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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit because of your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,612 106 6.7 5.0- 8.9 1,506 93.3 91.1-95.0
-Eastern NC 532 38 8.7 5.2-14.2 494 91.3 85.8-94.8
GENDER
Male 217 17 11.1 5.4-21.3 200 88.9 78.7-94.6
Female 315 21 6.7 3.2-13.4 294 93.3 86.6-96.8
RACE
White 311 19 9.1 4.3-18.1 292 90.9 81.9-95.7
African American 172 17 8.0 3.7-16.2 155 92.0 83.8-96.3
Other Minorities 43 2 10.2 1.6-44.1 41 89.8 55.9-98.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 1 2.1 0.2-16.3 9 97.9 83.7-99.8
Non-Hispanic 519 37 9.0 5.3-14.8 482 91.0 85.2-94.7
AGE
18-44 41 6 8.2 2.2-26.2 35 91.8 73.8-97.8
45-54 77 9 15.8 5.0-39.9 68 84.2 60.1-95.0
55-64 161 8 7.3 2.7-18.1 153 92.7 81.9-97.3
65+ 248 15 7.4 3.3-16.1 233 92.6 83.9-96.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 10 9.6 3.7-22.9 99 90.4 77.1-96.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 176 15 7.5 3.2-16.6 161 92.5 83.4-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 147 7 9.3 2.9-26.0 140 90.7 74.0-97.1
College Graduate 98 6 9.4 2.8-26.7 92 90.6 73.3-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 16 16.2 7.6-31.4 99 83.8 68.6-92.4
$15,000- 24,999 104 8 5.8 2.2-14.4 96 94.2 85.6-97.8
$25,000- 34,999 43 4 7.4 2.4-20.7 39 92.6 79.3-97.6
$35,000- 49,999 72 4 11.5 3.2-33.8 68 88.5 66.2-96.8
$50,000-74,999 69 2 9.6 1.5-42.2 67 90.4 57.8-98.5
$75,000+ 59 2 9.0 1.7-35.8 57 91.0 64.2-98.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 329 30 15.2 8.9-24.5 299 84.8 75.5-91.1
No 201 8 1.7 0.7- 3.9 193 98.3 96.1-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 102 6 5.5 1.4-19.1 96 94.5 80.9-98.6
Non-Veteran 383 29 9.3 5.0-16.6 354 90.7 83.4-95.0

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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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