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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,684 307 19.8 17.2-22.7 1,377 80.2 77.3-82.8
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 396 84 23.5 18.0-30.1 312 76.5 69.9-82.0
GENDER
Male 113 29 31.2 20.7-44.1 84 68.8 55.9-79.3
Female 283 55 18.8 13.5-25.7 228 81.2 74.3-86.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 388 82 22.8 17.4-29.2 306 77.2 70.8-82.6
AGE
18-44 34 3 6.6 1.9-20.6 31 93.4 79.4-98.1
45-54 74 17 21.6 11.5-36.7 57 78.4 63.3-88.5
55-64 124 28 34.2 22.9-47.8 96 65.8 52.2-77.1
65+ 161 35 23.8 15.4-34.7 126 76.2 65.3-84.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 27 31.6 20.4-45.4 76 68.4 54.6-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 129 28 25.4 15.9-38.0 101 74.6 62.0-84.1
Some Post-H.S. 99 19 16.1 8.8-27.7 80 83.9 72.3-91.2
College Graduate 63 10 17.8 7.2-38.0 53 82.2 62.0-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 31 31.0 20.6-43.7 63 69.0 56.3-79.4
$15,000- 24,999 104 24 30.1 18.1-45.6 80 69.9 54.4-81.9
$25,000- 34,999 33 4 13.8 3.3-43.3 29 86.2 56.7-96.7
$35,000- 49,999 42 7 12.4 4.6-29.3 35 87.6 70.7-95.4
$50,000- 74,999 35 3 7.2 1.7-25.5 32 92.8 74.5-98.3
$75,000+ 17 3 38.5 10.4-77.2 14 61.5 22.8-89.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 256 68 32.6 24.7-41.7 188 67.4 58.3-75.3
No 126 16 8.2 4.7-13.9 110 91.8 86.1-95.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 13 31.2 16.5-51.0 41 68.8 49.0-83.5
Non-Veteran 342 71 22.1 16.4-29.0 271 77.9 71.0-83.6

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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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