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%)
North Carolina 612 120 22.7 18.2-27.9 492 77.3 72.1-81.8
-MALES 265 58 28.3 20.8-37.2 207 71.7 62.8-79.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 81 16 17.6 10.3-28.6 65 82.4 71.4-89.7
75+ 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 80 12 14.9 8.2-25.7 68 85.1 74.3-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 117 19 19.4 11.6-30.6 98 80.6 69.4-88.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 174 40 29.8 20.7-40.9 134 70.2 59.1-79.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 83 *** *** *** 73 88.8 77.7-94.7
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 128 16 11.5 6.6-19.1 112 88.5 80.9-93.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 106 22 22.6 14.5-33.5 84 77.4 66.5-85.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. 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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