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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 1,125 62.8 58.4-67.1 338 21.5 18.4-24.9 60 4.1 2.9- 5.8 17 1.6 0.7- 3.8 148 9.9 6.6-14.7
-Piedmont NC 772 499 63.0 57.8-67.9 165 21.3 17.3-25.9 31 6.1 4.0- 9.2 10 2.1 0.6- 6.9 67 7.5 5.5-10.1
GENDER
Male 306 171 54.6 46.6-62.3 80 24.9 18.7-32.4 18 8.6 4.9-14.6 5 3.9 1.0-14.7 32 8.0 5.3-12.0
Female 466 328 70.2 63.7-76.0 85 18.2 13.5-24.2 13 4.0 2.1- 7.4 5 0.5 0.2- 1.5 35 7.1 4.5-10.9
RACE
White 567 364 64.1 58.1-69.8 120 21.2 16.5-26.8 21 5.5 3.3- 9.1 8 1.0 0.4- 2.5 54 8.2 5.7-11.5
African American 173 119 65.2 54.2-74.8 35 18.7 12.1-27.7 7 5.8 2.3-13.8 2 4.7 0.8-22.7 10 5.6 2.8-11.2
Other Minorities 27 13 34.5 17.4-56.8 8 39.3 20.0-62.7 3 15.1 4.4-40.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.1 3.5-30.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 8 29.8 10.2-61.2 4 19.3 5.4-50.2 2 15.4 3.4-48.6 1 30.0 5.2-76.9 1 5.5 0.7-32.3
Non-Hispanic 754 490 64.5 59.5-69.3 160 21.4 17.3-26.0 29 5.7 3.6- 8.8 9 0.8 0.4- 1.9 66 7.6 5.6-10.3
AGE
18-44 59 38 65.1 48.9-78.5 10 22.8 11.5-40.1 5 6.7 2.4-17.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 5 5.1 2.0-12.5
45-54 108 69 60.7 47.7-72.4 18 17.4 9.7-29.2 5 9.1 3.5-21.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 15 12.3 6.7-21.5
55-64 216 141 59.9 49.9-69.2 46 25.1 17.6-34.4 10 5.1 2.5-10.0 3 5.4 1.2-21.0 16 4.5 2.5- 8.0
65+ 385 249 66.3 59.4-72.6 89 19.3 14.6-25.1 11 5.1 2.4-10.5 5 0.8 0.2- 2.4 31 8.5 5.2-13.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 184 120 64.7 52.0-75.6 42 16.0 10.4-23.9 6 4.1 1.6-10.2 3 6.5 1.1-30.0 13 8.7 4.3-16.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 246 161 62.5 53.3-70.9 51 22.5 15.5-31.6 9 5.4 2.4-11.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 24 9.2 5.5-15.0
Some Post-H.S. 184 126 67.8 58.2-76.2 35 18.9 12.4-27.8 8 6.6 2.9-14.2 2 1.0 0.2- 5.5 13 5.6 3.0-10.4
College Graduate 154 89 56.3 45.2-66.8 37 27.8 18.6-39.3 8 8.8 3.8-19.0 4 1.4 0.4- 5.2 16 5.8 3.3-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 118 88 76.4 64.8-85.1 18 10.1 5.7-17.3 4 4.0 1.2-12.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 9.4 4.0-20.6
$15,000- 24,999 154 109 68.7 56.6-78.7 28 19.8 11.4-32.2 5 5.3 1.8-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 6.3 3.2-11.8
$25,000- 34,999 93 57 53.5 37.3-69.0 21 22.5 13.0-36.0 4 2.9 1.0- 7.9 4 14.1 3.0-46.5 7 6.9 2.9-15.5
$35,000- 49,999 99 61 63.0 49.6-74.6 21 19.8 11.2-32.8 7 10.7 4.4-24.0 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 8 6.0 2.7-12.8
$50,000-74,999 81 55 71.3 56.5-82.6 17 19.4 10.0-34.4 2 3.7 0.8-16.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 6 4.0 1.6- 9.6
$75,000+ 86 43 48.4 34.6-62.4 24 28.5 17.6-42.7 6 11.0 4.5-24.5 2 1.7 0.3- 8.7 11 10.4 4.7-21.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 448 312 70.0 63.7-75.7 79 15.4 11.2-20.9 15 5.0 2.7- 9.0 3 0.5 0.1- 1.7 39 9.0 6.1-13.2
No 284 162 53.9 45.1-62.4 78 29.8 22.5-38.3 14 6.7 3.4-12.6 6 4.4 1.1-16.6 24 5.2 3.3- 8.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 118 69 57.7 44.9-69.5 32 27.1 16.8-40.6 5 7.1 2.6-18.1 3 2.9 0.8-10.0 9 5.2 2.5-10.6
Non-Veteran 581 385 64.2 58.1-69.9 115 19.7 15.3-24.9 25 6.4 4.0-10.2 6 2.1 0.4- 9.4 50 7.5 5.3-10.7

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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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