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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,616 1,299 77.3 72.5-81.4 119 9.2 7.2-11.7 163 9.4 7.3-11.9
-Western NC 324 258 74.9 67.8-80.8 32 13.3 8.8-19.6 34 11.8 7.9-17.5
GENDER
Male 127 96 72.8 62.7-81.0 14 12.7 7.2-21.4 17 14.5 8.6-23.4
Female 197 162 76.7 66.4-84.6 18 13.8 7.6-23.9 17 9.4 4.8-17.8
RACE
White 275 216 74.7 67.2-81.0 26 11.9 7.3-18.6 33 13.4 8.9-19.7
African American 17 15 88.5 54.2-98.0 2 11.5 2.0-45.8 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 30 25 52.2 26.8-76.5 4 46.0 21.8-72.3 1 1.8 0.2-12.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 3 35.3 9.1-74.9 3 64.7 25.1-90.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 316 253 75.8 68.7-81.7 29 12.0 7.6-18.3 34 12.2 8.1-18.0
AGE
18-44 19 10 42.3 20.5-67.6 5 28.3 11.2-55.4 4 29.3 10.5-59.6
45-54 45 38 76.6 53.7-90.3 5 20.3 7.5-44.6 2 3.1 0.7-12.6
55-64 96 81 81.8 71.1-89.1 8 8.6 4.0-17.6 7 9.6 4.6-19.2
65+ 164 129 78.3 69.7-84.9 14 9.6 5.1-17.2 21 12.1 7.5-18.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 69 57 77.0 61.6-87.4 4 13.5 5.2-30.7 8 9.5 4.5-18.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 132 102 69.6 57.6-79.5 16 17.2 9.4-29.4 14 13.2 7.2-22.9
Some Post-H.S. 72 54 72.5 57.0-84.0 10 13.3 6.2-26.3 8 14.2 5.9-30.5
College Graduate 50 44 89.5 76.6-95.7 2 3.3 0.7-13.5 4 7.2 2.4-19.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 77 63 82.2 70.3-90.1 5 5.0 1.7-13.4 9 12.8 6.3-24.4
$15,000- 24,999 73 54 67.7 53.3-79.3 12 23.9 13.5-38.6 7 8.5 3.8-17.8
$25,000- 34,999 34 26 71.1 46.6-87.4 2 4.0 0.9-16.4 6 24.9 9.6-51.1
$35,000- 49,999 32 26 75.0 51.3-89.5 3 5.3 1.6-16.6 3 19.7 6.7-45.5
$50,000-74,999 25 21 78.7 53.0-92.4 2 7.5 1.8-26.4 2 13.7 3.2-43.1
$75,000+ 27 25 82.8 46.1-96.4 1 14.3 2.2-55.5 1 2.9 0.4-18.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 213 165 75.1 67.2-81.6 21 12.8 7.9-20.2 27 12.0 7.9-17.9
No 109 92 75.0 60.9-85.3 10 13.2 6.0-26.7 7 11.8 5.0-25.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 46 77.9 63.3-87.8 3 5.7 1.8-16.6 8 16.4 8.0-30.8
Non-Veteran 239 192 75.9 67.6-82.5 23 12.7 7.9-19.8 24 11.4 6.8-18.6

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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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