2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 3,080 427 13.6 12.2-15.1 2,653 86.4 84.9-87.8
-Piedmont NC 1,667 231 13.3 11.5-15.2 1,436 86.7 84.8-88.5
GENDER
Male 797 94 11.1 8.8-13.8 703 88.9 86.2-91.2
Female 870 137 15.4 12.9-18.3 733 84.6 81.7-87.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,027 127 11.6 9.6-14.0 900 88.4 86.0-90.4
Non-Hispanic Black 357 70 19.4 15.2-24.5 287 80.6 75.5-84.8
Other 283 34 10.1 7.0-14.6 249 89.9 85.4-93.0
AGE
18-34 364 25 6.5 4.2- 9.9 339 93.5 90.1-95.8
35-44 251 31 14.2 9.7-20.3 220 85.8 79.7-90.3
45-54 303 42 12.8 9.4-17.4 261 87.2 82.6-90.6
55-64 323 60 18.0 13.8-23.2 263 82.0 76.8-86.2
65-74 217 43 20.8 15.4-27.6 174 79.2 72.4-84.6
75+ 178 29 19.3 12.7-28.2 149 80.7 71.8-87.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 28 15.0 10.0-22.0 133 85.0 78.0-90.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 358 58 16.2 12.2-21.0 300 83.8 79.0-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 468 69 12.6 9.7-16.1 399 87.4 83.9-90.3
College Graduate 676 76 11.0 8.7-13.8 600 89.0 86.2-91.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 438 85 18.5 14.6-23.1 353 81.5 76.9-85.4
No 1,163 139 11.6 9.7-13.8 1,024 88.4 86.2-90.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 188 33 14.6 10.0-20.7 155 85.4 79.3-90.0
Non-Veteran 1,462 195 13.1 11.3-15.3 1,267 86.9 84.7-88.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 978 115 11.8 9.7-14.3 863 88.2 85.7-90.3
Unemployed 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 371 70 21.4 16.7-27.0 301 78.6 73.0-83.3
Unable to Work 103 20 15.5 9.6-24.1 83 84.5 75.9-90.4
Other not in Labor Force 113 15 10.1 6.0-16.6 98 89.9 83.4-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 19 14.8 9.0-23.4 104 85.2 76.6-91.0
$15,000- 24,999 184 33 16.6 11.1-23.9 151 83.4 76.1-88.9
$25,000- 34,999 141 14 9.8 5.6-16.4 127 90.2 83.6-94.4
$35,000- 49,999 171 28 15.6 10.4-22.7 143 84.4 77.3-89.6
$50,000- 74,999 186 29 15.6 10.5-22.7 157 84.4 77.3-89.5
$75,000+ 503 65 12.5 9.6-16.2 438 87.5 83.8-90.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 18 11.8 7.2-18.9 124 88.2 81.1-92.8
101% to 150% 152 24 14.5 9.0-22.7 128 85.5 77.3-91.0
151% to 200% 110 13 10.1 5.7-17.1 97 89.9 82.9-94.3
More than 200% 827 119 14.5 12.0-17.5 708 85.5 82.5-88.0
HOUSING
Own 1,073 166 15.2 12.9-17.8 907 84.8 82.2-87.1
Rent 460 52 10.6 7.9-14.2 408 89.4 85.8-92.1
Other arrangement 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 922 128 13.9 11.5-16.7 794 86.1 83.3-88.5
Regional City or Suburban County 404 48 10.7 7.9-14.4 356 89.3 85.6-92.1
Rural 341 55 14.9 11.2-19.6 286 85.1 80.4-88.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 96 22 19.5 12.4-29.5 74 80.5 70.5-87.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 633 91 13.7 10.9-17.0 542 86.3 83.0-89.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 938 118 12.3 10.1-14.9 820 87.7 85.1-89.9

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

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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