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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit because of your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,612 106 6.7 5.0- 8.9 1,506 93.3 91.1-95.0
-Piedmont NC 741 48 5.4 3.7- 7.7 693 94.6 92.3-96.3
GENDER
Male 297 20 5.4 3.0- 9.4 277 94.6 90.6-97.0
Female 444 28 5.4 3.3- 8.6 416 94.6 91.4-96.7
RACE
White 546 33 5.6 3.6- 8.5 513 94.4 91.5-96.4
African American 163 12 5.4 2.6-11.0 151 94.6 89.0-97.4
Other Minorities 27 3 3.5 1.0-11.3 24 96.5 88.7-99.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 3 6.6 1.6-23.6 13 93.4 76.4-98.4
Non-Hispanic 724 44 5.3 3.6- 7.7 680 94.7 92.3-96.4
AGE
18-44 56 3 3.9 0.9-16.4 53 96.1 83.6-99.1
45-54 104 7 4.5 1.8-10.6 97 95.5 89.4-98.2
55-64 212 16 7.9 4.4-13.8 196 92.1 86.2-95.6
65+ 366 22 4.2 2.6- 6.6 344 95.8 93.4-97.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 18 7.9 4.2-14.3 151 92.1 85.7-95.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 241 14 4.8 2.5- 9.0 227 95.2 91.0-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 177 12 8.2 4.0-16.1 165 91.8 83.9-96.0
College Graduate 151 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 148 98.9 96.5-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 110 10 8.3 4.0-16.4 100 91.7 83.6-96.0
$15,000- 24,999 150 14 7.4 3.6-14.5 136 92.6 85.5-96.4
$25,000- 34,999 89 4 2.6 0.9- 7.1 85 97.4 92.9-99.1
$35,000- 49,999 95 6 9.0 3.8-19.8 89 91.0 80.2-96.2
$50,000-74,999 77 2 2.8 0.6-12.1 75 97.2 87.9-99.4
$75,000+ 86 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 84 98.8 95.0-99.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 434 43 8.7 5.8-12.7 391 91.3 87.3-94.2
No 292 5 1.5 0.6- 3.7 287 98.5 96.3-99.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 8 3.4 1.6- 7.1 106 96.6 92.9-98.4
Non-Veteran 555 37 5.9 3.9- 9.0 518 94.1 91.0-96.1

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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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