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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Pre-Diabetes

Have you had a test for high blood sugar or diabetes within the past three years?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,101 7,275 61.4 59.7-63.0 3,826 38.6 37.0-40.3
-Western NC 2,358 1,492 58.3 55.1-61.5 866 41.7 38.5-44.9
GENDER
Male 907 555 54.4 49.4-59.3 352 45.6 40.7-50.6
Female 1,451 937 61.9 57.7-65.9 514 38.1 34.1-42.3
RACE
White 2,185 1,386 59.5 56.1-62.7 799 40.5 37.3-43.9
African American 58 36 43.9 26.8-62.6 22 56.1 37.4-73.2
Other Minorities 105 66 50.7 36.0-65.3 39 49.3 34.7-64.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 53 27 51.4 31.7-70.6 26 48.6 29.4-68.3
Non-Hispanic 2,301 1,463 58.7 55.4-61.9 838 41.3 38.1-44.6
AGE
18-24 86 34 45.7 30.5-61.7 52 54.3 38.3-69.5
25-34 186 90 40.5 32.0-49.6 96 59.5 50.4-68.0
35-44 323 171 54.9 47.6-62.1 152 45.1 37.9-52.4
45-54 429 257 61.1 54.7-67.1 172 38.9 32.9-45.3
55-64 522 359 68.5 63.5-73.1 163 31.5 26.9-36.5
65+ 790 562 73.3 69.5-76.8 228 26.7 23.2-30.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 167 51.9 42.4-61.3 133 48.1 38.7-57.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 738 448 54.2 49.1-59.2 290 45.8 40.8-50.9
Some Post-H.S. 591 403 64.5 57.6-70.9 188 35.5 29.1-42.4
College Graduate 726 472 60.3 54.5-65.8 254 39.7 34.2-45.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 274 161 49.9 39.6-60.2 113 50.1 39.8-60.4
$15,000- 24,999 418 257 56.4 48.9-63.5 161 43.6 36.5-51.1
$25,000- 34,999 302 189 58.7 51.3-65.7 113 41.3 34.3-48.7
$35,000- 49,999 324 211 64.4 57.3-70.9 113 35.6 29.1-42.7
$50,000-74,999 322 218 59.5 50.0-68.3 104 40.5 31.7-50.0
$75,000+ 364 251 66.9 58.5-74.3 113 33.1 25.7-41.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 798 548 65.0 59.9-69.9 250 35.0 30.1-40.1
No 1,447 877 56.0 51.8-60.1 570 44.0 39.9-48.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 280 204 74.1 67.8-79.6 76 25.9 20.4-32.2
Non-Veteran 1,886 1,165 56.4 52.7-60.1 721 43.6 39.9-47.3

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*The diabetes testing question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having 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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