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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,614 89 11.4 7.6-16.9 489 35.3 31.4-39.3 463 27.2 24.0-30.7 573 26.1 22.9-29.6
GENDER
Male 660 32 8.9 5.2-14.7 199 37.1 31.4-43.1 207 28.8 24.0-34.0 222 25.3 20.6-30.7
Female 954 57 13.7 7.7-23.0 290 33.7 28.5-39.2 256 25.9 21.6-30.7 351 26.8 22.6-31.6
RACE
White 1,161 62 10.5 7.6-14.4 307 30.0 26.1-34.2 331 29.8 26.0-34.0 461 29.7 26.2-33.4
African American 342 19 12.5 4.3-31.0 136 42.3 33.1-52.1 103 23.8 17.8-30.9 84 21.4 14.6-30.3
Asian 4 0 0.0 . - . 1 44.9 7.4-89.2 3 55.1 10.8-92.6 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 62 6 11.1 4.0-27.4 28 62.6 44.5-77.7 13 13.0 6.2-25.0 15 13.4 6.8-24.6
Other Minorities 31 1 22.0 3.6-68.3 14 55.8 26.5-81.6 9 12.1 4.8-27.2 7 10.1 3.1-28.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 1 2.6 0.3-17.0 17 75.6 51.5-90.0 6 8.5 3.1-21.2 6 13.3 3.5-39.5
-English Speaking 15 1 4.8 0.6-30.2 6 60.8 25.4-87.6 5 13.9 4.1-38.0 3 20.4 3.9-61.6
-Spanish Speaking 15 0 0.0 . - . 11 92.4 76.6-97.8 1 2.4 0.3-16.8 3 5.2 1.3-18.5
Non-Hispanic 1,577 87 11.8 7.8-17.4 472 33.8 30.1-37.8 453 27.7 24.4-31.3 565 26.7 23.4-30.3
AGE
18-24 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 28 20 63.1 35.9-83.9 8 36.9 16.1-64.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 88 18 22.6 13.1-36.0 70 77.4 64.0-86.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 230 21 11.7 6.1-21.5 171 72.4 62.6-80.5 38 15.8 10.1-23.9 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 474 22 4.4 2.2- 8.8 144 32.8 26.3-40.0 251 53.2 46.3-60.0 57 9.6 6.8-13.2
65-74 478 3 0.9 0.2- 3.5 69 15.4 10.8-21.4 142 30.5 24.7-36.9 264 53.3 46.5-60.0
75+ 308 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9 27 11.7 6.7-19.8 30 9.5 5.8-15.2 250 77.6 68.8-84.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 355 13 9.5 3.8-21.9 79 26.3 18.3-36.1 82 23.0 16.8-30.5 181 41.3 32.2-51.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 548 23 11.5 4.3-27.5 183 40.0 32.5-47.9 164 26.3 20.6-32.9 178 22.2 17.4-28.0
Some Post-H.S. 405 31 14.8 9.6-22.3 133 34.2 27.8-41.2 127 29.7 23.9-36.2 114 21.3 16.1-27.5
College Graduate 300 22 9.0 5.4-14.5 92 38.3 30.5-46.8 89 30.9 23.9-38.9 97 21.8 16.8-27.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 301 10 8.7 2.5-26.2 99 33.5 24.9-43.3 76 25.3 18.4-33.7 116 32.5 23.9-42.5
$15,000- 24,999 330 12 7.5 3.5-15.4 96 35.4 27.4-44.2 91 27.3 20.8-35.0 131 29.8 23.3-37.2
$25,000- 34,999 172 8 4.8 2.0-11.3 32 29.9 18.5-44.4 62 33.5 24.5-43.8 70 31.9 23.0-42.2
$35,000- 49,999 204 20 12.6 7.3-20.9 72 40.7 31.5-50.6 57 27.9 19.9-37.6 55 18.8 12.9-26.6
$50,000-74,999 176 13 12.1 5.8-23.7 66 47.5 36.9-58.3 49 22.3 14.8-32.2 48 18.1 12.4-25.6
$75,000+ 176 14 13.4 7.0-24.1 53 34.5 25.0-45.4 64 37.2 27.8-47.6 45 14.9 10.4-21.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 979 52 8.8 6.1-12.6 306 34.1 29.7-38.9 273 26.7 22.9-30.9 348 30.3 25.8-35.2
No 570 36 15.8 8.2-28.1 164 36.4 29.4-43.9 172 27.3 21.8-33.7 198 20.5 16.4-25.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 285 6 2.1 0.8- 5.8 72 32.8 24.5-42.4 81 26.5 19.9-34.3 126 38.6 29.6-48.4
Non-Veteran 1,183 72 13.2 8.3-20.4 368 35.4 30.8-40.2 350 28.3 24.4-32.6 393 23.1 19.7-26.8

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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.

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