2017 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Pre-Diabetes

Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you have pre-diabetes
or borderline diabetes?*

(See footnote for definition of Yes group.)

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,584 477 12.5 11.1-14.0 3,107 87.5 86.0-88.9
-Non-Hispanic White 2,346 296 12.8 11.1-14.7 2,050 87.2 85.3-88.9
GENDER
Male 1,029 125 12.4 10.0-15.3 904 87.6 84.7-90.0
Female 1,317 171 13.1 10.8-15.7 1,146 86.9 84.3-89.2
AGE
18-34 336 17 5.5 3.2- 9.2 319 94.5 90.8-96.8
35-44 267 19 7.3 4.2-12.4 248 92.7 87.6-95.8
45-54 438 53 14.0 9.9-19.4 385 86.0 80.6-90.1
55-64 479 72 17.8 13.7-22.9 407 82.2 77.1-86.3
65-74 449 78 17.1 13.1-22.0 371 82.9 78.0-86.9
75+ 355 53 17.1 12.2-23.4 302 82.9 76.6-87.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 25 14.2 8.7-22.3 138 85.8 77.7-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 530 74 13.5 10.2-17.5 456 86.5 82.5-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 692 106 14.9 11.8-18.5 586 85.1 81.5-88.2
College Graduate 959 90 8.9 7.0-11.4 869 91.1 88.6-93.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 29 17.7 11.2-26.8 133 82.3 73.2-88.8
$15,000- 24,999 267 38 14.8 9.9-21.6 229 85.2 78.4-90.1
$25,000- 34,999 224 32 15.0 9.6-22.7 192 85.0 77.3-90.4
$35,000- 49,999 250 38 16.8 11.6-23.7 212 83.2 76.3-88.4
$50,000- 74,999 357 42 11.3 7.9-16.0 315 88.7 84.0-92.1
$75,000+ 690 67 9.3 6.9-12.5 623 90.7 87.5-93.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 713 151 21.0 17.3-25.2 562 79.0 74.8-82.7
No 1,566 136 9.1 7.4-11.2 1,430 90.9 88.8-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 317 40 14.5 9.9-20.7 277 85.5 79.3-90.1
Non-Veteran 2,029 256 12.6 10.8-14.6 1,773 87.4 85.4-89.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 485 65 14.1 10.7-18.2 420 85.9 81.8-89.3
Regional City or Suburban County 491 46 9.8 6.9-13.6 445 90.2 86.4-93.1
Rural 1,371 185 13.9 11.5-16.6 1,186 86.1 83.4-88.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,213 124 11.2 9.1-13.8 1,089 88.8 86.2-90.9
Unemployed 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 748 112 15.2 12.1-18.9 636 84.8 81.1-87.9
Unable to Work 169 35 23.5 15.6-33.8 134 76.5 66.2-84.4
Other not in Labor Force 139 15 9.9 5.4-17.3 124 90.1 82.7-94.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 105 18 17.1 9.3-29.3 87 82.9 70.7-90.7
101% to 150% 272 42 15.0 10.3-21.3 230 85.0 78.7-89.7
151% to 200% 169 25 16.4 10.2-25.4 144 83.6 74.6-89.8
More than 200% 1,337 152 11.1 9.2-13.5 1,185 88.9 86.5-90.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 495 63 13.0 9.3-17.9 432 87.0 82.1-90.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 892 116 13.8 11.1-17.0 776 86.2 83.0-88.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 960 117 11.9 9.5-14.8 843 88.1 85.2-90.5

Back to Pre-Diabetes.

*Females who reported being diagnosed with gestational pre-diabetes were included in the YES group.
The pre-diabetes screening question is asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes, or NOT having pre-diabetes
as reported in the Chronic Health Conditions Module.

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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