2013 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 1,309 433 30.8 27.4-34.4 876 69.2 65.6-72.6
-Piedmont NC 722 245 30.1 25.8-34.7 477 69.9 65.3-74.2
GENDER
Male 306 99 28.6 22.9-35.1 207 71.4 64.9-77.1
Female 416 146 31.6 25.5-38.3 270 68.4 61.7-74.5
RACE
White 498 160 29.1 24.1-34.6 338 70.9 65.4-75.9
African American 194 75 34.9 26.4-44.5 119 65.1 55.5-73.6
Other minorities 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 701 242 31.1 26.7-35.8 459 68.9 64.2-73.3
AGE
18-34 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-54 135 39 24.9 17.3-34.4 96 75.1 65.6-82.7
55-64 175 73 39.3 30.3-49.2 102 60.7 50.8-69.7
65-74 214 70 29.5 22.1-38.2 144 70.5 61.8-77.9
75+ 182 56 24.8 17.9-33.2 126 75.2 66.8-82.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 50 28.0 19.5-38.4 97 72.0 61.6-80.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 240 91 34.7 27.2-43.2 149 65.3 56.8-72.8
Some Post-H.S. 182 57 27.1 19.5-36.4 125 72.9 63.6-80.5
College Graduate 151 46 29.0 20.6-39.1 105 71.0 60.9-79.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 166 58 32.9 24.1-43.1 108 67.1 56.9-75.9
$25,000- 34,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 133 40 29.6 20.6-40.5 93 70.4 59.5-79.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 363 150 39.2 32.5-46.2 213 60.8 53.8-67.5
No 352 92 21.6 16.7-27.6 260 78.4 72.4-83.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 40 28.5 19.9-38.9 87 71.5 61.1-80.1
Non-Veteran 595 205 30.4 25.7-35.7 390 69.6 64.3-74.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 294 104 34.1 27.1-41.8 190 65.9 58.2-72.9
No 428 141 28.0 22.8-33.9 287 72.0 66.1-77.2

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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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