2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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%)
TOTAL 1,555 854 55.9 52.6-59.1 701 44.1 40.9-47.4
GENDER
Male 639 346 56.6 51.8-61.3 293 43.4 38.7-48.2
Female 916 508 55.1 50.7-59.4 408 44.9 40.6-49.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 994 554 55.7 51.8-59.7 440 44.3 40.3-48.2
Non-Hispanic Black 392 213 57.6 51.0-63.9 179 42.4 36.1-49.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 235 134 57.2 49.2-64.9 101 42.8 35.1-50.8
55-64 396 231 60.0 53.8-66.0 165 40.0 34.0-46.2
65-74 473 259 53.9 47.9-59.7 214 46.1 40.3-52.1
75+ 306 140 45.1 38.2-52.2 166 54.9 47.8-61.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 306 115 44.4 37.0-52.1 191 55.6 47.9-63.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 506 272 56.4 50.8-61.9 234 43.6 38.1-49.2
Some Post-H.S. 405 256 61.4 55.0-67.5 149 38.6 32.5-45.0
College Graduate 332 206 61.2 54.4-67.6 126 38.8 32.4-45.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 273 127 54.1 46.1-61.9 146 45.9 38.1-53.9
$15,000- 24,999 340 177 52.3 45.4-59.0 163 47.7 41.0-54.6
$25,000- 34,999 184 112 55.9 46.6-64.9 72 44.1 35.1-53.4
$35,000- 49,999 164 106 61.0 51.4-69.7 58 39.0 30.3-48.6
$50,000-74,999 133 80 62.1 51.8-71.4 53 37.9 28.6-48.2
$75,000+ 162 103 62.7 52.6-71.7 59 37.3 28.3-47.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 755 407 56.5 51.8-61.1 348 43.5 38.9-48.2
No 781 436 55.1 50.5-59.6 345 44.9 40.4-49.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 272 168 62.6 55.3-69.5 104 37.4 30.5-44.7
Non-Veteran 1,283 686 54.3 50.7-58.0 597 45.7 42.0-49.3

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*This question was asked of respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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