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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Diabetes Control

In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit because of your diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,612 106 6.7 5.0- 8.9 1,506 93.3 91.1-95.0
-Western NC 339 20 6.1 3.5-10.4 319 93.9 89.6-96.5
GENDER
Male 136 7 6.3 2.6-14.3 129 93.7 85.7-97.4
Female 203 13 5.9 3.0-11.5 190 94.1 88.5-97.0
RACE
White 287 17 6.6 3.7-11.5 270 93.4 88.5-96.3
African American 19 1 2.8 0.4-18.6 18 97.2 81.4-99.6
Other Minorities 31 2 2.9 0.5-14.6 29 97.1 85.4-99.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 331 20 6.3 3.6-10.7 311 93.7 89.3-96.4
AGE
18-44 21 3 13.9 4.4-36.2 18 86.1 63.8-95.6
45-54 47 4 11.1 3.5-29.9 43 88.9 70.1-96.5
55-64 99 5 4.7 1.4-14.2 94 95.3 85.8-98.6
65+ 172 8 2.9 1.3- 6.0 164 97.1 94.0-98.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 5 3.5 1.3- 9.0 69 96.5 91.0-98.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 139 8 5.6 2.5-11.9 131 94.4 88.1-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 74 5 10.7 4.0-26.0 69 89.3 74.0-96.0
College Graduate 51 2 3.1 0.8-11.9 49 96.9 88.1-99.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 81 7 8.8 3.5-20.3 74 91.2 79.7-96.5
$15,000- 24,999 74 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 72 98.8 95.3-99.7
$25,000- 34,999 36 4 13.5 4.8-32.5 32 86.5 67.5-95.2
$35,000- 49,999 33 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 32 99.7 97.9- 100
$50,000-74,999 26 3 20.1 6.4-48.1 23 79.9 51.9-93.6
$75,000+ 28 0 0.0 . - . 28 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 225 15 6.9 3.7-12.5 210 93.1 87.5-96.3
No 112 5 5.0 1.6-14.2 107 95.0 85.8-98.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 2 2.9 0.7-10.9 58 97.1 89.1-99.3
Non-Veteran 248 17 7.5 4.1-13.4 231 92.5 86.6-95.9

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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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