2017 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%)
North Carolina 4,902 658 11.3 10.3-12.5 24 0.6 0.4- 1.0 4,115 86.1 84.9-87.3 105 1.9 1.5- 2.5
-FEMALES 2,704 365 11.2 9.8-12.8 24 1.2 0.7- 2.0 2,256 85.7 83.9-87.3 59 1.9 1.3- 2.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,748 201 10.1 8.4-12.0 15 1.5 0.8- 2.7 1,493 86.4 84.1-88.3 39 2.1 1.4- 3.1
Non-Hispanic Black 584 116 16.3 12.8-20.6 *** *** *** 454 81.9 77.5-85.6 11 1.4 0.6- 3.0
Other 92 16 8.8 4.4-16.6 *** *** *** 71 88.1 79.1-93.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 495 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5 *** *** *** 471 94.8 91.8-96.8 *** *** ***
35-44 354 24 8.2 5.0-13.1 *** *** *** 317 87.3 81.7-91.4 *** *** ***
45-54 430 51 10.3 7.3-14.2 *** *** *** 366 86.1 81.5-89.8 *** *** ***
55-64 527 105 18.7 14.7-23.5 *** *** *** 405 78.1 73.2-82.4 15 2.9 1.5- 5.3
65-74 487 95 18.5 14.1-24.0 *** *** *** 374 78.6 73.0-83.2 16 2.4 1.3- 4.3
75+ 375 76 20.8 15.8-27.0 *** *** *** 288 77.1 70.8-82.3 11 2.1 1.1- 4.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 272 63 17.4 12.5-23.7 *** *** *** 202 79.3 72.5-84.7 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 641 116 13.4 10.6-16.9 *** *** *** 502 83.3 79.5-86.4 17 2.7 1.5- 4.7
Some Post-H.S. 801 105 11.1 8.6-14.1 11 2.0 1.0- 3.9 666 85.1 81.7-88.0 19 1.8 1.0- 3.5
College Graduate 979 80 6.2 4.7- 8.2 *** *** *** 877 92.1 90.0-93.8 17 1.2 0.6- 2.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 295 74 22.1 16.2-29.4 *** *** *** 212 75.0 67.4-81.3 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 428 69 10.9 7.8-15.2 *** *** *** 342 85.4 80.8-89.1 14 3.3 1.8- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999 280 42 16.4 11.4-23.2 *** *** *** 225 78.7 71.5-84.5 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 291 39 11.2 7.6-16.1 *** *** *** 246 86.8 81.5-90.8 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 318 28 7.4 4.6-11.6 *** *** *** 279 90.1 85.6-93.3 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 541 33 6.8 4.4-10.3 *** *** *** 500 91.3 87.4-94.1 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 875 210 20.8 17.4-24.6 *** *** *** 625 74.4 70.3-78.2 33 3.7 2.3- 5.9
No 1,744 147 7.4 6.0- 9.0 17 1.3 0.7- 2.3 1,555 90.1 88.2-91.8 25 1.2 0.7- 2.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 80 *** *** *** *** *** *** 72 94.6 86.6-97.9 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,624 357 11.4 9.9-13.0 24 1.2 0.7- 2.0 2,184 85.4 83.6-87.1 59 1.9 1.4- 2.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 693 68 9.0 6.8-11.9 *** *** *** 605 87.6 84.3-90.2 13 2.1 1.1- 4.0
Regional City or Suburban County 540 54 8.2 5.8-11.4 *** *** *** 473 89.2 85.6-92.0 *** *** ***
Rural 1,471 243 15.0 12.6-17.6 12 0.9 0.4- 2.0 1,178 81.9 79.1-84.5 38 2.2 1.4- 3.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,194 84 7.0 5.4- 9.1 *** *** *** 1,083 90.5 88.1-92.5 17 1.6 0.8- 2.9
Unemployed 110 11 9.8 4.6-19.5 *** *** *** 93 83.6 72.2-90.9 *** *** ***
Retired 811 140 16.2 13.1-19.8 *** *** *** 645 81.1 77.3-84.4 24 2.5 1.5- 4.0
Unable to Work 300 109 32.2 25.3-39.8 *** *** *** 176 63.1 55.3-70.2 12 4.0 1.9- 8.3
Other not in Labor Force 270 19 4.7 2.6- 8.2 *** *** *** 242 91.8 87.0-94.9 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 94 21 19.3 11.0-31.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 230 44 15.0 10.0-21.9 *** *** *** 179 83.1 76.0-88.4 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 404 84 16.8 12.5-22.3 *** *** *** 307 79.5 73.7-84.2 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 186 26 13.2 7.9-21.4 *** *** *** 152 82.9 74.4-89.0 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,138 105 8.7 6.8-11.1 *** *** *** 1,006 89.4 86.9-91.5 22 1.2 0.7- 2.0
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 633 125 18.4 14.3-23.3 *** *** *** 485 78.3 73.1-82.7 18 2.7 1.3- 5.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,021 133 11.8 9.6-14.5 11 1.4 0.7- 2.7 851 84.9 82.0-87.4 26 1.9 1.2- 3.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,050 107 8.9 7.0-11.2 *** *** *** 920 88.2 85.6-90.5 15 1.6 0.9- 3.0

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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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