2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

How old were you when you were told you have diabetes?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Less than age 30 Ages 30 to 49 Ages 50 to 59 Age 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 611 70 14.2 10.6-18.9 224 36.7 32.0-41.6 163 27.0 22.7-31.7 154 22.1 18.4-26.3
GENDER
Male 273 29 15.2 9.2-24.2 99 35.2 28.3-42.7 69 27.2 21.3-34.2 76 22.4 17.2-28.5
Female 338 41 13.3 9.5-18.4 125 38.0 31.8-44.6 94 26.8 21.0-33.5 78 21.9 16.9-27.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 568 65 13.8 10.1-18.7 202 36.5 31.6-41.7 152 26.3 22.0-31.2 149 23.3 19.4-27.7
No 32 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 16.8 9.4-28.0 *** *** ***
Overweight 166 20 12.6 7.7-19.8 46 28.1 20.7-37.0 51 32.5 24.8-41.4 49 26.8 19.7-35.2
Obese 313 28 11.1 6.5-18.2 130 41.9 35.0-49.1 84 28.2 22.0-35.3 71 18.9 14.4-24.5
Current Smoker
Yes 69 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 526 57 12.8 9.1-17.8 184 35.2 30.3-40.6 142 27.8 23.1-33.0 143 24.1 20.0-28.8
History of CVD**
Yes 165 *** *** *** 56 36.3 27.3-46.4 49 31.1 22.5-41.3 46 22.0 15.6-30.1
No 437 56 16.0 11.9-21.2 166 37.3 31.9-43.1 111 25.2 20.4-30.6 104 21.5 17.2-26.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 33 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 543 62 13.5 9.8-18.3 190 35.5 30.5-40.7 149 28.0 23.4-33.0 142 23.1 19.1-27.6
Heavy Drinker
Yes 17 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 559 62 13.0 9.4-17.7 203 36.9 32.0-42.1 151 27.4 23.0-32.4 143 22.7 18.8-27.1
COPD
Yes 87 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 520 61 13.2 9.8-17.6 197 38.6 33.5-44.0 135 27.1 22.4-32.3 127 21.1 17.2-25.5
Current Asthma
Yes 76 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 16.8 10.0-26.7 16 18.0 10.1-29.8
No 533 65 14.9 10.9-20.1 189 34.3 29.5-39.5 142 28.4 23.7-33.6 137 22.4 18.4-26.9
Diabetes
Yes 611 70 14.2 10.6-18.9 224 36.7 32.0-41.6 163 27.0 22.7-31.7 154 22.1 18.4-26.3
Functional Disability
Yes 325 30 10.6 6.1-17.6 118 38.1 31.6-45.1 86 26.4 20.5-33.2 91 25.0 19.8-30.9
No 272 38 16.6 11.8-22.9 98 34.3 27.7-41.5 75 29.2 23.0-36.3 61 19.9 14.7-26.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 487 43 10.6 7.1-15.6 177 37.2 32.0-42.8 129 26.5 21.8-31.8 138 25.7 21.2-30.6
No 124 *** *** *** 47 34.8 25.4-45.7 34 28.6 19.5-39.9 *** *** ***

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*This question was asked of respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and 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.

^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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