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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Once a year 2-3/year 4 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,634 315 19.7 16.7-23.2 438 27.8 24.4-31.6 488 28.1 24.8-31.8 393 24.3 20.1-29.0
-Piedmont NC 755 157 22.8 18.5-27.8 211 29.1 24.6-34.1 224 26.8 22.6-31.4 163 21.3 17.3-25.9
GENDER
Male 306 68 24.0 17.8-31.5 97 32.1 25.0-40.2 77 24.9 18.9-32.1 64 18.9 13.8-25.4
Female 449 89 21.7 16.0-28.7 114 26.6 21.2-32.7 147 28.4 22.9-34.6 99 23.3 17.6-30.2
RACE
White 558 121 24.1 18.8-30.4 163 28.6 23.7-34.1 148 25.6 20.5-31.4 126 21.7 17.1-27.2
African American 166 32 21.0 13.8-30.8 42 30.4 21.2-41.6 64 27.3 20.1-35.8 28 21.3 13.6-31.7
Other Minorities 27 4 17.2 5.5-42.3 5 29.0 12.0-54.9 10 38.1 19.4-61.2 8 15.7 6.9-32.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 1 5.6 0.7-32.9 5 59.8 28.4-84.8 7 28.5 9.8-59.4 3 6.1 1.6-20.4
Non-Hispanic 739 156 23.6 19.1-28.7 206 27.7 23.5-32.4 217 26.7 22.5-31.4 160 22.0 17.8-26.8
AGE
18-44 58 15 30.9 18.2-47.3 15 20.7 11.5-34.4 12 18.8 9.9-32.7 16 29.6 16.2-47.9
45-54 109 24 25.4 14.6-40.2 34 36.9 25.5-49.9 34 22.9 14.7-34.0 17 14.8 7.9-26.0
55-64 214 47 24.0 16.4-33.6 59 27.2 19.0-37.2 57 25.1 18.2-33.6 51 23.7 16.9-32.3
65+ 370 71 17.0 12.8-22.3 100 29.6 23.5-36.6 121 34.0 27.2-41.5 78 19.4 14.4-25.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 34 24.3 14.4-37.9 38 25.3 15.0-39.4 57 31.1 21.5-42.6 42 19.3 11.4-30.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 246 53 20.5 13.8-29.3 74 30.2 22.9-38.6 68 23.3 17.1-30.9 51 26.0 18.6-35.2
Some Post-H.S. 181 40 25.7 17.6-35.9 51 27.6 19.9-36.9 54 30.3 21.6-40.8 36 16.3 11.0-23.6
College Graduate 154 30 22.4 14.4-33.1 47 33.0 23.7-43.8 44 23.6 16.1-33.3 33 21.1 13.4-31.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 22 22.8 13.3-36.1 23 16.4 9.6-26.5 38 36.8 24.3-51.5 26 24.0 14.5-37.2
$15,000- 24,999 153 34 22.8 14.1-34.8 37 20.1 13.1-29.4 48 31.5 21.9-43.0 34 25.6 16.3-37.8
$25,000- 34,999 89 13 14.6 7.5-26.3 26 38.2 22.2-57.2 26 24.6 15.0-37.5 24 22.6 13.2-36.0
$35,000- 49,999 99 22 22.6 13.7-35.0 26 27.4 17.4-40.4 30 26.8 17.6-38.6 21 23.1 13.4-37.0
$50,000-74,999 80 22 25.3 15.1-39.0 24 28.7 18.0-42.3 22 25.8 14.8-41.0 12 20.3 10.0-36.9
$75,000+ 87 18 25.4 14.5-40.6 31 39.0 26.2-53.4 20 22.0 12.5-35.8 18 13.6 7.9-22.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 431 87 25.9 19.5-33.4 110 24.2 19.2-30.0 139 29.7 23.9-36.1 95 20.3 15.8-25.7
No 286 62 19.2 13.9-25.9 89 35.7 27.7-44.5 74 21.8 16.1-28.8 61 23.3 16.3-32.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 118 23 20.3 11.4-33.5 47 40.0 28.7-52.3 27 26.5 16.7-39.5 21 13.2 7.6-21.9
Non-Veteran 565 119 23.8 18.7-29.8 143 26.8 21.7-32.6 177 26.6 21.9-31.9 126 22.7 17.9-28.4

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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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