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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, meter)
or diabetes medicine due to lack of money?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only testing supplies Yes, only medicines Yes, testing supplies and medicince No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,613 79 6.3 4.5- 8.9 50 4.8 3.1- 7.2 112 8.3 6.5-10.6 1,372 80.5 77.1-83.6
-Eastern NC 531 23 5.3 2.6-10.3 17 3.5 1.6- 7.3 36 6.7 4.3-10.2 455 84.6 78.8-89.0
GENDER
Male 217 6 4.0 1.1-13.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 16 6.1 3.3-10.8 192 88.1 80.2-93.2
Female 314 17 6.4 2.8-14.1 14 5.0 2.0-12.1 20 7.2 3.8-13.2 263 81.4 72.6-87.9
RACE
White 311 13 5.6 2.3-13.0 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2 15 4.7 2.5- 8.7 278 87.9 80.9-92.6
African American 171 9 6.2 2.0-18.1 10 6.4 2.2-17.7 18 11.1 5.8-20.0 134 76.2 63.9-85.3
Other Minorities 43 1 0.4 0.0- 2.8 2 3.3 0.6-15.5 3 3.3 0.9-11.4 37 93.0 80.8-97.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-37.3 1 2.1 0.2-16.3 8 91.9 63.3-98.7
Non-Hispanic 518 23 5.5 2.7-10.8 16 3.4 1.5- 7.5 35 6.9 4.4-10.6 444 84.2 78.2-88.7
AGE
18-44 40 3 10.8 2.4-37.7 2 1.8 0.4- 8.1 12 17.2 7.9-33.7 23 70.1 47.6-85.9
45-54 77 7 6.6 2.3-17.3 6 4.8 1.8-12.0 9 14.0 5.5-31.2 55 74.7 58.2-86.2
55-64 161 11 8.4 3.0-21.2 6 6.3 1.9-19.1 9 5.0 2.1-11.5 135 80.4 67.3-89.1
65+ 248 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 3 1.3 0.3- 5.8 6 1.4 0.5- 3.5 237 97.0 93.4-98.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 2 2.5 0.4-14.4 6 2.5 0.9- 6.8 9 5.6 2.4-12.8 92 89.3 79.6-94.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 175 8 8.5 2.7-23.5 5 6.0 1.8-18.1 15 8.9 4.7-16.2 147 76.6 63.4-86.2
Some Post-H.S. 147 10 5.2 2.3-11.5 2 1.5 0.3- 8.3 11 8.3 3.6-18.2 124 85.0 74.8-91.5
College Graduate 98 2 2.0 0.4-10.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 91 94.6 87.3-97.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 6 5.1 1.6-14.8 9 5.4 2.2-12.7 13 7.6 3.5-15.6 87 81.9 70.2-89.7
$15,000- 24,999 104 6 6.2 2.1-16.8 2 3.4 0.6-16.2 9 10.2 4.5-21.2 87 80.2 66.6-89.2
$25,000- 34,999 43 2 2.4 0.5-10.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.4 3 15.5 3.5-47.7 37 80.6 52.1-94.1
$35,000- 49,999 72 4 1.9 0.7- 5.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 7 9.1 3.4-22.2 60 87.8 75.2-94.4
$50,000-74,999 68 2 8.2 1.4-36.2 2 1.6 0.3- 8.0 3 4.6 1.4-14.3 61 85.6 64.6-95.1
$75,000+ 60 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 59 98.5 89.7-99.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 329 16 4.3 2.2- 8.4 11 4.6 1.7-11.7 21 6.1 3.5-10.5 281 85.0 78.0-90.1
No 200 7 6.5 2.1-18.6 6 2.1 0.8- 5.6 15 7.4 3.7-14.2 172 84.1 73.5-90.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 2 2.5 0.4-14.0 2 3.0 0.7-12.1 97 94.2 83.9-98.1
Non-Veteran 383 20 5.5 2.6-11.4 12 3.7 1.5- 9.1 31 7.7 4.7-12.3 320 83.1 76.0-88.4

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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