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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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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%)
TOTAL 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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,526 415 25.1 22.1-28.3 754 48.8 45.1-52.4 173 13.5 11.0-16.5 162 10.6 8.6-13.1 22 2.0 1.2- 3.2
No 148 20 13.7 8.0-22.6 57 36.7 26.1-48.7 19 13.8 7.1-25.1 40 24.6 16.6-34.8 12 11.3 4.2-26.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 16 6 39.2 15.0-70.3 4 20.7 5.1-56.2 2 10.2 1.9-40.7 2 23.6 4.8-65.4 2 6.2 1.4-24.1
Recommended Range 218 56 21.1 14.8-29.1 98 44.5 34.0-55.5 24 11.0 6.4-18.2 33 12.6 7.7-19.8 7 10.9 3.6-28.3
Overweight 531 132 22.9 18.2-28.3 283 51.6 45.3-57.8 57 13.8 9.2-20.3 50 9.7 6.6-14.0 9 1.9 0.9- 4.3
Obese 831 221 24.8 20.8-29.2 394 46.1 41.3-51.0 100 14.5 11.2-18.5 102 12.8 9.9-16.3 14 1.9 1.0- 3.5
Current Smoker
No 1,444 388 24.5 21.5-27.7 720 48.9 45.2-52.7 160 12.6 10.2-15.4 155 11.4 9.2-13.9 21 2.6 1.3- 5.3
Yes 226 47 18.4 12.0-27.0 88 38.7 29.2-49.1 31 18.9 11.3-29.9 47 18.2 12.3-26.2 13 5.8 3.0-10.9
History of CVD**
Yes 482 124 25.0 20.0-30.8 231 46.7 40.4-53.0 56 12.3 8.8-16.9 59 13.4 9.7-18.2 12 2.7 1.4- 5.1
No 1,157 306 23.5 20.2-27.1 562 47.7 43.4-51.9 133 14.3 11.2-18.0 134 11.2 8.9-14.0 22 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Binge Drinker
No 1,617 423 24.0 21.1-27.1 786 47.8 44.3-51.4 184 13.0 10.6-15.7 196 12.6 10.4-15.1 28 2.7 1.4- 4.9
Yes 42 10 19.0 8.6-36.9 18 38.3 21.2-58.8 5 21.3 6.3-52.2 5 10.5 3.3-28.3 4 11.0 3.5-29.8
Heavy Drinker
No 1,639 428 23.5 20.7-26.6 796 47.8 44.2-51.3 189 13.7 11.2-16.6 196 12.2 10.2-14.7 30 2.8 1.5- 5.0
Yes 19 4 32.5 11.3-64.4 8 24.1 8.8-51.0 2 11.1 1.8-46.0 3 18.1 4.6-50.0 2 14.2 3.0-47.1
Poor Sleep***
Yes 236 57 29.2 20.7-39.5 109 47.0 37.6-56.6 35 10.7 6.8-16.7 31 11.7 7.3-18.3 4 1.4 0.4- 4.9
No 1,393 372 23.0 20.1-26.1 673 47.1 43.3-50.9 151 13.8 11.1-17.0 168 12.8 10.4-15.5 29 3.4 1.9- 6.0
Current Asthma
Yes 208 42 21.5 14.3-30.9 104 50.0 40.2-59.8 24 13.4 7.7-22.3 34 12.5 8.0-18.9 4 2.7 0.9- 8.0
No 1,454 389 23.9 20.9-27.1 703 47.0 43.2-50.8 167 13.6 11.0-16.7 165 12.4 10.1-15.0 30 3.2 1.8- 5.7
Disability
Yes 1,033 270 24.5 20.8-28.6 490 46.8 42.2-51.4 119 12.6 9.9-16.0 137 13.1 10.5-16.2 17 3.0 1.3- 6.8
No 595 158 22.7 18.6-27.4 300 48.7 43.0-54.4 64 14.3 10.1-20.0 61 11.9 8.5-16.4 12 2.4 1.2- 4.7

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

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Poor sleep defined as not getting enough rest or sleep for all 30 days out of the past 30 days.

^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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