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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

About how many times in the past 12 months have you seen a doctor, nurse, or other health professional for your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
1-5 times 6-11 times 12+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,652 1,280 76.6 72.2-80.6 112 6.2 4.7- 8.1 79 4.0 2.9- 5.5 181 13.1 9.5-17.8
-Piedmont NC 762 603 79.3 74.8-83.2 51 6.1 4.1- 8.8 33 4.0 2.4- 6.3 75 10.7 7.8-14.5
GENDER
Male 302 236 78.2 71.2-83.9 17 6.1 3.3-10.9 14 4.2 2.1- 8.4 35 11.5 7.4-17.5
Female 460 367 80.2 74.2-85.2 34 6.0 3.7- 9.6 19 3.7 1.9- 7.1 40 10.0 6.3-15.5
RACE
White 564 454 79.9 74.3-84.6 35 6.0 3.7- 9.7 20 2.6 1.3- 5.0 55 11.5 7.9-16.6
African American 168 128 78.8 70.0-85.6 13 5.8 2.9-11.1 11 6.2 2.9-12.4 16 9.2 4.8-16.9
Other Minorities 26 19 75.9 53.7-89.5 2 7.8 1.9-27.4 1 7.1 1.0-36.6 4 9.1 3.1-24.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 12 86.1 61.6-96.0 1 5.5 0.7-32.3 2 4.0 0.8-16.8 1 4.4 0.6-27.3
Non-Hispanic 744 590 79.0 74.4-83.0 49 6.0 4.1- 8.8 31 4.0 2.4- 6.4 74 11.0 8.0-15.0
AGE
18-44 58 47 78.8 60.5-90.0 5 10.7 3.9-25.7 2 1.3 0.3- 5.6 4 9.3 2.3-31.0
45-54 108 85 77.8 65.4-86.7 6 3.7 1.4- 9.1 5 4.7 1.5-14.0 12 13.8 6.8-26.0
55-64 218 182 86.2 79.5-91.0 15 6.7 3.4-12.8 7 2.1 0.8- 5.9 14 5.0 2.7- 9.0
65+ 374 286 74.1 67.1-80.0 25 5.0 3.1- 8.1 19 6.3 3.3-11.5 44 14.6 9.9-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 132 73.0 60.9-82.5 13 8.6 4.0-17.4 14 4.6 2.4- 8.4 19 13.8 6.7-26.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 243 190 78.9 71.0-85.2 19 4.9 2.8- 8.4 12 5.3 2.5-10.9 22 10.9 6.3-18.2
Some Post-H.S. 184 152 82.2 73.3-88.6 10 7.8 3.4-16.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 20 9.3 5.4-15.6
College Graduate 154 126 82.4 72.6-89.3 9 3.6 1.6- 7.7 5 4.9 1.6-14.2 14 9.0 4.4-17.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 81 75.3 63.2-84.4 7 4.7 1.9-11.2 8 8.1 3.7-16.7 13 12.0 5.8-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 157 121 77.1 66.7-84.9 11 9.0 4.0-18.9 10 5.3 2.4-11.6 15 8.6 4.6-15.5
$25,000- 34,999 91 72 83.2 71.5-90.7 8 6.0 2.5-14.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 10 10.3 4.7-21.0
$35,000- 49,999 99 86 83.6 70.7-91.5 4 4.3 1.4-12.0 3 3.8 0.8-16.1 6 8.3 3.0-20.9
$50,000-74,999 80 67 86.3 73.7-93.4 4 7.2 2.1-22.3 3 2.5 0.7- 8.0 6 4.1 1.8- 9.1
$75,000+ 89 77 86.7 73.8-93.7 3 2.3 0.6- 8.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 8 10.5 4.2-23.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 431 323 77.4 71.7-82.3 36 7.1 4.4-11.0 30 7.2 4.4-11.6 42 8.4 5.8-12.0
No 290 242 79.4 71.0-85.8 14 5.2 2.6-10.2 3 0.4 0.1- 1.1 31 15.0 9.4-23.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 94 81.1 70.5-88.5 6 3.0 1.1- 8.2 5 4.9 1.7-13.7 12 11.0 5.7-20.3
Non-Veteran 574 459 80.1 74.8-84.6 40 6.7 4.4-10.1 26 3.9 2.2- 6.8 49 9.3 6.1-13.9

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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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