2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,006 227 10.1 8.7-11.7 *** *** *** 1,736 87.4 85.7-89.0 32 1.7 1.1- 2.6
GENDER
Male 910 109 10.7 8.6-13.1 *** *** *** 785 87.4 84.7-89.6 *** *** ***
Female 1,096 118 9.6 7.8-11.8 *** *** *** 951 87.5 85.0-89.6 16 1.5 0.8- 2.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,301 128 8.7 7.2-10.6 *** *** *** 1,143 88.5 86.4-90.4 23 1.8 1.1- 2.9
Non-Hispanic Black 401 64 14.8 11.2-19.3 *** *** *** 330 83.2 78.5-87.1 *** *** ***
Other 304 35 9.1 6.2-13.0 *** *** *** 263 89.2 84.9-92.3 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 485 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 306 *** *** *** *** *** *** 286 91.6 86.7-94.8 *** *** ***
45-54 353 41 10.7 7.5-15.0 *** *** *** 304 86.3 81.5-90.0 *** *** ***
55-64 364 62 16.9 12.8-21.8 *** *** *** 290 79.9 74.7-84.2 *** *** ***
65-74 284 57 18.8 14.1-24.7 *** *** *** 219 77.2 70.8-82.6 *** *** ***
75+ 186 44 26.8 19.7-35.4 *** *** *** 138 72.0 63.5-79.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 163 34 15.1 10.2-21.8 *** *** *** 124 81.2 73.7-86.9 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 458 65 12.3 9.3-16.0 *** *** *** 379 85.2 81.3-88.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 502 60 9.8 7.5-12.9 *** *** *** 431 87.1 83.6-90.0 *** *** ***
College Graduate 877 67 6.7 5.1- 8.8 *** *** *** 797 92.0 89.9-93.8 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 172 33 18.5 12.6-26.3 *** *** *** 137 79.6 71.5-85.9 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 252 38 11.3 7.8-16.1 *** *** *** 208 86.7 81.6-90.5 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 167 20 9.1 5.5-14.7 *** *** *** 141 85.8 78.7-90.8 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 217 32 13.9 9.4-20.1 *** *** *** 181 83.1 76.2-88.2 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 273 24 7.0 4.3-11.1 *** *** *** 242 91.2 86.9-94.2 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 584 44 8.3 6.0-11.4 *** *** *** 532 89.9 86.5-92.6 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 493 107 18.8 15.1-23.2 *** *** *** 370 77.4 72.7-81.5 *** *** ***
No 1,432 108 7.1 5.7- 8.7 *** *** *** 1,297 90.8 88.9-92.4 18 1.4 0.8- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 221 38 16.0 11.2-22.3 *** *** *** 177 79.7 72.7-85.3 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,784 189 9.5 8.1-11.2 *** *** *** 1,558 88.3 86.4-89.9 26 1.4 0.9- 2.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,173 124 9.5 7.8-11.6 *** *** *** 1,025 88.3 86.0-90.3 17 1.5 0.9- 2.6
Regional City or Suburban County 447 55 10.4 7.7-13.9 *** *** *** 383 87.1 83.2-90.2 *** *** ***
Rural 386 48 11.8 8.5-16.1 *** *** *** 328 85.0 80.2-88.8 *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,158 77 6.5 5.0- 8.4 *** *** *** 1,063 91.5 89.3-93.2 15 1.8 1.0- 3.1
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 443 90 19.6 15.7-24.3 *** *** *** 340 77.8 73.0-82.0 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 145 49 30.1 22.1-39.5 *** *** *** 91 66.7 57.2-75.0 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 178 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 124 18 12.2 7.2-19.7 *** *** *** 103 85.9 78.1-91.3 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 220 38 14.9 10.2-21.2 *** *** *** 176 81.4 74.5-86.7 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 119 15 8.6 4.8-14.9 *** *** *** 102 89.0 81.7-93.6 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,030 102 9.9 7.9-12.3 *** *** *** 911 88.3 85.7-90.5 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 96 13 11.1 6.2-19.1 *** *** *** 79 82.7 72.1-89.8 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 599 78 12.9 10.0-16.4 *** *** *** 508 84.6 80.9-87.8 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,311 136 8.8 7.3-10.6 *** *** *** 1,149 89.0 87.0-90.8 18 1.4 0.8- 2.3

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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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