2015 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 837 487 56.4 52.3-60.4 350 43.6 39.6-47.7
GENDER
Male 346 198 55.0 48.7-61.1 148 45.0 38.9-51.3
Female 491 289 57.5 52.1-62.7 202 42.5 37.3-47.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 530 312 56.7 51.5-61.7 218 43.3 38.3-48.5
Non-Hispanic Black 241 138 55.5 47.8-62.9 103 44.5 37.1-52.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 131 76 56.5 46.4-66.1 55 43.5 33.9-53.6
55-64 231 141 57.3 49.4-64.8 90 42.7 35.2-50.6
65-74 248 147 59.1 51.4-66.3 101 40.9 33.7-48.6
75+ 154 73 43.4 34.5-52.7 81 56.6 47.3-65.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 48 35.1 26.4-45.1 83 64.9 54.9-73.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 285 156 57.5 50.8-64.0 129 42.5 36.0-49.2
Some Post-H.S. 249 164 63.4 56.2-70.1 85 36.6 29.9-43.8
College Graduate 170 119 72.4 64.1-79.3 51 27.6 20.7-35.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 71 48.8 39.0-58.7 73 51.2 41.3-61.0
$15,000- 24,999 186 104 55.3 46.7-63.5 82 44.7 36.5-53.3
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 417 244 55.9 50.0-61.7 173 44.1 38.3-50.0
No 399 234 58.3 52.5-63.9 165 41.7 36.1-47.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 96 61.4 51.3-70.7 51 38.6 29.3-48.7
Non-Veteran 690 391 55.3 50.8-59.7 299 44.7 40.3-49.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 179 111 57.0 48.2-65.4 68 43.0 34.6-51.8
Regional City or Suburban 167 100 58.5 49.5-66.9 67 41.5 33.1-50.5
Rural 491 276 55.1 49.7-60.3 215 44.9 39.7-50.3

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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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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