2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 597 111 18.2 14.4-22.8 486 81.8 77.2-85.6
GENDER
Male 268 54 23.4 17.2-31.1 214 76.6 68.9-82.8
Female 329 57 13.3 9.4-18.4 272 86.7 81.6-90.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 345 55 15.2 10.9-20.9 290 84.8 79.1-89.1
Non-Hispanic Black 171 37 23.7 16.0-33.4 134 76.3 66.6-84.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 90 23 21.1 12.9-32.8 67 78.9 67.2-87.1
55-64 174 33 15.6 9.7-24.2 141 84.4 75.8-90.3
65-74 166 21 15.1 8.6-25.1 145 84.9 74.9-91.4
75+ 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 191 32 18.1 11.8-26.7 159 81.9 73.3-88.2
Some Post-H.S. 172 33 17.4 11.5-25.5 139 82.6 74.5-88.5
College Graduate 135 20 9.8 5.8-16.0 115 90.2 84.0-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 22 15.6 8.7-26.5 73 84.4 73.5-91.3
$15,000- 24,999 119 22 19.0 11.2-30.5 97 81.0 69.5-88.8
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** 45 84.5 72.0-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 318 73 21.3 15.9-28.0 245 78.7 72.0-84.1
No 265 33 13.7 8.9-20.5 232 86.3 79.5-91.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 482 90 16.9 12.9-21.8 392 83.1 78.2-87.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 102 23 24.5 15.9-35.9 79 75.5 64.1-84.1
Regional City or Suburban County 93 13 11.9 6.2-21.7 80 88.1 78.3-93.8
Rural 402 75 17.6 12.9-23.5 327 82.4 76.5-87.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 176 27 14.2 8.7-22.3 149 85.8 77.7-91.3
Unemployed 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 245 44 23.4 16.5-31.9 201 76.6 68.1-83.5
Unable to Work 144 33 17.1 10.9-25.8 111 82.9 74.2-89.1
Other not in Labor Force 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 16 13.7 7.1-25.0 56 86.3 75.0-92.9
101% to 150% 117 23 20.0 11.8-31.7 94 80.0 68.3-88.2
151% to 200% 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 227 33 15.8 10.3-23.6 194 84.2 76.4-89.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 193 36 17.1 10.3-27.1 157 82.9 72.9-89.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 230 44 20.2 14.3-27.8 186 79.8 72.2-85.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 174 31 16.3 10.7-24.0 143 83.7 76.0-89.3

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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 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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