2019 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%)
TOTAL 3,080 427 13.6 12.2-15.1 2,653 86.4 84.9-87.8
GENDER
Male 1,451 150 9.8 8.2-11.7 1,301 90.2 88.3-91.8
Female 1,629 277 17.2 15.1-19.5 1,352 82.8 80.5-84.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 1,906 240 12.2 10.6-14.1 1,666 87.8 85.9-89.4
Non-Hispanic Black 624 115 19.2 15.8-23.2 509 80.8 76.8-84.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 77 14 16.7 9.5-27.8 63 83.3 72.2-90.5
Non-Hispanic Other 93 19 17.6 10.6-27.6 74 82.4 72.4-89.4
Hispanic 324 33 9.1 6.2-13.1 291 90.9 86.9-93.8
AGE
18-34 660 51 7.3 5.4- 9.7 609 92.7 90.3-94.6
35-44 453 55 14.4 10.7-19.0 398 85.6 81.0-89.3
45-54 529 79 14.1 11.2-17.6 450 85.9 82.4-88.8
55-64 568 101 18.6 15.0-22.9 467 81.4 77.1-85.0
65-74 469 86 17.9 14.3-22.2 383 82.1 77.8-85.7
75+ 348 53 18.9 13.6-25.5 295 81.1 74.5-86.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 305 47 15.0 11.0-20.2 258 85.0 79.8-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 742 110 14.9 12.1-18.2 632 85.1 81.8-87.9
Some Post-H.S. 925 130 13.1 10.8-15.8 795 86.9 84.2-89.2
College Graduate 1,102 140 12.2 10.2-14.6 962 87.8 85.4-89.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 906 179 20.1 17.0-23.5 727 79.9 76.5-83.0
No 2,061 238 11.1 9.7-12.8 1,823 88.9 87.2-90.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 379 58 13.0 9.8-17.1 321 87.0 82.9-90.2
Non-Veteran 2,675 366 13.7 12.2-15.3 2,309 86.3 84.7-87.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,708 200 11.1 9.5-12.9 1,508 88.9 87.1-90.5
Unemployed 123 19 14.1 8.6-22.3 104 85.9 77.7-91.4
Retired 756 130 19.4 15.9-23.3 626 80.6 76.7-84.1
Unable to Work 235 46 20.9 15.0-28.4 189 79.1 71.6-85.0
Other not in Labor Force 203 29 13.2 8.7-19.6 174 86.8 80.4-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 269 41 16.0 11.5-21.7 228 84.0 78.3-88.5
$15,000- 24,999 375 66 18.3 13.9-23.8 309 81.7 76.2-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 247 30 12.4 8.5-17.8 217 87.6 82.2-91.5
$35,000- 49,999 339 47 13.2 9.7-17.9 292 86.8 82.1-90.3
$50,000-74,999 352 52 16.0 11.7-21.4 300 84.0 78.6-88.3
$75,000+ 810 102 11.7 9.4-14.4 708 88.3 85.6-90.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 688 89 11.4 8.9-14.5 599 88.6 85.5-91.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 93 16 19.3 11.6-30.3 77 80.7 69.7-88.4
50% to 100% 283 43 16.1 11.6-21.9 240 83.9 78.1-88.4
101% to 150% 292 52 16.8 12.1-22.8 240 83.2 77.2-87.9
151% to 200% 230 25 10.3 6.8-15.3 205 89.7 84.7-93.2
More than 200% 1,425 195 13.8 11.8-16.0 1,230 86.2 84.0-88.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 688 89 11.4 8.9-14.5 599 88.6 85.5-91.1
HOUSING
Own 2,010 302 15.2 13.4-17.1 1,708 84.8 82.9-86.6
Rent 817 97 10.8 8.6-13.5 720 89.2 86.5-91.4
Other arrangement 224 28 10.4 6.7-15.7 196 89.6 84.3-93.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,006 140 13.8 11.5-16.5 866 86.2 83.5-88.5
Regional City or Suburban County 825 106 11.9 9.7-14.6 719 88.1 85.4-90.3
Rural 1,249 181 14.6 12.3-17.2 1,068 85.4 82.8-87.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 737 112 14.7 11.8-18.1 625 85.3 81.9-88.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,037 146 14.2 11.8-16.9 891 85.8 83.1-88.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,306 169 12.6 10.7-14.9 1,137 87.4 85.1-89.3

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 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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