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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Pre-Diabetes

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes
or borderline diabetes?*

(See footnote for definition of Yes group.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 1,004 7.1 6.4- 7.9 10,524 92.9 92.1-93.6
-Piedmont NC 5,987 475 6.4 5.5- 7.4 5,512 93.6 92.6-94.5
GENDER
Male 2,247 149 4.9 3.7- 6.4 2,098 95.1 93.6-96.3
Female 3,740 326 7.7 6.5- 9.2 3,414 92.3 90.8-93.5
RACE
White 4,876 391 6.4 5.5- 7.4 4,485 93.6 92.6-94.5
African American 755 64 8.5 5.6-12.6 691 91.5 87.4-94.4
Other Minorities 309 19 2.8 1.6- 4.9 290 97.2 95.1-98.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 220 7 2.0 0.7- 5.8 213 98.0 94.2-99.3
Non-Hispanic 5,747 468 6.8 5.8- 7.9 5,279 93.2 92.1-94.2
AGE
18-24 183 6 3.4 1.3- 9.1 177 96.6 90.9-98.7
25-34 623 29 3.8 2.0- 6.9 594 96.2 93.1-98.0
35-44 1,048 70 5.6 4.1- 7.5 978 94.4 92.5-95.9
45-54 1,243 96 7.6 5.7- 9.9 1,147 92.4 90.1-94.3
55-64 1,156 123 9.2 7.3-11.5 1,033 90.8 88.5-92.7
65+ 1,669 145 9.3 7.1-11.9 1,524 90.7 88.1-92.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 641 65 5.3 3.4- 8.1 576 94.7 91.9-96.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,601 127 6.5 4.5- 9.2 1,474 93.5 90.8-95.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,450 137 8.7 6.8-11.1 1,313 91.3 88.9-93.2
College Graduate 2,287 146 5.1 4.2- 6.3 2,141 94.9 93.7-95.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 488 48 6.9 4.3-11.1 440 93.1 88.9-95.7
$15,000- 24,999 791 62 8.2 5.2-12.7 729 91.8 87.3-94.8
$25,000- 34,999 547 56 7.3 4.9-10.9 491 92.7 89.1-95.1
$35,000- 49,999 747 60 6.9 4.8- 9.9 687 93.1 90.1-95.2
$50,000-74,999 879 82 7.2 5.2- 9.9 797 92.8 90.1-94.8
$75,000+ 1,618 100 5.1 3.9- 6.5 1,518 94.9 93.5-96.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,701 201 10.4 8.3-12.9 1,500 89.6 87.1-91.7
No 3,901 255 5.0 4.1- 6.0 3,646 95.0 94.0-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 668 57 6.3 4.2- 9.4 611 93.7 90.6-95.8
Non-Veteran 4,833 387 6.4 5.4- 7.5 4,446 93.6 92.5-94.6

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*Females who reported being diagnosed with gestational pre-diabetes (N=147) were included in the YES group.
The pre-diabetes screening question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes, or not having pre-diabetes as
derived from the Diabetes Core question.

^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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