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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,715 911 53.6 49.3-57.8 804 46.4 42.2-50.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,554 839 56.1 52.2-60.0 715 43.9 40.0-47.8
No 156 68 34.6 21.5-50.7 88 65.4 49.3-78.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 13 4 29.8 10.6-60.3 9 70.2 39.7-89.4
Recommended Range 258 134 50.9 36.3-65.4 124 49.1 34.6-63.7
Overweight 522 275 53.6 47.1-60.0 247 46.4 40.0-52.9
Obese 818 439 53.8 48.3-59.3 379 46.2 40.7-51.7
Current Smoker
No 1,462 791 55.0 50.2-59.6 671 45.0 40.4-49.8
Yes 246 115 45.0 35.9-54.5 131 55.0 45.5-64.1
History of CVD**
Yes 489 253 52.9 45.4-60.3 236 47.1 39.7-54.6
No 1,194 643 54.0 48.9-59.1 551 46.0 40.9-51.1
Binge Drinker
No 1,656 881 53.6 49.3-57.9 775 46.4 42.1-50.7
Yes 41 22 48.4 26.5-71.1 19 51.6 28.9-73.5
Heavy Drinker
No 1,668 890 53.7 49.4-58.0 778 46.3 42.0-50.6
Yes 19 9 53.2 26.4-78.3 10 46.8 21.7-73.6
Poor Sleep***
Yes 222 111 53.2 42.3-63.9 111 46.8 36.1-57.7
No 1,439 775 53.9 49.2-58.5 664 46.1 41.5-50.8
Current Asthma
Yes 220 124 63.3 52.3-73.0 96 36.7 27.0-47.7
No 1,481 778 52.2 47.6-56.7 703 47.8 43.3-52.4
Disability
Yes 1,037 540 52.1 47.2-56.9 497 47.9 43.1-52.8
No 604 339 56.3 48.2-64.0 265 43.7 36.0-51.8

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**History of Cardiovascular Disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Poor sleep defined as not getting enough rest or sleep for all 30 days out of the past 30 days.

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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