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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Pre-Diabetes

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes
or borderline diabetes?*

(See footnote for definition of Yes group.)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,528 1,004 7.1 6.4- 7.9 10,524 92.9 92.1-93.6
-Western NC 2,451 242 7.6 6.5- 8.9 2,209 92.4 91.1-93.5
GENDER
Male 937 82 5.4 4.2- 7.0 855 94.6 93.0-95.8
Female 1,514 160 9.6 7.9-11.6 1,354 90.4 88.4-92.1
RACE
White 2,279 228 7.9 6.7- 9.3 2,051 92.1 90.7-93.3
African American 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
Other Minorities 104 14 7.6 3.9-14.2 90 92.4 85.8-96.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 2 2.6 0.6-10.9 52 97.4 89.1-99.4
Non-Hispanic 2,393 240 7.8 6.7- 9.1 2,153 92.2 90.9-93.3
AGE
18-24 87 7 5.4 2.2-12.6 80 94.6 87.4-97.8
25-34 190 13 4.2 2.4- 7.4 177 95.8 92.6-97.6
35-44 327 31 5.6 3.8- 8.3 296 94.4 91.7-96.2
45-54 443 52 11.0 8.1-14.8 391 89.0 85.2-91.9
55-64 546 55 9.6 7.2-12.7 491 90.4 87.3-92.8
65+ 836 82 9.0 7.1-11.3 754 91.0 88.7-92.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 313 27 5.4 3.2- 9.1 286 94.6 90.9-96.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 775 85 7.2 5.6- 9.2 690 92.8 90.8-94.4
Some Post-H.S. 611 72 9.6 7.2-12.8 539 90.4 87.2-92.8
College Graduate 749 58 7.4 5.4-10.0 691 92.6 90.0-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 279 45 9.5 6.5-13.6 234 90.5 86.4-93.5
$15,000- 24,999 440 43 7.4 5.1-10.5 397 92.6 89.5-94.9
$25,000- 34,999 309 41 11.2 7.9-15.7 268 88.8 84.3-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 339 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 314 92.3 88.1-95.1
$50,000-74,999 332 25 7.8 4.7-12.5 307 92.2 87.5-95.3
$75,000+ 378 36 6.7 4.6- 9.7 342 93.3 90.3-95.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 831 114 11.9 9.5-14.8 717 88.1 85.2-90.5
No 1,499 115 6.0 4.8- 7.5 1,384 94.0 92.5-95.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 295 33 8.9 6.2-12.7 262 91.1 87.3-93.8
Non-Veteran 1,956 188 7.3 6.1- 8.7 1,768 92.7 91.3-93.9

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*Females who reported being diagnosed with gestational pre-diabetes (N=147) were included in the YES group.
The pre-diabetes screening question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes, or not having pre-diabetes as
derived from the Diabetes Core question.

^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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