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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 1,718 490 29.3 25.9-33.0 1,228 70.7 67.0-74.1
-Eastern NC 570 154 26.7 20.8-33.6 416 73.3 66.4-79.2
GENDER
Male 232 75 34.5 25.1-45.3 157 65.5 54.7-74.9
Female 338 79 20.3 13.8-28.7 259 79.7 71.3-86.2
RACE
White 330 84 27.6 20.4-36.1 246 72.4 63.9-79.6
African American 187 57 27.7 17.3-41.3 130 72.3 58.7-82.7
Other Minorities 46 10 8.5 3.3-19.8 36 91.5 80.2-96.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 2 9.3 1.5-41.4 8 90.7 58.6-98.5
Non-Hispanic 557 151 27.4 21.3-34.6 406 72.6 65.4-78.7
AGE
18-44 42 11 10.1 3.8-24.2 31 89.9 75.8-96.2
45-54 82 22 28.9 15.1-48.2 60 71.1 51.8-84.9
55-64 172 48 35.1 24.4-47.6 124 64.9 52.4-75.6
65+ 270 72 27.3 19.4-36.9 198 72.7 63.1-80.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 41 26.6 16.0-40.7 81 73.4 59.3-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 190 50 23.1 13.7-36.1 140 76.9 63.9-86.3
Some Post-H.S. 152 40 30.7 19.9-44.2 112 69.3 55.8-80.1
College Graduate 103 22 29.0 17.6-43.8 81 71.0 56.2-82.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 43 34.0 20.4-50.8 77 66.0 49.2-79.6
$15,000- 24,999 111 32 31.0 19.6-45.1 79 69.0 54.9-80.4
$25,000- 34,999 47 13 25.6 11.5-47.6 34 74.4 52.4-88.5
$35,000- 49,999 74 20 36.2 21.4-54.3 54 63.8 45.7-78.6
$50,000-74,999 71 16 25.2 11.6-46.5 55 74.8 53.5-88.4
$75,000+ 63 12 17.7 7.6-35.9 51 82.3 64.1-92.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 350 112 33.3 25.5-42.1 238 66.7 57.9-74.5
No 200 35 18.1 10.7-29.0 165 81.9 71.0-89.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 37 35.0 21.6-51.4 72 65.0 48.6-78.4
Non-Veteran 410 107 24.4 17.8-32.4 303 75.6 67.6-82.2

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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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