2021 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 3,667 492 12.7 11.4-14.1 3,175 87.3 85.9-88.6
GENDER
Male 1,677 170 9.3 7.8-11.1 1,507 90.7 88.9-92.2
Female 1,990 322 15.7 13.7-17.9 1,668 84.3 82.1-86.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,366 272 11.0 9.5-12.7 2,094 89.0 87.3-90.5
Non-Hispanic Black 625 134 20.4 16.7-24.5 491 79.6 75.5-83.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 76 *** *** *** 69 91.7 79.6-96.9
Hispanic 368 44 10.9 7.7-15.1 324 89.1 84.9-92.3
AGE
18-34 748 38 5.8 4.0- 8.4 710 94.2 91.6-96.0
35-44 622 57 9.2 6.7-12.4 565 90.8 87.6-93.3
45-54 627 102 16.1 13.0-19.8 525 83.9 80.2-87.0
55-64 594 96 18.5 14.4-23.3 498 81.5 76.7-85.6
65-74 615 126 20.7 16.8-25.2 489 79.3 74.8-83.2
75+ 370 64 15.8 11.8-20.8 306 84.2 79.2-88.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 325 56 16.6 11.6-23.1 269 83.4 76.9-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 834 115 13.5 10.9-16.7 719 86.5 83.3-89.1
Some Post-H.S. 949 146 13.4 11.1-16.1 803 86.6 83.9-88.9
College Graduate 1,540 174 9.8 8.2-11.5 1,366 90.2 88.5-91.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,011 199 19.5 16.5-22.8 812 80.5 77.2-83.5
No 2,600 288 10.4 9.0-12.0 2,312 89.6 88.0-91.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 431 56 13.7 10.1-18.3 375 86.3 81.7-89.9
Non-Veteran 3,219 435 12.6 11.2-14.1 2,784 87.4 85.9-88.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,116 222 10.0 8.6-11.7 1,894 90.0 88.3-91.4
Unemployed 182 23 10.9 6.6-17.5 159 89.1 82.5-93.4
Retired 899 163 17.7 14.8-21.1 736 82.3 78.9-85.2
Unable to Work 206 53 27.3 20.1-35.9 153 72.7 64.1-79.9
Other not in Labor Force 228 29 13.1 7.8-21.1 199 86.9 78.9-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 36 18.0 11.9-26.4 162 82.0 73.6-88.1
$15,000- 24,999 306 55 17.6 12.8-23.7 251 82.4 76.3-87.2
$25,000- 34,999 357 65 15.7 11.8-20.5 292 84.3 79.5-88.2
$35,000- 49,999 373 52 13.3 9.6-18.2 321 86.7 81.8-90.4
$50,000-74,999 469 62 11.2 8.2-15.0 407 88.8 85.0-91.8
$75,000-100,000 396 52 13.4 9.7-18.3 344 86.6 81.7-90.3
$100,000-150,000 414 38 7.9 5.5-11.2 376 92.1 88.8-94.5
$150,000+ 346 27 8.8 5.8-13.2 319 91.2 86.8-94.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 808 105 12.6 9.7-16.2 703 87.4 83.8-90.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 82 15 14.8 8.0-25.8 67 85.2 74.2-92.0
50% to 100% 279 55 20.3 14.7-27.4 224 79.7 72.6-85.3
101% to 150% 307 51 13.9 10.1-18.8 256 86.1 81.2-89.9
151% to 200% 269 46 17.2 12.3-23.7 223 82.8 76.3-87.7
More than 200% 1,899 219 10.7 9.1-12.5 1,680 89.3 87.5-90.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 808 105 12.6 9.7-16.2 703 87.4 83.8-90.3
HOUSING
Own 2,462 344 13.3 11.7-15.1 2,118 86.7 84.9-88.3
Rent 912 115 11.6 9.2-14.5 797 88.4 85.5-90.8
Other arrangement 247 28 11.2 6.9-17.5 219 88.8 82.5-93.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,105 146 13.5 11.2-16.2 959 86.5 83.8-88.8
Regional City or Suburban County 969 118 11.1 9.0-13.6 851 88.9 86.4-91.0
Rural 1,593 228 13.2 11.1-15.6 1,365 86.8 84.4-88.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,007 158 15.4 12.5-18.9 849 84.6 81.1-87.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,504 193 12.1 10.2-14.3 1,311 87.9 85.7-89.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,156 141 11.6 9.6-13.9 1,015 88.4 86.1-90.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,118 127 9.8 8.0-12.1 991 90.2 87.9-92.0
2nd Quartile 918 132 13.6 11.2-16.4 786 86.4 83.6-88.8
3rd Quartile 1,084 142 13.8 11.1-16.9 942 86.2 83.1-88.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 547 91 15.3 11.8-19.7 456 84.7 80.3-88.2

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 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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