2013 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
North Carolina 1,306 740 55.5 51.7-59.3 566 44.5 40.7-48.3
-Piedmont NC 720 413 55.5 50.6-60.4 307 44.5 39.6-49.4
GENDER
Male 307 161 51.3 44.3-58.2 146 48.7 41.8-55.7
Female 413 252 59.8 52.8-66.3 161 40.2 33.7-47.2
RACE
White 496 280 54.9 49.1-60.5 216 45.1 39.5-50.9
African American 194 116 58.2 48.4-67.4 78 41.8 32.6-51.6
Other minorities 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 699 402 56.2 51.2-61.1 297 43.8 38.9-48.8
AGE
18-34 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 135 84 60.5 50.2-69.9 51 39.5 30.1-49.8
55-64 175 109 57.0 46.9-66.5 66 43.0 33.5-53.1
65-74 214 127 57.9 49.1-66.2 87 42.1 33.8-50.9
75+ 180 86 48.0 38.7-57.4 94 52.0 42.6-61.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 240 126 52.8 44.3-61.1 114 47.2 38.9-55.7
Some Post-H.S. 181 117 59.3 49.3-68.7 64 40.7 31.3-50.7
College Graduate 149 100 66.4 55.8-75.5 49 33.6 24.5-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 167 98 56.7 46.4-66.5 69 43.3 33.5-53.6
$25,000- 34,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 362 217 58.8 51.8-65.4 145 41.2 34.6-48.2
No 351 192 52.4 45.5-59.3 159 47.6 40.7-54.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 593 343 55.8 50.3-61.2 250 44.2 38.8-49.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 293 158 53.1 45.3-60.8 135 46.9 39.2-54.7
No 427 255 56.8 50.5-62.9 172 43.2 37.1-49.5

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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.

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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