9 3.9 1.4-10.1 18 12.4 6.7-21.8
65+ 250 191 78.3 70.3-84.6 18 5.2 2.7- 9.9 14 6.2 3.2-11.7 27 10.3 6.2-16.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 101 71 75.6 60.7-86.1 8 8.7 2.8-23.8 13 11.5 5.5-22.7 9 4.2 1.9- 9.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 185 148 69.2 44.7-86.2 15 4.4 2.2- 8.5 4 1.0 0.3- 4.2 18 25.4 9.1-53.5
Some Post-H.S. 151 114 77.8 67.2-85.7 10 6.0 2.5-13.5 5 1.2 0.4- 3.2 22 15.1 8.7-24.9
College Graduate 99 81 78.8 63.4-88.8 7 10.7 3.5-28.2 2 2.7 0.6-10.8 9 7.8 3.1-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 73 78.5 65.5-87.6 10 4.9 2.1-11.2 8 7.0 2.5-18.0 15 9.5 4.6-18.5
$15,000- 24,999 106 81 77.8 65.2-86.8 10 7.3 3.5-14.8 8 7.2 2.8-17.3 7 7.7 3.0-18.2
$25,000- 34,999 47 37 73.3 48.3-89.0 2 12.4 2.4-45.5 2 2.9 0.6-12.5 6 11.3 3.4-31.4
$35,000- 49,999 72 60 84.6 70.0-92.8 4 2.7 0.9- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 12.7 5.2-27.9
$50,000-74,999 70 61 84.5 65.5-94.0 3 1.7 0.4- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 13.9 4.9-33.6
$75,000+ 63 51 74.2 53.7-87.7 5 14.8 4.7-37.8 1 0.4 0.0- 2.6 6 10.7 3.7-26.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 320 241 72.1 63.9-79.1 27 10.8 6.2-18.1 20 5.7 3.1-10.2 32 11.4 7.2-17.6
No 199 161 76.5 52.9-90.4 12 2.3 1.1- 4.5 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 23 20.0 6.8-46.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 83 81.5 69.8-89.3 11 7.7 3.1-17.6 3 2.5 0.6- 9.2 9 8.4 3.7-17.8
Non-Veteran 386 293 70.1 56.6-80.9 28 7.0 3.9-12.3 19 3.9 2.1- 7.3 46 19.0 9.0-35.5

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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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