2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 3,103 421 10.9 9.8-12.1 *** *** *** 2,615 87.3 86.0-88.5 67 1.8 1.3- 2.3
Female 4,167 559 10.7 9.7-11.8 51 1.4 1.0- 2.0 3,461 86.1 84.8-87.2 96 1.8 1.4- 2.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 4,936 609 9.9 9.0-10.8 27 0.6 0.4- 0.9 4,187 87.7 86.7-88.7 113 1.8 1.4- 2.3
Non-Hispanic Black 1,380 267 15.0 13.1-17.2 *** *** *** 1,071 82.5 80.3-84.6 32 1.9 1.2- 2.8
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 115 13 8.1 4.2-15.2 *** *** *** 95 87.0 79.1-92.2 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 252 35 9.5 5.7-15.4 *** *** *** 210 87.5 81.2-91.9 *** *** ***
Hispanic 502 48 9.0 6.6-12.3 *** *** *** 438 87.6 84.0-90.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 1,270 21 1.6 1.0- 2.7 *** *** *** 1,227 96.8 95.5-97.7 13 1.0 0.5- 1.7
35-44 953 53 6.0 4.5- 8.0 20 2.0 1.2- 3.2 870 90.9 88.5-92.8 *** *** ***
45-54 1,101 134 12.4 10.3-14.8 *** *** *** 942 85.7 83.2-87.9 17 1.4 0.9- 2.4
55-64 1,516 273 18.6 16.4-21.0 *** *** *** 1,194 78.2 75.7-80.5 42 2.5 1.8- 3.5
65-74 1,369 302 22.0 19.6-24.6 *** *** *** 1,031 75.4 72.7-77.9 32 2.4 1.6- 3.5
75+ 957 191 20.8 18.0-24.0 *** *** *** 715 74.5 71.1-77.6 48 4.6 3.3- 6.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 922 188 18.5 15.8-21.6 *** *** *** 706 79.0 75.8-81.9 18 1.4 0.8- 2.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,002 325 11.7 10.3-13.2 *** *** *** 1,611 85.5 83.9-87.1 57 2.3 1.7- 3.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,917 254 9.5 8.3-10.9 15 0.8 0.4- 1.4 1,600 87.8 86.2-89.2 48 1.9 1.4- 2.7
College Graduate 2,394 212 6.6 5.7- 7.7 17 0.7 0.4- 1.3 2,126 91.4 90.2-92.5 39 1.2 0.9- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 852 185 18.1 15.4-21.3 *** *** *** 641 79.2 75.9-82.2 20 2.0 1.2- 3.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,189 197 13.2 11.3-15.4 *** *** *** 955 84.2 81.8-86.3 28 1.8 1.1- 2.7
$25,000- 34,999 701 103 11.1 8.8-13.8 *** *** *** 563 84.4 81.3-87.2 30 3.8 2.5- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 845 104 8.7 6.9-11.0 *** *** *** 717 89.2 86.7-91.2 19 1.6 1.0- 2.7
$50,000-74,999 789 94 9.6 7.6-12.1 *** *** *** 677 87.9 85.1-90.3 13 1.9 1.0- 3.7
$75,000+ 1,456 107 6.8 5.4- 8.6 *** *** *** 1,322 91.4 89.5-93.0 17 0.9 0.6- 1.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,938 473 22.6 20.5-24.9 14 0.9 0.5- 1.7 1,389 73.5 71.1-75.8 62 3.0 2.2- 4.1
No 5,074 474 7.3 6.5- 8.1 37 0.7 0.5- 1.1 4,466 90.6 89.7-91.4 97 1.4 1.1- 1.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 997 157 12.9 10.8-15.3 *** *** *** 804 84.0 81.3-86.3 35 3.0 2.0- 4.6
Non-Veteran 6,259 822 10.5 9.7-11.4 50 0.8 0.6- 1.2 5,259 87.0 86.1-87.9 128 1.6 1.3- 1.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,246 582 11.2 10.2-12.3 28 0.6 0.4- 1.0 3,536 86.4 85.2-87.5 100 1.8 1.4- 2.2
No 3,024 398 10.3 9.2-11.5 23 0.9 0.6- 1.4 2,540 87.1 85.7-88.3 63 1.8 1.3- 2.4

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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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