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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Pre-Diabetes

Have you had a test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past three years?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,101 7,275 61.4 59.7-63.0 3,826 38.6 37.0-40.3
-Piedmont NC 5,741 3,820 61.8 59.6-64.0 1,921 38.2 36.0-40.4
GENDER
Male 2,154 1,422 60.1 56.6-63.5 732 39.9 36.5-43.4
Female 3,587 2,398 63.5 60.6-66.2 1,189 36.5 33.8-39.4
RACE
White 4,651 3,086 62.0 59.5-64.3 1,565 38.0 35.7-40.5
African American 739 535 68.5 63.1-73.4 204 31.5 26.6-36.9
Other Minorities 308 176 51.0 41.5-60.4 132 49.0 39.6-58.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 216 122 48.4 37.5-59.5 94 51.6 40.5-62.5
Non-Hispanic 5,506 3,688 63.2 61.0-65.3 1,818 36.8 34.7-39.0
AGE
18-24 170 65 37.9 28.4-48.5 105 62.1 51.5-71.6
25-34 612 328 52.7 47.0-58.4 284 47.3 41.6-53.0
35-44 1,015 614 62.1 57.8-66.3 401 37.9 33.7-42.2
45-54 1,195 790 68.7 64.9-72.2 405 31.3 27.8-35.1
55-64 1,118 807 71.8 68.0-75.4 311 28.2 24.6-32.0
65+ 1,570 1,175 77.4 74.3-80.2 395 22.6 19.8-25.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 614 387 54.5 46.1-62.7 227 45.5 37.3-53.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,538 1,001 60.3 55.8-64.6 537 39.7 35.4-44.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,392 935 61.6 57.2-65.9 457 38.4 34.1-42.8
College Graduate 2,189 1,491 65.5 62.2-68.6 698 34.5 31.4-37.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 477 299 56.4 47.5-65.0 178 43.6 35.0-52.5
$15,000- 24,999 763 504 58.5 51.4-65.3 259 41.5 34.7-48.6
$25,000- 34,999 535 363 62.6 55.5-69.2 172 37.4 30.8-44.5
$35,000- 49,999 725 474 62.2 56.1-68.0 251 37.8 32.0-43.9
$50,000-74,999 852 583 64.1 58.6-69.3 269 35.9 30.7-41.4
$75,000+ 1,544 1,065 66.6 63.1-70.0 479 33.4 30.0-36.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,617 1,148 68.0 63.9-71.9 469 32.0 28.1-36.1
No 3,752 2,438 60.0 57.4-62.6 1,314 40.0 37.4-42.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 642 476 73.0 67.6-77.9 166 27.0 22.1-32.4
Non-Veteran 4,632 3,024 60.2 57.7-62.7 1,608 39.8 37.3-42.3

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*The diabetes testing question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes.

^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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