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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, meter)
or diabetes medicine due to lack of money?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, only testing supplies Yes, only medicines Yes, testing supplies and medicince No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,613 79 6.3 4.5- 8.9 50 4.8 3.1- 7.2 112 8.3 6.5-10.6 1,372 80.5 77.1-83.6
-Western NC 338 20 6.5 3.7-11.0 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0 25 8.7 5.5-13.5 287 81.9 75.8-86.7
GENDER
Male 135 10 6.7 3.1-14.0 3 4.1 1.3-12.4 9 8.2 3.8-16.6 113 81.0 71.0-88.1
Female 203 10 6.2 2.8-13.2 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6 16 9.2 5.2-15.7 174 82.7 74.6-88.7
RACE
White 287 15 5.8 3.0-10.9 4 2.0 0.6- 6.1 18 6.4 3.8-10.6 250 85.8 79.8-90.2
African American 19 2 7.7 1.7-29.3 1 9.4 1.3-44.7 4 34.1 12.2-65.8 12 48.8 22.8-75.5
Other Minorities 30 3 18.2 5.0-48.1 1 12.9 1.9-53.2 3 13.7 3.5-41.0 23 55.2 29.1-78.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 23.7 3.4-73.3 3 40.2 10.8-78.7 2 36.2 8.4-77.8
Non-Hispanic 330 20 6.6 3.8-11.3 5 2.5 0.9- 6.5 22 8.0 4.8-12.8 283 83.0 76.8-87.7
AGE
18-44 21 2 12.4 3.0-39.6 2 12.9 3.2-39.9 9 36.1 17.3-60.4 8 38.5 18.0-64.1
45-54 47 8 20.5 9.6-38.7 2 6.0 1.5-21.4 7 11.7 5.1-24.6 30 61.8 44.0-76.8
55-64 98 8 4.4 1.9- 9.7 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 5 6.4 2.4-15.9 84 88.3 79.1-93.8
65+ 172 2 0.5 0.1- 2.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 4 1.1 0.4- 3.1 165 98.0 95.6-99.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 3 2.8 0.7-10.4 1 3.1 0.4-18.6 5 7.9 2.7-20.8 65 86.3 72.6-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 139 9 7.7 3.4-16.3 3 4.1 1.1-13.6 10 9.5 4.5-18.9 117 78.8 67.6-86.8
Some Post-H.S. 74 6 9.5 3.6-22.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 9 12.2 5.9-23.8 58 77.3 63.6-86.8
College Graduate 50 2 2.6 0.5-12.9 1 3.0 0.4-18.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 46 93.0 80.4-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 81 10 12.5 6.0-24.1 1 4.2 0.6-24.0 9 15.5 7.4-29.6 61 67.9 53.3-79.6
$15,000- 24,999 73 4 10.9 3.7-27.9 3 4.1 1.1-14.0 8 15.0 6.6-30.5 58 70.0 54.0-82.3
$25,000- 34,999 36 2 8.5 2.2-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.8 4.5-31.0 30 78.7 58.9-90.5
$35,000- 49,999 33 3 6.2 1.6-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 29 92.5 78.3-97.6
$50,000-74,999 26 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 1 4.2 0.6-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 24 92.6 74.2-98.2
$75,000+ 28 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 28 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 224 18 10.0 5.7-17.0 4 2.7 0.9- 7.8 15 8.5 4.8-14.6 187 78.8 70.8-85.1
No 112 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 2 3.5 0.8-13.7 9 8.1 3.5-17.8 99 87.5 76.9-93.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 2 3.5 0.9-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 57 95.6 86.7-98.7
Non-Veteran 247 17 8.0 4.4-14.1 6 4.1 1.7- 9.7 21 11.0 6.7-17.5 203 76.9 68.9-83.3

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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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