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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,715 911 53.6 49.3-57.8 804 46.4 42.2-50.7
-Western NC 362 182 51.9 45.3-58.4 180 48.1 41.6-54.7
GENDER
Male 142 69 54.6 44.6-64.3 73 45.4 35.7-55.4
Female 220 113 49.4 41.0-57.9 107 50.6 42.1-59.0
RACE
White 307 154 52.1 45.1-59.0 153 47.9 41.0-54.9
African American 20 11 47.8 22.8-73.9 9 52.2 26.1-77.2
Other Minorities 33 15 47.6 24.9-71.3 18 52.4 28.7-75.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 16.6 3.3-54.1 4 83.4 45.9-96.7
Non-Hispanic 354 179 52.7 46.0-59.3 175 47.3 40.7-54.0
AGE
18-44 22 12 57.9 34.4-78.3 10 42.1 21.7-65.6
45-54 48 23 46.0 29.7-63.2 25 54.0 36.8-70.3
55-64 104 54 50.3 38.4-62.3 50 49.7 37.7-61.6
65+ 188 93 53.6 44.7-62.3 95 46.4 37.7-55.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 32 37.8 26.0-51.3 54 62.2 48.7-74.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 69 50.2 39.1-61.2 73 49.8 38.8-60.9
Some Post-H.S. 78 43 54.0 40.7-66.8 35 46.0 33.2-59.3
College Graduate 55 38 72.1 57.2-83.4 17 27.9 16.6-42.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 42 46.9 34.6-59.5 44 53.1 40.5-65.4
$15,000- 24,999 81 41 56.0 42.7-68.5 40 44.0 31.5-57.3
$25,000- 34,999 38 19 53.7 35.4-71.0 19 46.3 29.0-64.6
$35,000- 49,999 33 23 61.9 40.7-79.4 10 38.1 20.6-59.3
$50,000-74,999 27 14 57.3 36.2-76.1 13 42.7 23.9-63.8
$75,000+ 30 18 57.0 34.1-77.3 12 43.0 22.7-65.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 238 117 49.7 41.9-57.6 121 50.3 42.4-58.1
No 111 59 56.9 44.7-68.3 52 43.1 31.7-55.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 62 34 59.2 45.0-72.1 28 40.8 27.9-55.0
Non-Veteran 266 133 51.4 43.6-59.2 133 48.6 40.8-56.4

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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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