2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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
Region 8 719 120 12.9 10.4-16.0 *** *** *** 573 83.8 80.4-86.7 21 2.8 1.6- 4.9
GENDER
Male 314 51 12.8 9.3-17.4 *** *** *** 254 84.5 79.5-88.5 *** *** ***
Female 405 69 13.1 9.5-17.8 *** *** *** 319 83.1 77.9-87.3 12 3.0 1.4- 6.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 56 10.3 7.7-13.8 *** *** *** 337 86.1 82.0-89.4 12 3.4 1.7- 6.5
Non-Hispanic Black 138 32 22.3 14.6-32.4 *** *** *** 100 74.7 64.6-82.7 *** *** ***
Other 175 32 13.4 8.2-21.2 *** *** *** 136 84.5 76.5-90.1 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 231 11 5.2 2.6-10.0 *** *** *** 215 93.2 88.1-96.3 *** *** ***
45-64 253 48 16.4 11.7-22.7 *** *** *** 193 78.0 71.1-83.7 11 5.2 2.5-10.5
65+ 232 61 24.3 17.9-32.1 *** *** *** 162 72.2 64.2-78.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 310 64 16.1 11.8-21.5 *** *** *** 233 80.4 74.6-85.2 11 3.2 1.4- 6.8
Some College + 408 56 10.3 7.5-13.9 *** *** *** 339 86.7 82.6-90.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 374 60 13.4 9.7-18.3 *** *** *** 299 83.6 78.4-87.7 12 2.5 1.1- 5.5
$50,000+ 204 31 11.8 7.8-17.5 *** *** *** 166 84.2 77.6-89.1 *** *** ***

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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.

^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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