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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 1,125 62.8 58.4-67.1 338 21.5 18.4-24.9 60 4.1 2.9- 5.8 17 1.6 0.7- 3.8 148 9.9 6.6-14.7
-Western NC 359 242 66.6 60.2-72.3 66 19.9 15.2-25.5 14 4.0 2.0- 7.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 36 8.9 6.2-12.7
GENDER
Male 143 81 56.6 46.5-66.2 33 23.7 16.2-33.2 11 7.4 3.5-15.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 17 11.0 6.6-17.7
Female 216 161 75.7 68.3-81.8 33 16.3 11.2-23.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 19 7.0 4.3-11.4
RACE
White 304 207 66.6 59.8-72.8 52 19.0 14.1-25.1 12 4.5 2.2- 8.9 0 0.0 . - . 33 9.9 6.8-14.1
African American 20 12 61.7 34.9-82.9 7 29.5 12.3-55.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.8 1.2-42.7 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 33 21 68.2 44.9-84.9 7 23.3 9.4-47.1 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.2 1.6-21.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 34.9 8.0-76.8 4 65.1 23.2-92.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 351 238 67.2 60.8-73.0 62 18.9 14.3-24.5 14 4.2 2.1- 8.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 36 9.1 6.4-13.0
AGE
18-44 22 12 64.9 41.2-82.9 5 14.1 5.0-34.0 4 18.4 6.1-44.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.3-16.6
45-54 48 36 74.2 55.8-86.8 7 19.0 8.1-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.7 2.4-17.3
55-64 103 62 57.9 46.0-68.9 21 21.4 13.7-31.7 5 4.0 1.6-10.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 14 14.6 8.4-24.2
65+ 186 132 70.3 61.4-77.8 33 20.7 14.1-29.4 5 1.6 0.5- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 16 7.5 4.3-12.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 63 72.7 59.3-83.0 13 15.1 8.1-26.3 3 5.4 1.5-17.8 1 3.3 0.5-19.9 3 3.4 1.1-10.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 97 67.1 56.6-76.2 26 19.5 12.7-28.7 7 5.8 2.2-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 7.7 4.1-14.0
Some Post-H.S. 77 51 67.7 54.5-78.5 15 21.7 12.5-34.8 2 1.4 0.3- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 9.2 4.5-18.1
College Graduate 55 31 56.2 40.5-70.7 12 24.3 12.5-41.8 2 2.0 0.4- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 17.5 8.9-31.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 58 66.4 53.0-77.6 17 20.6 12.2-32.6 3 6.5 1.8-20.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 6.5 2.3-16.9
$15,000- 24,999 81 62 75.1 61.8-84.9 10 15.3 7.6-28.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 8 6.9 3.2-14.5
$25,000- 34,999 37 19 55.4 36.8-72.5 10 27.9 14.8-46.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.5 0 0.0 . - . 7 16.4 7.4-32.4
$35,000- 49,999 33 20 56.9 36.4-75.4 6 18.4 7.3-39.2 3 11.9 3.1-36.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.7 4.1-33.0
$50,000-74,999 27 16 58.8 36.7-77.9 5 20.3 7.5-44.4 4 15.1 4.4-41.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.2-24.2
$75,000+ 31 17 54.8 33.6-74.4 7 27.8 12.5-51.0 2 3.1 0.6-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.3 5.6-31.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 235 165 68.5 60.7-75.4 37 18.5 12.9-25.7 10 4.5 2.1- 9.3 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 22 7.4 4.6-11.8
No 112 67 62.1 50.3-72.6 28 22.7 14.8-33.3 4 3.6 0.9-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 13 11.5 6.5-19.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 38 58.0 43.6-71.2 12 22.7 12.4-37.9 6 8.2 3.1-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.1 5.0-22.8
Non-Veteran 262 180 68.2 60.7-74.8 50 19.8 14.4-26.5 6 3.0 1.1- 8.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 25 8.2 5.3-12.5

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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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