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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Have you ever taken a course or class in how to manage your diabetes yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,704 929 53.7 50.2-57.1 775 46.3 42.9-49.8
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 401 236 54.2 47.1-61.1 165 45.8 38.9-52.9
GENDER
Male 113 69 56.2 43.8-67.9 44 43.8 32.1-56.2
Female 288 167 52.9 44.3-61.3 121 47.1 38.7-55.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 5 90.8 52.2-98.9 1 9.2 1.1-47.8
Non-Hispanic 393 230 53.4 46.3-60.4 163 46.6 39.6-53.7
AGE
18-44 34 18 33.6 18.4-53.2 16 66.4 46.8-81.6
45-54 76 48 68.9 54.5-80.3 28 31.1 19.7-45.5
55-64 124 84 68.4 56.1-78.6 40 31.6 21.4-43.9
65+ 164 84 43.1 32.8-54.1 80 56.9 45.9-67.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 106 48 38.8 27.1-52.0 58 61.2 48.0-72.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 130 74 51.9 39.4-64.1 56 48.1 35.9-60.6
Some Post-H.S. 100 67 65.3 50.5-77.7 33 34.7 22.3-49.5
College Graduate 63 46 71.4 54.5-83.9 17 28.6 16.1-45.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 50 42.0 29.8-55.2 45 58.0 44.8-70.2
$15,000- 24,999 105 60 63.1 49.1-75.2 45 36.9 24.8-50.9
$25,000- 34,999 33 19 45.4 23.9-68.8 14 54.6 31.2-76.1
$35,000- 49,999 42 33 68.5 45.3-85.2 9 31.5 14.8-54.7
$50,000- 74,999 35 25 75.3 56.9-87.5 10 24.7 12.5-43.1
$75,000+ 17 12 72.4 38.9-91.6 5 27.6 8.4-61.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 260 146 51.1 42.2-59.9 114 48.9 40.1-57.8
No 127 81 59.8 47.3-71.2 46 40.2 28.8-52.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 37 65.7 45.9-81.1 17 34.3 18.9-54.1
Non-Veteran 347 199 52.0 44.4-59.5 148 48.0 40.5-55.6

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This question was asked of those who had been told they had diabetes by a doctor.

^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.

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