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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Respond.^
Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,683 290 16.3 13.6-19.5 922 52.1 47.9-56.3 223 12.8 10.6-15.3 187 11.6 9.3-14.4 61 7.1 3.9-12.5
-Eastern NC 554 98 16.3 11.4-22.8 303 50.1 41.7-58.5 64 9.3 6.5-13.3 61 12.1 8.0-17.9 28 12.2 5.1-26.5
GENDER
Male 222 50 25.2 16.1-37.3 121 53.6 42.8-64.2 21 7.7 4.1-14.2 18 8.1 4.1-15.4 12 5.3 2.6-10.5
Female 332 48 9.5 6.1-14.3 182 47.3 35.6-59.3 43 10.5 6.7-16.3 43 15.3 9.1-24.5 16 17.5 6.2-40.5
RACE
White 323 73 18.2 13.2-24.6 169 52.5 43.9-60.8 36 11.0 6.8-17.3 37 15.0 9.3-23.4 8 3.3 1.1- 9.4
African American 181 22 11.7 5.7-22.7 105 51.4 34.0-68.5 21 7.2 3.9-12.9 19 9.9 4.3-20.9 14 19.8 5.2-52.5
Other Minorities 43 3 27.5 5.2-72.4 23 20.5 9.0-40.2 6 9.1 3.0-24.6 5 5.8 1.7-18.1 6 37.1 12.7-70.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 1 2.6 0.3-20.0 4 14.4 3.0-47.8 1 4.8 0.5-32.6 1 25.2 3.2-77.6 2 52.9 12.4-90.0
Non-Hispanic 542 97 16.9 11.8-23.6 296 50.9 42.2-59.4 63 9.5 6.6-13.7 60 11.8 7.8-17.5 26 10.9 4.0-26.3
AGE
18-44 42 3 15.3 3.2-50.0 18 24.6 9.6-49.9 7 7.4 2.3-21.4 7 5.1 1.8-13.7 7 47.6 18.1-78.9
45-54 80 12 13.8 6.6-26.3 38 51.6 34.9-68.0 12 9.5 4.8-17.9 9 12.2 4.5-28.9 9 13.0 5.0-29.9
55-64 170 27 20.6 12.1-32.7 97 50.3 38.6-62.0 19 11.5 6.1-20.5 21 15.8 7.8-29.2 6 1.8 0.8- 4.3
65+ 257 55 14.2 9.8-20.0 147 62.4 52.7-71.2 26 8.6 4.7-15.1 23 12.1 6.4-21.8 6 2.7 0.9- 7.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 116 24 23.5 10.4-45.1 63 49.4 33.1-66.0 10 5.8 2.2-14.4 9 4.5 1.4-13.5 10 16.7 6.3-37.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 25 11.9 6.0-22.1 102 46.0 30.3-62.4 22 6.2 3.2-11.5 27 18.2 9.6-31.8 7 17.8 4.1-52.5
Some Post-H.S. 153 27 13.7 7.8-22.8 83 57.2 45.0-68.6 23 13.7 7.7-23.2 16 12.7 6.4-23.8 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9
College Graduate 100 22 22.5 12.5-36.9 54 48.4 34.6-62.5 9 14.3 6.3-29.4 8 6.1 2.6-13.7 7 8.7 2.6-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 20 29.7 13.7-53.0 59 53.6 35.5-70.8 16 8.5 4.3-16.3 14 4.9 2.4-10.1 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2
$15,000- 24,999 108 20 18.9 10.5-31.5 56 46.3 31.8-61.4 13 9.0 4.2-18.1 13 11.0 4.9-22.9 6 14.8 4.5-39.2
$25,000- 34,999 46 7 5.9 2.2-14.6 27 59.2 36.7-78.4 6 13.6 4.7-33.5 4 4.6 1.4-14.5 2 16.7 4.2-47.8
$35,000- 49,999 74 14 22.9 11.7-39.8 43 52.3 35.7-68.4 7 8.0 3.0-19.7 8 15.0 5.7-34.0 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 69 11 13.8 5.8-29.5 37 57.5 39.1-74.0 8 9.7 3.6-23.6 10 17.1 7.1-35.8 3 1.9 0.5- 6.8
$75,000+ 63 12 8.6 4.4-16.3 36 54.8 36.6-71.8 5 12.9 4.2-33.3 6 11.8 4.5-27.5 4 11.9 3.4-34.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 338 65 15.3 10.7-21.3 183 55.1 46.5-63.4 37 10.3 6.5-15.9 38 13.2 8.0-21.0 15 6.1 2.8-12.7
No 198 30 17.9 9.4-31.5 111 44.3 30.5-59.0 24 8.3 4.5-15.0 21 9.7 4.5-19.8 12 19.7 6.4-46.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 106 25 24.0 13.2-39.6 59 51.4 37.2-65.4 11 11.7 5.3-23.9 8 6.8 2.7-16.1 3 6.1 2.0-17.4
Non-Veteran 398 64 15.2 9.6-23.4 216 47.0 36.9-57.3 47 9.0 5.8-13.7 48 13.8 8.6-21.5 23 15.0 5.8-33.8

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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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