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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,696 273 17.6 14.7-20.9 1,423 82.4 79.1-85.3
-Piedmont NC 774 117 18.4 14.5-23.0 657 81.6 77.0-85.5
GENDER
Male 310 53 20.3 14.6-27.5 257 79.7 72.5-85.4
Female 464 64 16.8 11.9-23.2 400 83.2 76.8-88.1
RACE
White 571 73 16.1 11.4-22.1 498 83.9 77.9-88.6
African American 172 36 21.0 14.4-29.6 136 79.0 70.4-85.6
Other Minorities 26 6 27.7 11.4-53.3 20 72.3 46.7-88.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 5 31.4 10.1-65.0 10 68.6 35.0-89.9
Non-Hispanic 757 111 17.8 13.9-22.5 646 82.2 77.5-86.1
AGE
18-44 59 10 19.3 9.6-34.9 49 80.7 65.1-90.4
45-54 108 18 20.5 10.8-35.3 90 79.5 64.7-89.2
55-64 218 35 18.8 12.3-27.6 183 81.2 72.4-87.7
65+ 385 54 16.6 11.9-22.7 331 83.4 77.3-88.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 182 29 21.2 11.9-34.8 153 78.8 65.2-88.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 249 35 19.4 12.9-28.0 214 80.6 72.0-87.1
Some Post-H.S. 186 29 16.4 10.6-24.4 157 83.6 75.6-89.4
College Graduate 153 22 15.5 9.0-25.4 131 84.5 74.6-91.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 20 18.9 10.9-30.8 94 81.1 69.2-89.1
$15,000- 24,999 157 26 16.0 9.8-24.9 131 84.0 75.1-90.2
$25,000- 34,999 92 10 10.9 5.2-21.2 82 89.1 78.8-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 99 16 19.1 10.4-32.3 83 80.9 67.7-89.6
$50,000-74,999 81 10 9.9 5.0-18.9 71 90.1 81.1-95.0
$75,000+ 88 11 14.3 6.9-27.2 77 85.7 72.8-93.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 443 85 23.1 17.4-30.0 358 76.9 70.0-82.6
No 290 27 11.5 7.1-18.0 263 88.5 82.0-92.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 21 18.7 10.1-32.0 100 81.3 68.0-89.9
Non-Veteran 580 90 19.4 14.9-24.9 490 80.6 75.1-85.1

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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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