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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,614 89 11.4 7.6-16.9 489 35.3 31.4-39.3 463 27.2 24.0-30.7 573 26.1 22.9-29.6
-Piedmont NC 733 47 10.7 7.4-15.3 209 35.8 30.8-41.2 216 29.3 25.0-34.1 261 24.1 20.4-28.3
GENDER
Male 294 17 9.5 5.4-16.1 80 37.1 29.2-45.8 93 27.8 21.6-34.9 104 25.6 20.0-32.2
Female 439 30 11.8 7.2-18.8 129 34.7 28.5-41.5 123 30.7 24.8-37.3 157 22.8 18.1-28.3
RACE
White 546 33 11.6 7.5-17.7 136 28.6 23.3-34.5 154 29.4 24.2-35.2 223 30.3 25.4-35.8
African American 157 12 9.8 4.7-19.3 58 46.3 35.7-57.2 56 31.7 23.2-41.6 31 12.2 7.7-18.7
Other Minorities 25 2 5.6 1.3-21.0 14 67.6 44.9-84.2 5 15.5 5.7-35.8 4 11.4 2.9-35.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 0 0.0 . - . 10 89.0 69.5-96.6 2 5.8 1.1-24.5 3 5.2 1.3-18.4
Non-Hispanic 716 47 11.2 7.8-15.9 199 33.5 28.6-38.7 213 30.4 25.9-35.2 257 24.9 21.1-29.2
AGE
18-44 58 23 45.5 30.3-61.7 35 54.5 38.3-69.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 105 9 9.2 3.9-20.4 76 72.2 59.2-82.2 20 18.6 10.5-30.9 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 210 14 7.0 3.0-15.5 58 29.9 20.9-40.9 114 53.9 43.9-63.6 24 9.1 5.6-14.6
65+ 360 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6 40 14.0 9.4-20.4 82 25.2 19.3-32.1 237 60.7 53.2-67.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 6 7.6 2.1-23.5 32 25.9 15.4-40.3 41 28.7 19.4-40.2 88 37.8 27.6-49.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 233 10 7.8 3.2-17.4 75 41.8 32.8-51.3 74 31.1 23.4-39.9 74 19.4 14.0-26.2
Some Post-H.S. 180 15 16.3 9.1-27.3 53 31.6 23.0-41.6 59 30.1 22.3-39.1 53 22.1 14.9-31.4
College Graduate 150 16 12.3 6.9-20.9 48 41.1 30.5-52.6 42 27.5 18.8-38.4 44 19.1 13.1-27.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 110 2 1.8 0.3- 9.3 32 32.1 21.2-45.4 34 32.9 21.7-46.4 42 33.2 21.1-48.1
$15,000- 24,999 147 4 8.0 2.3-24.3 40 32.8 22.3-45.4 43 31.5 21.6-43.4 60 27.6 19.3-37.9
$25,000- 34,999 91 5 3.7 1.3- 9.9 14 29.3 14.1-51.1 32 32.2 20.8-46.2 40 34.8 22.7-49.4
$35,000- 49,999 98 12 14.2 7.6-25.1 31 39.9 27.7-53.5 29 28.7 18.5-41.6 26 17.2 10.4-27.1
$50,000-74,999 79 8 13.0 5.5-28.0 31 45.9 31.9-60.6 16 22.4 11.9-38.2 24 18.6 10.8-30.1
$75,000+ 83 9 20.3 9.9-37.2 21 30.5 18.6-45.7 34 37.0 24.7-51.3 19 12.2 6.9-20.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 425 30 11.6 7.4-17.8 129 34.5 28.2-41.2 117 27.0 21.7-33.0 149 27.0 21.7-33.0
No 273 16 10.7 5.6-19.5 71 37.6 29.1-47.1 89 31.6 24.3-39.9 97 20.1 15.1-26.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 24 34.6 22.2-49.4 33 23.7 15.7-34.0 58 41.0 29.9-53.2
Non-Veteran 552 39 11.8 7.8-17.4 168 36.8 31.0-43.1 167 31.6 26.3-37.3 178 19.8 16.0-24.3

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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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