2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 838 269 31.8 28.2-35.7 569 68.2 64.3-71.8
GENDER
Male 346 121 33.8 28.1-40.0 225 66.2 60.0-71.9
Female 492 148 30.2 25.6-35.2 344 69.8 64.8-74.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 531 159 29.4 24.9-34.3 372 70.6 65.7-75.1
Non-Hispanic Black 241 88 35.3 28.5-42.7 153 64.7 57.3-71.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 131 41 29.5 21.5-39.1 90 70.5 60.9-78.5
55-64 231 71 30.7 24.1-38.2 160 69.3 61.8-75.9
65-74 249 77 29.9 23.3-37.3 172 70.1 62.7-76.7
75+ 154 52 35.0 26.6-44.4 102 65.0 55.6-73.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 132 37 26.9 19.0-36.6 95 73.1 63.4-81.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 285 94 35.0 28.8-41.8 191 65.0 58.2-71.2
Some Post-H.S. 249 80 32.1 25.8-39.3 169 67.9 60.7-74.2
College Graduate 170 58 32.1 24.8-40.5 112 67.9 59.5-75.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 45 29.5 21.8-38.6 100 70.5 61.4-78.2
$15,000- 24,999 186 72 40.0 32.0-48.7 114 60.0 51.3-68.0
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 89 25 25.2 16.8-36.0 64 74.8 64.0-83.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 417 153 37.9 32.4-43.8 264 62.1 56.2-67.6
No 399 111 25.9 21.3-31.1 288 74.1 68.9-78.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 48 30.6 22.1-40.7 99 69.4 59.3-77.9
Non-Veteran 691 221 32.1 28.1-36.3 470 67.9 63.7-71.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 179 59 31.8 24.5-40.2 120 68.2 59.8-75.5
Regional City or Suburban 168 54 34.2 26.1-43.2 114 65.8 56.8-73.9
Rural 491 156 30.8 26.2-35.8 335 69.2 64.2-73.8

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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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