BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,696	273	17.6	14.7-20.9	1,423	82.4	79.1-85.3
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	54	5	7.7	2.6-20.7	49	92.3	79.3-97.4
Buncombe	34	5	12.2	4.7-27.9	29	87.8	72.1-95.3
Cabarrus	47	6	22.8	8.5-48.4	41	77.2	51.6-91.5
Catawba	37	4	10.2	3.4-27.0	33	89.8	73.0-96.6
Cumberland	71	10	13.1	6.6-24.4	61	86.9	75.6-93.4
Davidson	60	9	14.8	7.4-27.7	51	85.2	72.3-92.6
Durham	51	10	27.4	13.9-46.7	41	72.6	53.3-86.1
Forsyth	40	5	8.6	3.3-20.3	35	91.4	79.7-96.7
Gaston	46	8	24.3	10.6-46.5	38	75.7	53.5-89.4
Guilford	62	9	19.1	9.7-34.1	53	80.9	65.9-90.3
Iredell	45	7	16.6	7.7-32.2	38	83.4	67.8-92.3
Johnston	48	6	9.1	3.8-20.3	42	90.9	79.7-96.2
Mecklenburg	57	12	20.8	10.8-36.2	45	79.2	63.8-89.2
New Hanover	69	8	11.2	5.0-23.2	61	88.8	76.8-95.0
Onslow	51	9	18.3	8.8-34.2	42	81.7	65.8-91.2
Orange	24	1	4.1	0.6-24.5	23	95.9	75.5-99.4
Pitt	41	5	15.9	6.4-34.1	36	84.1	65.9-93.6
Randolph	40	8	15.6	6.9-31.3	32	84.4	68.7-93.1
Robeson	60	9	13.5	6.4-26.2	51	86.5	73.8-93.6
Rowan	65	4	5.5	1.9-14.9	61	94.5	85.1-98.1
Union	31	7	23.9	10.7-45.2	24	76.1	54.8-89.3
Wake	44	11	26.6	14.6-43.4	33	73.4	56.6-85.4
Wayne	68	10	21.2	9.9-39.8	58	78.8	60.2-90.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	564	86	15.6	10.7-22.2	478	84.4	77.8-89.3
Piedmont	774	117	18.4	14.5-23.0	657	81.6	77.0-85.5
Western NC	358	70	20.4	15.5-26.4	288	79.6	73.6-84.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	240	43	16.7	11.9-23.0	197	83.3	77.0-88.1
Northwest	376	57	15.0	11.0-20.1	319	85.0	79.9-89.0
Charlotte	200	37	25.2	16.7-36.2	163	74.8	63.8-83.3
Greensboro	200	24	11.4	6.8-18.4	176	88.6	81.6-93.2
Southern Regional	192	33	13.4	8.4-20.6	159	86.6	79.4-91.6
Coastal	95	13	15.6	6.6-32.7	82	84.4	67.3-93.4
Wake	161	32	24.4	16.3-34.8	129	75.6	65.2-83.7
Area L	21	3	13.8	3.8-39.3	18	86.2	60.7-96.2
Eastern	211	31	17.8	8.7-32.8	180	82.2	67.2-91.3

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,696

273

17.6

14.7-20.9

1,423

82.4

79.1-85.3

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

7.7

2.6-20.7

92.3

79.3-97.4

Buncombe

12.2

4.7-27.9

87.8

72.1-95.3

Cabarrus

22.8

8.5-48.4

77.2

51.6-91.5

Catawba

10.2

3.4-27.0

89.8

73.0-96.6

Cumberland

13.1

6.6-24.4

86.9

75.6-93.4

Davidson

14.8

7.4-27.7

85.2

72.3-92.6

Durham

27.4

13.9-46.7

72.6

53.3-86.1

Forsyth

8.6

3.3-20.3

91.4

79.7-96.7

Gaston

24.3

10.6-46.5

75.7

53.5-89.4

Guilford

19.1

9.7-34.1

80.9

65.9-90.3

Iredell

16.6

7.7-32.2

83.4

67.8-92.3

Johnston

9.1

3.8-20.3

90.9

79.7-96.2

Mecklenburg

20.8

10.8-36.2

79.2

63.8-89.2

New Hanover

11.2

5.0-23.2

88.8

76.8-95.0

Onslow

18.3

8.8-34.2

81.7

65.8-91.2

Orange

4.1

0.6-24.5

95.9

75.5-99.4

Pitt

15.9

6.4-34.1

84.1

65.9-93.6

Randolph

15.6

6.9-31.3

84.4

68.7-93.1

Robeson

13.5

6.4-26.2

86.5

73.8-93.6

Rowan

5.5

1.9-14.9

94.5

85.1-98.1

Union

23.9

10.7-45.2

76.1

54.8-89.3

Wake

26.6

14.6-43.4

73.4

56.6-85.4

Wayne

21.2

9.9-39.8

78.8

60.2-90.1

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

564

15.6

10.7-22.2

478

84.4

77.8-89.3

Piedmont

774

117

18.4

14.5-23.0

657

81.6

77.0-85.5

Western NC

358

20.4

15.5-26.4

288

79.6

73.6-84.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

240

16.7

11.9-23.0

197

83.3

77.0-88.1

Northwest

376

15.0

11.0-20.1

319

85.0

79.9-89.0

Charlotte

200

25.2

16.7-36.2

163

74.8

63.8-83.3

Greensboro

200

11.4

6.8-18.4

176

88.6

81.6-93.2

Southern Regional

192

13.4

8.4-20.6

159

86.6

79.4-91.6

Coastal

15.6

6.6-32.7

84.4

67.3-93.4

Wake

161

24.4

16.3-34.8

129

75.6

65.2-83.7

Area L

13.8

3.8-39.3

86.2

60.7-96.2

Eastern

211

17.8

8.7-32.8

180

82.2

67.2-91.3

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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.

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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