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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, meter)
or diabetes medicine due to lack of money?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only testing supplies Yes, only medicines Yes, testing supplies and medicince No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,613 79 6.3 4.5- 8.9 50 4.8 3.1- 7.2 112 8.3 6.5-10.6 1,372 80.5 77.1-83.6
-Piedmont NC 744 36 7.1 4.4-11.1 27 6.1 3.5-10.4 51 9.4 6.6-13.2 630 77.4 72.0-82.0
GENDER
Male 297 13 4.6 2.3- 9.0 9 3.3 1.5- 7.3 22 10.3 6.0-17.2 253 81.7 74.4-87.3
Female 447 23 9.2 5.1-16.0 18 8.5 4.4-16.1 29 8.6 5.4-13.3 377 73.7 65.8-80.3
RACE
White 547 25 6.8 3.9-11.7 14 3.8 1.3-10.1 24 7.0 4.0-12.1 484 82.4 75.6-87.6
African American 165 8 6.6 2.4-16.9 12 11.6 6.1-21.0 19 12.7 7.5-20.8 126 69.1 58.2-78.2
Other Minorities 27 3 12.9 3.2-40.1 1 4.8 0.7-27.3 4 12.0 4.0-30.5 19 70.4 47.0-86.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 3 14.9 3.3-47.6 1 5.5 0.7-32.3 2 7.8 1.5-31.8 10 71.8 40.1-90.6
Non-Hispanic 727 33 6.7 4.1-10.8 26 6.2 3.5-10.6 48 9.4 6.5-13.4 620 77.7 72.2-82.4
AGE
18-44 56 9 23.5 10.9-43.6 8 11.8 5.4-24.0 8 14.2 6.5-28.4 31 50.4 34.6-66.2
45-54 104 8 6.2 2.8-13.1 3 8.8 2.2-29.4 15 12.8 6.5-23.6 78 72.3 57.6-83.3
55-64 212 13 5.1 2.6- 9.8 12 7.4 3.3-15.8 15 10.4 5.3-19.3 172 77.2 67.4-84.7
65+ 369 6 2.5 0.8- 7.9 4 1.1 0.3- 3.7 13 4.5 2.3- 8.6 346 91.9 86.5-95.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 11 9.8 3.7-23.8 6 10.2 3.1-28.6 15 8.5 4.4-15.7 137 71.4 56.4-82.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 243 14 9.1 4.5-17.3 12 7.6 3.6-15.5 21 12.0 6.6-20.6 196 71.4 61.4-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 177 6 4.3 1.6-11.3 5 4.1 1.4-11.7 10 13.3 7.1-23.6 156 78.4 67.7-86.2
College Graduate 152 5 4.5 1.4-13.5 4 2.4 0.8- 7.1 4 1.8 0.5- 6.5 139 91.2 82.9-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 112 8 10.4 4.3-23.4 5 7.0 2.5-18.0 11 13.6 6.7-25.8 88 69.0 55.3-79.9
$15,000- 24,999 149 7 7.6 2.2-23.0 8 9.4 3.3-24.1 17 15.6 9.1-25.4 117 67.4 53.9-78.5
$25,000- 34,999 90 3 2.6 0.8- 8.2 4 4.6 1.4-13.9 7 9.8 4.3-20.6 76 83.1 71.0-90.8
$35,000- 49,999 95 6 12.0 4.9-26.5 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 3 3.9 1.0-14.7 85 82.6 68.3-91.3
$50,000-74,999 77 3 6.4 1.9-19.1 2 2.8 0.6-11.7 4 9.5 3.1-25.6 68 81.4 65.8-90.8
$75,000+ 86 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 84 97.7 89.4-99.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 438 25 6.8 4.2-10.8 18 8.1 4.0-15.6 40 11.7 7.9-17.1 355 73.4 66.1-79.6
No 291 11 7.8 3.4-16.8 9 4.0 1.9- 8.0 11 6.9 3.4-13.6 260 81.4 72.5-87.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.5 0.4- 5.3 7 11.4 4.1-27.8 104 87.1 71.5-94.8
Non-Veteran 557 33 8.8 5.5-14.0 22 7.5 4.2-13.1 39 8.9 6.0-13.1 463 74.7 68.2-80.2

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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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