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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,683 290 16.3 13.6-19.5 922 52.1 47.9-56.3 223 12.8 10.6-15.3 187 11.6 9.3-14.4 61 7.1 3.9-12.5
-Piedmont NC 773 141 17.1 13.4-21.5 440 54.8 49.6-59.9 95 13.7 10.5-17.7 72 9.9 7.1-13.7 25 4.5 2.7- 7.3
GENDER
Male 307 58 17.4 12.2-24.2 176 57.8 50.0-65.3 38 11.9 8.0-17.5 22 7.6 4.5-12.8 13 5.3 2.8- 9.7
Female 466 83 16.8 12.0-23.0 264 52.2 45.3-59.0 57 15.3 10.7-21.3 50 11.9 7.8-17.7 12 3.8 1.7- 8.2
RACE
White 572 112 19.5 14.7-25.4 324 53.6 47.4-59.7 67 12.8 9.2-17.5 56 10.7 7.3-15.6 13 3.4 1.6- 7.0
African American 168 23 10.6 6.6-16.5 102 59.9 49.6-69.4 24 15.7 9.5-24.9 12 8.6 4.2-17.0 7 5.2 2.1-12.0
Other Minorities 28 5 24.9 9.7-50.6 11 38.2 19.8-60.7 4 15.2 4.6-39.9 3 6.8 2.0-20.6 5 14.9 5.6-33.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 3 18.8 4.8-51.5 6 53.0 21.1-82.6 3 18.1 4.5-50.5 1 1.8 0.2-13.2 2 8.4 1.7-32.6
Non-Hispanic 756 138 17.0 13.3-21.5 433 54.9 49.7-60.0 92 13.6 10.3-17.6 70 10.3 7.3-14.2 23 4.3 2.5- 7.2
AGE
18-44 59 5 6.1 2.1-16.9 23 40.3 25.9-56.4 14 23.4 13.3-37.8 11 21.6 10.4-39.6 6 8.6 3.2-21.3
45-54 108 15 12.9 5.1-28.9 59 57.1 43.7-69.5 17 12.5 6.8-21.8 11 11.6 5.3-23.5 6 5.9 2.5-13.3
55-64 218 34 13.9 8.6-21.9 123 56.2 46.6-65.4 30 15.9 9.9-24.5 23 8.4 5.0-13.7 8 5.6 2.3-13.1
65+ 384 87 26.7 20.5-33.9 232 58.0 50.7-65.0 33 8.5 4.8-14.4 27 5.7 3.5- 9.2 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 179 34 24.0 14.2-37.6 89 48.8 36.6-61.2 22 8.3 4.8-13.8 30 16.0 8.7-27.5 4 2.9 1.0- 8.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 250 44 17.6 11.4-26.0 142 50.8 41.9-59.6 28 14.3 8.7-22.5 24 12.3 7.4-19.6 12 5.1 2.7- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 185 36 15.0 9.8-22.3 101 51.4 41.5-61.2 32 21.7 14.0-32.1 11 9.0 4.2-18.2 5 3.0 1.0- 8.2
College Graduate 155 27 12.4 7.7-19.3 105 69.0 58.3-78.1 13 10.2 5.4-18.5 6 1.6 0.6- 4.2 4 6.8 2.1-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 114 23 18.0 10.7-28.8 49 37.3 26.0-50.1 21 24.6 13.3-41.1 18 17.6 9.7-29.8 3 2.5 0.7- 8.0
$15,000- 24,999 158 28 17.7 10.9-27.4 85 48.8 37.6-60.2 21 18.2 10.0-30.8 18 11.8 6.5-20.5 6 3.5 1.4- 8.4
$25,000- 34,999 92 16 15.0 7.9-26.6 57 63.0 48.1-75.7 11 10.8 5.4-20.4 6 6.7 2.5-16.7 2 4.6 1.1-16.7
$35,000- 49,999 99 18 13.2 7.6-22.2 57 55.2 42.3-67.5 11 13.6 6.8-25.3 9 10.3 4.8-20.8 4 7.6 2.2-22.8
$50,000-74,999 80 12 13.0 6.5-24.2 50 54.9 40.0-69.0 12 19.9 10.2-35.3 5 6.8 1.9-22.0 1 5.3 0.8-28.9
$75,000+ 89 13 6.5 3.5-12.0 66 82.5 72.5-89.4 5 5.1 1.9-12.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 4 5.3 1.8-14.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 442 74 17.8 12.5-24.7 246 52.2 45.3-58.9 55 15.6 10.9-21.8 54 11.4 8.0-16.0 13 3.0 1.7- 5.3
No 291 58 16.4 11.6-22.6 174 57.7 49.1-65.8 34 10.9 7.1-16.5 13 8.0 3.7-16.3 12 7.0 3.5-13.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 120 24 20.1 11.1-33.6 73 63.0 50.1-74.2 15 11.8 6.0-21.9 4 2.1 0.8- 5.7 4 3.0 0.9- 9.8
Non-Veteran 580 103 16.1 12.1-21.2 322 52.4 46.3-58.4 74 15.0 11.1-20.0 64 11.9 8.4-16.7 17 4.5 2.5- 8.1

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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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