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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes

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Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,683 290 16.3 13.6-19.5 922 52.1 47.9-56.3 223 12.8 10.6-15.3 187 11.6 9.3-14.4 61 7.1 3.9-12.5
-Western NC 356 51 13.4 9.7-18.2 179 47.5 40.9-54.2 64 19.2 14.4-25.1 54 17.2 12.5-23.4 8 2.7 1.2- 6.1
GENDER
Male 140 20 13.8 8.5-21.5 65 45.8 35.8-56.2 23 17.6 11.1-26.7 26 17.8 11.6-26.4 6 5.0 2.0-12.0
Female 216 31 13.0 8.4-19.6 114 49.1 40.5-57.6 41 20.6 14.3-28.8 28 16.7 10.2-26.1 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
RACE
White 302 45 13.9 9.9-19.1 147 47.9 40.9-55.0 58 19.5 14.5-25.7 47 16.5 11.6-22.8 5 2.2 0.8- 6.2
African American 20 1 2.3 0.3-15.7 11 43.1 20.2-69.5 3 20.3 5.1-54.9 4 31.9 11.1-63.7 1 2.3 0.3-15.3
Other Minorities 32 5 23.3 6.7-56.1 20 43.1 22.5-66.4 3 13.8 2.7-48.2 2 7.5 1.2-35.2 2 12.4 2.5-43.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 41.0 10.4-80.6 2 16.6 3.3-54.1 2 42.4 11.1-81.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 348 49 12.8 9.2-17.5 176 48.2 41.6-55.0 62 18.7 13.9-24.6 53 17.5 12.7-23.8 8 2.8 1.2- 6.3
AGE
18-44 22 2 7.5 1.8-26.5 10 36.1 17.7-59.7 5 37.4 17.0-63.6 3 10.9 3.2-31.2 2 8.1 1.4-35.0
45-54 46 3 3.7 0.9-14.8 22 42.8 27.0-60.2 9 17.3 8.4-32.5 10 32.3 16.7-53.2 2 3.9 0.8-16.3
55-64 103 10 10.8 5.3-20.9 58 58.5 46.5-69.5 15 12.5 7.0-21.2 18 16.8 10.2-26.5 2 1.4 0.3- 6.3
65+ 185 36 20.6 14.2-28.8 89 44.7 36.1-53.7 35 19.5 13.6-27.1 23 13.6 7.8-22.7 2 1.6 0.4- 7.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 84 11 15.4 7.3-29.5 42 48.2 35.4-61.3 17 21.1 12.6-33.1 11 12.3 5.4-25.5 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 138 15 8.3 4.5-14.6 64 40.1 29.6-51.5 28 21.6 13.9-32.1 27 25.1 16.0-37.2 4 5.0 1.7-13.6
Some Post-H.S. 78 14 15.2 8.4-26.0 41 53.7 40.3-66.5 12 17.9 8.9-32.9 11 13.2 6.9-23.9 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 55 11 21.5 11.2-37.3 31 55.4 40.0-69.8 7 12.5 5.6-25.7 5 9.9 3.9-22.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 7 9.1 3.9-20.0 40 43.1 31.1-56.0 19 20.3 12.5-31.2 15 22.7 12.7-37.1 3 4.8 1.3-15.9
$15,000- 24,999 79 13 16.5 8.5-29.5 34 36.4 24.9-49.7 14 25.5 14.9-39.9 18 21.7 12.7-34.6 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 38 6 10.1 4.1-22.9 20 49.1 31.1-67.4 7 28.2 12.5-51.9 5 12.6 4.9-28.6 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 33 6 20.5 8.4-42.1 16 39.2 22.0-59.6 7 24.3 10.5-46.8 4 16.0 6.0-36.6 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000-74,999 27 3 6.6 2.0-19.9 16 63.3 41.4-80.8 5 21.1 8.0-45.2 3 9.0 2.4-28.4 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 31 5 17.3 6.5-38.5 18 54.1 32.4-74.4 4 7.6 2.5-20.4 1 13.1 2.0-52.8 3 7.9 2.2-24.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 233 31 14.4 9.6-21.2 116 48.0 40.1-55.9 43 17.0 12.1-23.4 39 19.0 13.1-26.9 4 1.6 0.5- 4.7
No 110 19 11.8 6.9-19.4 55 46.1 34.2-58.5 20 23.8 14.5-36.5 12 13.5 6.6-25.5 4 4.9 1.5-14.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 10 17.0 8.7-30.5 36 56.7 42.5-69.8 10 15.3 7.8-27.9 6 8.6 3.5-19.6 1 2.5 0.3-15.4
Non-Veteran 259 34 11.8 7.8-17.4 128 46.0 38.2-53.9 50 21.4 15.4-29.0 40 17.7 12.3-24.8 7 3.1 1.2- 7.6

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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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