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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,578 127 12.1 9.8-15.0 428 35.2 31.6-39.0 494 28.3 25.3-31.5 529 24.3 21.8-27.1
GENDER
Male 612 41 10.7 7.5-15.1 169 36.4 30.8-42.4 211 30.1 25.4-35.2 191 22.8 19.0-27.1
Female 966 86 13.5 10.2-17.6 259 34.1 29.7-38.8 283 26.7 23.0-30.7 338 25.8 22.5-29.4
RACE
White 1,114 79 11.4 8.6-14.9 256 31.6 27.5-36.0 352 27.7 24.3-31.4 427 29.4 26.1-32.9
African American 365 36 13.1 8.8-19.0 131 39.8 32.6-47.4 110 30.6 24.5-37.6 88 16.5 12.4-21.6
Asian 6 0 0.0 . - . 4 87.1 43.1-98.4 1 1.6 0.2-14.2 1 11.3 1.2-57.3
Native American 55 6 12.8 4.0-34.3 21 33.2 18.4-52.4 21 44.8 25.9-65.3 7 9.1 3.3-22.8
Other Minorities 27 5 21.4 7.2-48.9 11 55.0 29.4-78.2 9 20.2 8.0-42.5 2 3.4 0.8-13.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 4 12.9 3.7-36.1 21 65.2 43.5-82.0 10 16.3 7.0-33.4 7 5.6 2.2-13.6
-English Speaking 30 3 11.4 3.3-32.7 12 49.5 28.1-71.0 8 27.4 12.0-51.1 7 11.7 4.8-25.9
-Spanish Speaking 12 1 14.2 1.9-58.8 9 79.9 40.7-95.8 2 5.9 0.9-29.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,528 123 12.2 9.8-15.1 405 33.8 30.3-37.6 481 28.8 25.7-32.0 519 25.2 22.6-28.0
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 35 24 69.6 47.8-85.1 11 30.4 14.9-52.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 73 29 32.4 21.0-46.4 44 67.6 53.6-79.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 224 34 12.4 8.2-18.3 154 70.8 62.5-77.9 36 16.9 11.2-24.6 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 475 26 6.4 3.8-10.8 129 27.8 22.4-33.8 265 55.7 49.4-61.8 55 10.1 7.3-13.7
65-74 469 8 2.2 1.0- 4.9 68 17.4 12.2-24.1 138 30.1 24.6-36.1 255 50.3 43.9-56.6
75+ 293 5 3.4 1.1- 9.7 19 7.9 4.5-13.7 52 15.9 11.0-22.4 217 72.8 65.1-79.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 337 21 8.4 4.3-15.9 81 37.4 29.3-46.3 99 27.5 20.9-35.3 136 26.6 21.1-33.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 523 36 12.7 8.7-18.3 144 35.3 29.4-41.7 157 27.4 22.6-32.9 186 24.6 20.4-29.3
Some Post-H.S. 384 32 12.4 8.2-18.4 119 36.2 29.6-43.4 119 27.6 22.0-34.0 114 23.8 18.6-29.8
College Graduate 332 38 15.0 10.2-21.6 83 30.9 23.2-40.0 118 31.7 25.3-38.9 93 22.3 17.3-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 286 29 12.8 8.2-19.5 79 38.6 30.2-47.8 74 23.2 17.1-30.7 104 25.3 19.6-32.0
$15,000- 24,999 346 21 10.8 6.0-18.8 97 32.3 25.0-40.7 95 26.7 20.0-34.7 133 30.1 24.0-37.1
$25,000- 34,999 184 13 11.8 6.2-21.4 43 35.4 25.1-47.3 68 28.4 20.9-37.2 60 24.4 17.5-32.9
$35,000- 49,999 205 14 10.9 5.5-20.6 51 33.0 23.0-44.7 77 31.2 23.1-40.7 63 24.9 18.0-33.4
$50,000-74,999 160 14 12.4 6.5-22.4 54 35.9 26.6-46.3 53 35.2 26.1-45.7 39 16.5 11.0-24.0
$75,000+ 174 17 14.5 8.7-23.3 56 35.4 26.3-45.7 58 30.6 22.8-39.7 43 19.5 13.3-27.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 967 73 9.5 7.1-12.6 264 38.2 33.4-43.3 309 27.3 23.6-31.4 321 24.9 21.6-28.6
No 565 48 15.3 10.9-21.2 153 30.8 25.5-36.6 170 30.1 25.1-35.6 194 23.8 19.8-28.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 271 8 5.5 2.7-10.9 50 22.9 16.2-31.3 100 34.2 27.3-41.8 113 37.4 30.2-45.2
Non-Veteran 1,307 119 13.6 10.8-17.0 378 37.9 33.9-42.1 394 27.0 23.7-30.6 416 21.5 18.9-24.2

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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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