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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 1,718 490 29.3 25.9-33.0 1,228 70.7 67.0-74.1
-Western NC 363 113 30.9 25.1-37.3 250 69.1 62.7-74.9
GENDER
Male 143 47 32.8 24.2-42.7 96 67.2 57.3-75.8
Female 220 66 29.1 21.8-37.6 154 70.9 62.4-78.2
RACE
White 308 84 29.3 23.3-36.0 224 70.7 64.0-76.7
African American 20 7 36.3 14.7-65.4 13 63.7 34.6-85.3
Other Minorities 33 21 53.0 29.1-75.6 12 47.0 24.4-70.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 1 11.3 1.4-52.8 5 88.7 47.2-98.6
Non-Hispanic 355 110 31.1 25.3-37.6 245 68.9 62.4-74.7
AGE
18-44 22 8 40.5 20.2-64.6 14 59.5 35.4-79.8
45-54 48 23 43.3 27.2-61.0 25 56.7 39.0-72.8
55-64 104 29 24.8 16.5-35.4 75 75.2 64.6-83.5
65+ 189 53 27.7 20.5-36.3 136 72.3 63.7-79.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 27 30.0 19.3-43.4 59 70.0 56.6-80.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 143 49 34.4 24.6-45.7 94 65.6 54.3-75.4
Some Post-H.S. 78 17 24.8 15.2-37.7 61 75.2 62.3-84.8
College Graduate 55 20 33.0 20.7-48.1 35 67.0 51.9-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 27 30.6 20.4-43.2 59 69.4 56.8-79.6
$15,000- 24,999 81 26 31.5 20.5-45.1 55 68.5 54.9-79.5
$25,000- 34,999 38 7 19.1 8.7-37.0 31 80.9 63.0-91.3
$35,000- 49,999 33 12 38.2 20.7-59.5 21 61.8 40.5-79.3
$50,000-74,999 27 4 18.6 6.8-41.8 23 81.4 58.2-93.2
$75,000+ 31 9 34.9 16.6-59.2 22 65.1 40.8-83.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 238 83 34.5 27.6-42.3 155 65.5 57.7-72.4
No 112 27 24.9 15.4-37.6 85 75.1 62.4-84.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 20 35.0 22.8-49.5 43 65.0 50.5-77.2
Non-Veteran 266 83 28.5 22.2-35.8 183 71.5 64.2-77.8

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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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