2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,559 472 30.8 27.9-33.9 1,087 69.2 66.1-72.1
-Piedmont NC 783 233 28.7 24.8-32.9 550 71.3 67.1-75.2
GENDER
Male 338 110 31.4 25.6-37.8 228 68.6 62.2-74.4
Female 445 123 25.9 21.1-31.3 322 74.1 68.7-78.9
RACE
White 539 149 28.8 24.1-33.9 390 71.2 66.1-75.9
African American 195 69 30.7 23.3-39.2 126 69.3 60.8-76.7
Other minorities 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 752 222 28.7 24.7-33.0 530 71.3 67.0-75.3
AGE
18-34 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 175 66 36.8 28.8-45.5 109 63.2 54.5-71.2
55-64 182 71 36.5 28.0-45.9 111 63.5 54.1-72.0
65-74 236 61 24.5 18.4-31.9 175 75.5 68.1-81.6
75+ 161 30 12.1 8.1-17.8 131 87.9 82.2-91.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 49 29.9 21.3-40.3 98 70.1 59.7-78.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 257 77 29.3 22.9-36.6 180 70.7 63.4-77.1
Some Post-H.S. 205 64 30.9 23.5-39.4 141 69.1 60.6-76.5
College Graduate 170 42 22.9 16.4-31.0 128 77.1 69.0-83.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 129 36 28.2 19.2-39.2 93 71.8 60.8-80.8
$15,000- 24,999 171 70 44.7 35.4-54.3 101 55.3 45.7-64.6
$25,000- 34,999 85 18 18.6 11.1-29.5 67 81.4 70.5-88.9
$35,000- 49,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 161 29 15.7 10.0-23.8 132 84.3 76.2-90.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 373 139 36.5 30.3-43.1 234 63.5 56.9-69.7
No 403 93 22.9 18.1-28.5 310 77.1 71.5-81.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 35 24.5 16.7-34.3 102 75.5 65.7-83.3
Non-Veteran 646 198 29.6 25.3-34.3 448 70.4 65.7-74.7

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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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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