2019 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 557 103 19.5 15.7-24.0 454 80.5 76.0-84.3
GENDER
Male 233 45 19.1 14.1-25.4 188 80.9 74.6-85.9
Female 324 58 19.8 14.5-26.4 266 80.2 73.6-85.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 306 51 18.5 13.4-24.9 255 81.5 75.1-86.6
Non-Hispanic Black 155 34 20.9 14.7-28.8 121 79.1 71.2-85.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 89 13 12.5 7.0-21.3 76 87.5 78.7-93.0
55-64 145 24 18.0 11.8-26.6 121 82.0 73.4-88.2
65-74 158 34 24.6 17.1-33.9 124 75.4 66.1-82.9
75+ 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 157 24 13.8 9.1-20.4 133 86.2 79.6-90.9
Some Post-H.S. 181 32 19.9 13.7-28.0 149 80.1 72.0-86.3
College Graduate 135 29 21.5 14.8-30.3 106 78.5 69.7-85.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 320 77 25.6 20.0-32.1 243 74.4 67.9-80.0
No 221 26 12.3 7.9-18.8 195 87.7 81.2-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 91 16 17.6 10.6-27.7 75 82.4 72.3-89.4
Non-Veteran 466 87 19.9 15.6-25.0 379 80.1 75.0-84.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 176 22 10.7 6.8-16.6 154 89.3 83.4-93.2
Unemployed 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 230 48 24.4 17.5-32.9 182 75.6 67.1-82.5
Unable to Work 120 25 23.3 15.4-33.6 95 76.7 66.4-84.6
Other not in Labor Force 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 101 21 23.7 15.1-35.3 80 76.3 64.7-84.9
$25,000- 34,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 56 *** *** *** 47 88.5 77.7-94.4
$50,000-74,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 101 16 13.5 8.0-21.9 85 86.5 78.1-92.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 27 21.8 13.6-33.1 111 78.2 66.9-86.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 77 17 20.7 12.7-32.0 60 79.3 68.0-87.3
151% to 200% 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 205 31 13.4 9.1-19.2 174 86.6 80.8-90.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 27 21.8 13.6-33.1 111 78.2 66.9-86.4
HOUSING
Own 373 66 19.6 14.9-25.3 307 80.4 74.7-85.1
Rent 144 27 19.1 13.0-27.1 117 80.9 72.9-87.0
Other arrangement 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 119 20 13.8 8.5-21.6 99 86.2 78.4-91.5
Regional City or Suburban County 153 32 26.0 17.5-36.8 121 74.0 63.2-82.5
Rural 285 51 18.5 13.7-24.5 234 81.5 75.5-86.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 185 40 22.8 16.6-30.5 145 77.2 69.5-83.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 203 35 19.3 12.9-27.7 168 80.7 72.3-87.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 169 28 17.1 11.6-24.6 141 82.9 75.4-88.4

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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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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