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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^		 Past month Past year Past 2 years 2+ years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,675 436 23.7 20.9-26.7 811 47.2 43.7-50.7 192 13.6 11.1-16.4 202 12.4 10.3-14.8 34 3.1 1.8- 5.3
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 394 101 26.4 20.5-33.2 198 48.1 41.1-55.2 45 14.9 10.2-21.2 41 8.1 5.3-12.0 9 2.5 1.2- 5.4
GENDER
Male 110 35 31.9 21.3-44.8 44 40.6 29.1-53.2 16 15.5 9.0-25.6 12 9.2 4.5-17.7 3 2.8 0.7- 9.8
Female 284 66 23.1 16.8-31.0 154 52.5 43.9-61.0 29 14.6 8.7-23.3 29 7.4 4.5-11.9 6 2.4 0.9- 6.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 4 85.2 50.0-97.1 1 7.1 0.8-40.5 1 7.8 0.9-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 386 96 26.2 20.3-33.1 196 47.9 40.8-55.0 44 15.2 10.4-21.6 41 8.2 5.5-12.2 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5
AGE
18-44 33 5 18.5 6.5-42.6 15 38.5 20.4-60.4 6 27.9 11.6-53.4 4 7.8 2.3-23.6 3 7.3 1.9-24.3
45-54 74 17 19.5 10.9-32.5 38 59.4 44.3-72.8 8 10.8 4.6-23.3 9 7.9 3.6-16.8 2 2.3 0.5- 9.5
55-64 124 31 25.6 16.6-37.2 65 50.9 38.9-62.8 10 10.8 5.0-21.7 14 9.3 4.6-17.7 4 3.4 1.1-10.6
65+ 160 46 34.3 23.8-46.6 79 43.1 32.7-54.1 21 15.3 8.7-25.3 14 7.4 3.4-15.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 101 23 32.0 19.7-47.5 49 39.3 27.2-52.8 16 19.9 11.0-33.2 11 6.6 2.9-14.3 2 2.2 0.5-10.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 129 30 17.8 10.7-28.1 63 54.6 42.2-66.5 15 14.1 7.2-25.8 16 9.0 4.6-16.8 5 4.4 1.5-12.0
Some Post-H.S. 99 24 23.4 14.0-36.3 54 50.6 36.6-64.5 8 13.2 5.0-30.7 11 10.9 5.0-22.1 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3
College Graduate 63 24 40.8 25.5-58.2 30 43.8 28.5-60.3 6 11.0 3.9-27.3 3 4.3 1.0-16.6 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 19 26.1 15.3-41.0 45 40.4 28.0-54.2 11 17.6 8.5-32.9 14 11.0 5.3-21.5 4 4.8 1.6-13.2
$15,000- 24,999 102 23 22.5 12.4-37.5 49 51.4 36.7-65.8 15 14.9 7.7-26.8 14 9.6 4.8-18.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.7
$25,000- 34,999 33 7 25.1 9.2-52.6 20 45.4 24.0-68.7 5 28.9 9.7-60.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0
$35,000- 49,999 42 12 19.1 9.0-36.1 23 61.0 41.0-77.9 4 11.0 3.3-31.1 2 7.8 1.6-30.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
$50,000- 74,999 35 9 27.7 13.4-48.6 17 44.5 26.9-63.6 3 8.8 2.4-27.9 5 16.8 6.4-37.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.2
$75,000+ 17 7 27.3 9.8-56.5 7 52.0 20.9-81.6 2 14.2 2.3-54.0 1 6.5 0.8-36.3 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 257 73 30.6 22.9-39.6 121 43.7 35.1-52.7 32 16.7 10.5-25.4 28 8.0 4.8-12.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
No 125 27 20.6 12.5-32.2 72 59.0 46.8-70.1 10 8.5 3.9-17.4 12 9.2 4.5-17.9 4 2.7 0.8- 9.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 54 21 36.7 21.5-55.2 22 41.1 25.3-58.9 7 19.0 6.8-42.9 4 3.2 1.0- 9.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 340 80 24.4 18.3-31.8 176 49.4 41.8-57.1 38 14.2 9.5-20.6 37 9.0 5.8-13.6 9 3.0 1.4- 6.4

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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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