2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,309 433 30.8 27.4-34.4 876 69.2 65.6-72.6
GENDER
Male 526 180 30.9 25.9-36.3 346 69.1 63.7-74.1
Female 783 253 30.7 26.1-35.7 530 69.3 64.3-73.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 800 246 29.5 25.3-34.2 554 70.5 65.8-74.7
Non-Hispanic Black 350 134 36.0 29.5-43.1 216 64.0 56.9-70.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 179 56 27.9 19.7-37.9 123 72.1 62.1-80.3
55-64 345 134 37.2 30.6-44.4 211 62.8 55.6-69.4
65-74 392 120 28.0 22.2-34.6 272 72.0 65.4-77.8
75+ 294 91 26.8 20.8-33.9 203 73.2 66.1-79.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 280 98 35.3 27.5-43.9 182 64.7 56.1-72.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 425 144 30.4 24.9-36.5 281 69.6 63.5-75.1
Some Post-H.S. 351 116 28.8 22.8-35.6 235 71.2 64.4-77.2
College Graduate 251 74 27.4 20.8-35.2 177 72.6 64.8-79.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 259 102 33.8 26.3-42.3 157 66.2 57.7-73.7
$15,000- 24,999 284 94 34.3 26.5-43.0 190 65.7 57.0-73.5
$25,000- 34,999 137 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 138 25 12.3 7.5-19.6 113 87.7 80.4-92.5
$50,000-74,999 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 669 256 38.1 32.9-43.6 413 61.9 56.4-67.1
No 626 172 23.9 19.7-28.6 454 76.1 71.4-80.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 232 75 32.3 25.0-40.7 157 67.7 59.3-75.0
Non-Veteran 1,076 358 30.4 26.6-34.5 718 69.6 65.5-73.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 761 256 32.8 28.1-37.8 505 67.2 62.2-71.9
No 548 177 28.0 23.2-33.2 371 72.0 66.8-76.8

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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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