2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-African Americans

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, borderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 7,270 980 10.8 10.1-11.6 51 0.7 0.5- 1.0 6,076 86.7 85.8-87.5 163 1.8 1.5- 2.1
-African Americans 1,431 275 14.9 13.0-17.0 10 0.6 0.3- 1.1 1,113 82.8 80.5-84.8 33 1.8 1.2- 2.7
GENDER
Male 528 104 14.8 11.9-18.3 *** *** *** 416 83.8 80.2-86.8 *** *** ***
Female 903 171 14.9 12.5-17.6 *** *** *** 697 81.9 79.0-84.5 25 2.2 1.4- 3.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,396 268 14.9 13.0-17.0 *** *** *** 1,086 82.7 80.5-84.8 32 1.8 1.2- 2.7
AGE
18-34 291 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 207 17 8.5 5.2-13.6 *** *** *** 187 90.4 85.1-93.9 *** *** ***
45-54 263 50 20.1 15.1-26.3 *** *** *** 207 78.4 72.2-83.5 *** *** ***
55-64 306 92 30.9 25.2-37.3 *** *** *** 201 64.8 58.4-70.7 12 3.7 2.1- 6.5
65-74 218 74 29.6 23.3-36.9 *** *** *** 138 68.3 61.0-74.8 *** *** ***
75+ 127 37 29.8 21.2-40.1 *** *** *** 83 66.6 56.2-75.6 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 214 55 23.9 17.9-31.1 *** *** *** 156 75.3 68.1-81.3 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 102 15.3 12.3-18.9 *** *** *** 364 82.9 79.2-86.1 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 391 69 11.6 8.9-15.1 *** *** *** 306 84.7 80.8-87.9 *** *** ***
College Graduate 346 49 10.9 7.8-15.1 *** *** *** 285 86.4 81.9-89.9 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 285 73 21.2 16.3-27.1 *** *** *** 201 75.8 69.6-81.0 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 311 61 15.0 11.4-19.7 *** *** *** 240 81.6 76.5-85.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 148 25 13.2 8.3-20.2 *** *** *** 117 83.9 76.6-89.2 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 169 30 12.7 8.2-19.1 *** *** *** 138 86.6 80.0-91.2 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 114 19 12.7 7.7-20.4 *** *** *** 92 85.0 76.7-90.7 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 147 18 10.6 6.3-17.4 *** *** *** 127 88.1 81.2-92.7 *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 381 131 31.9 26.6-37.6 *** *** *** 237 65.0 59.1-70.5 *** *** ***
No 980 129 9.8 8.1-11.9 *** *** *** 822 87.9 85.7-89.9 20 1.5 0.9- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 167 29 13.6 9.0-20.2 *** *** *** 134 84.6 77.8-89.5 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,259 245 15.0 13.0-17.3 *** *** *** 975 82.5 80.1-84.7 29 1.8 1.2- 2.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 775 157 15.8 13.2-18.8 *** *** *** 593 82.0 78.9-84.8 19 1.7 1.0- 2.8
No 656 118 13.8 11.3-16.9 *** *** *** 520 83.6 80.3-86.4 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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