2021 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 612 120 22.7 18.2-27.9 492 77.3 72.1-81.8
GENDER
Male 265 58 28.3 20.8-37.2 207 71.7 62.8-79.2
Female 347 62 17.9 13.1-24.0 285 82.1 76.0-86.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 325 53 20.1 14.4-27.4 272 79.9 72.6-85.6
Non-Hispanic Black 198 42 23.0 16.1-31.8 156 77.0 68.2-83.9
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 157 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 189 33 16.7 10.1-26.5 156 83.3 73.5-89.9
75+ 133 26 21.6 13.7-32.3 107 78.4 67.7-86.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 198 34 17.0 11.2-25.0 164 83.0 75.0-88.8
College Graduate 165 27 16.9 11.2-24.9 138 83.1 75.1-88.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 340 84 28.2 21.7-35.7 256 71.8 64.3-78.3
No 258 35 15.1 10.3-21.6 223 84.9 78.4-89.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 96 19 21.6 13.0-33.7 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 511 100 22.3 17.5-28.0 411 77.7 72.0-82.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 165 23 12.2 7.5-19.2 142 87.8 80.8-92.5
Unemployed 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 284 53 21.6 15.5-29.3 231 78.4 70.7-84.5
Unable to Work 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000-74,999 69 *** *** *** 61 89.1 78.1-94.9
$75,000-100,000 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$150,000+ 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 166 45 30.3 21.4-40.9 121 69.7 59.1-78.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 239 26 10.2 6.7-15.4 213 89.8 84.6-93.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 166 45 30.3 21.4-40.9 121 69.7 59.1-78.6
HOUSING
Own 429 77 21.3 16.0-27.8 352 78.7 72.2-84.0
Rent 127 26 25.2 16.8-36.0 101 74.8 64.0-83.2
Other arrangement 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 132 25 20.0 12.4-30.5 107 80.0 69.5-87.6
Regional City or Suburban County 169 35 22.5 15.5-31.5 134 77.5 68.5-84.5
Rural 311 60 24.2 17.2-32.9 251 75.8 67.1-82.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 231 49 28.7 19.7-39.8 182 71.3 60.2-80.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 229 43 18.7 13.4-25.3 186 81.3 74.7-86.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 152 28 20.9 13.5-30.8 124 79.1 69.2-86.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 154 26 17.8 10.7-28.1 128 82.2 71.9-89.3
3rd Quartile 169 40 27.2 19.5-36.5 129 72.8 63.5-80.5
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 147 31 24.8 16.0-36.4 *** *** ***

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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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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