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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-FEMALES

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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
-FEMALES 1,030 549 52.1 46.1-58.0 481 47.9 42.0-53.9
RACE
White 711 385 56.2 50.4-61.8 326 43.8 38.2-49.6
African American 255 127 44.3 32.4-56.8 128 55.7 43.2-67.6
Other Minorities 58 31 51.0 27.5-74.0 27 49.0 26.0-72.5
AGE
18-44 83 46 44.8 25.4-65.9 37 55.2 34.1-74.6
45-54 144 86 62.0 49.7-73.0 58 38.0 27.0-50.3
55-64 272 154 55.8 46.8-64.5 118 44.2 35.5-53.2
65+ 525 258 48.5 41.7-55.3 267 51.5 44.7-58.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 251 98 38.2 28.1-49.4 153 61.8 50.6-71.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 367 180 44.1 33.7-55.1 187 55.9 44.9-66.3
Some Post-H.S. 244 163 66.9 57.3-75.3 81 33.1 24.7-42.7
College Graduate 162 107 71.1 59.9-80.2 55 28.9 19.8-40.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 105 40.0 30.2-50.6 128 60.0 49.4-69.8
$15,000- 24,999 219 107 46.8 36.5-57.5 112 53.2 42.5-63.5
$25,000- 34,999 104 60 58.4 44.8-70.9 44 41.6 29.1-55.2
$35,000- 49,999 112 75 69.9 56.5-80.6 37 30.1 19.4-43.5
$50,000- 74,999 96 61 61.0 45.8-74.4 35 39.0 25.6-54.2
$75,000+ 69 47 71.1 54.5-83.4 22 28.9 16.6-45.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 643 331 49.4 43.3-55.5 312 50.6 44.5-56.7
No 342 198 57.3 44.4-69.3 144 42.7 30.7-55.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 13 78.2 54.5-91.5 7 21.8 8.5-45.5
Non-Veteran 906 484 51.2 44.7-57.6 422 48.8 42.4-55.3

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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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