2013 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 1,306 740 55.5 51.7-59.3 566 44.5 40.7-48.3
GENDER
Male 526 279 54.8 49.1-60.4 247 45.2 39.6-50.9
Female 780 461 56.2 51.0-61.1 319 43.8 38.9-49.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 797 453 55.1 50.3-59.8 344 44.9 40.2-49.7
Non-Hispanic Black 350 201 56.4 49.2-63.4 149 43.6 36.6-50.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 344 224 65.4 58.4-71.7 120 34.6 28.3-41.6
65-74 392 219 54.5 47.7-61.1 173 45.5 38.9-52.3
75+ 292 131 42.8 35.5-50.5 161 57.2 49.5-64.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 281 118 44.9 36.9-53.1 163 55.1 46.9-63.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 424 233 54.9 48.5-61.1 191 45.1 38.9-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 350 226 60.6 53.0-67.8 124 39.4 32.2-47.0
College Graduate 249 162 64.9 56.7-72.3 87 35.1 27.7-43.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 259 134 46.4 37.9-55.1 125 53.6 44.9-62.1
$15,000- 24,999 284 161 53.4 45.1-61.5 123 46.6 38.5-54.9
$25,000- 34,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 667 396 58.3 52.9-63.5 271 41.7 36.5-47.1
No 625 337 53.0 47.6-58.4 288 47.0 41.6-52.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 232 134 60.6 52.5-68.2 98 39.4 31.8-47.5
Non-Veteran 1,073 606 54.3 50.0-58.5 467 45.7 41.5-50.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 759 410 53.8 48.7-58.9 349 46.2 41.1-51.3
No 547 330 57.9 52.3-63.3 217 42.1 36.7-47.7

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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 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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