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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,715 911 53.6 49.3-57.8 804 46.4 42.2-50.7
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 382 202 46.4 37.4-55.7 180 53.6 44.3-62.6
GENDER
Male 127 75 49.6 36.5-62.7 52 50.4 37.3-63.5
Female 255 127 44.3 32.4-56.8 128 55.7 43.2-67.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 1 5.7 0.4-49.2 1 94.3 50.8-99.6
Non-Hispanic 380 201 47.4 38.2-56.7 179 52.6 43.3-61.8
AGE
18-44 33 18 37.9 14.7-68.5 15 62.1 31.5-85.3
45-54 66 37 65.2 48.9-78.6 29 34.8 21.4-51.1
55-64 129 72 52.9 39.5-65.9 57 47.1 34.1-60.5
65+ 152 74 35.5 25.0-47.6 78 64.5 52.4-75.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 95 37 26.9 16.0-41.6 58 73.1 58.4-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 150 69 38.5 25.0-54.1 81 61.5 45.9-75.0
Some Post-H.S. 74 51 66.5 49.1-80.4 23 33.5 19.6-50.9
College Graduate 61 45 82.4 67.4-91.4 16 17.6 8.6-32.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 35 25.1 15.7-37.6 64 74.9 62.4-84.3
$15,000- 24,999 82 40 48.7 33.2-64.5 42 51.3 35.5-66.8
$25,000- 34,999 40 26 52.4 27.5-76.2 14 47.6 23.8-72.5
$35,000- 49,999 34 28 91.5 79.2-96.8 6 8.5 3.2-20.8
$50,000- 74,999 38 26 61.6 39.9-79.5 12 38.4 20.5-60.1
$75,000+ 18 10 60.0 32.4-82.4 8 40.0 17.6-67.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 238 121 43.4 34.0-53.2 117 56.6 46.8-66.0
No 123 74 52.5 32.6-71.7 49 47.5 28.3-67.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 34 43.3 24.0-64.9 20 56.7 35.1-76.0
Non-Veteran 294 154 47.9 37.3-58.8 140 52.1 41.2-62.7

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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.

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