2021 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 3,667 492 12.7 11.4-14.1 3,175 87.3 85.9-88.6
-Piedmont NC 1,802 232 13.3 11.4-15.4 1,570 86.7 84.6-88.6
GENDER
Male 843 86 9.6 7.5-12.2 757 90.4 87.8-92.5
Female 959 146 16.4 13.6-19.7 813 83.6 80.3-86.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,184 122 11.4 9.1-14.1 1,062 88.6 85.9-90.9
Non-Hispanic Black 299 69 21.1 16.3-26.8 230 78.9 73.2-83.7
Other 280 38 10.8 7.3-15.6 242 89.2 84.4-92.7
AGE
18-34 402 20 6.9 4.2-11.2 382 93.1 88.8-95.8
35-44 350 35 9.5 6.4-13.7 315 90.5 86.3-93.6
45-54 325 54 16.6 12.4-21.9 271 83.4 78.1-87.6
55-64 263 44 19.7 13.9-27.1 219 80.3 72.9-86.1
65-74 253 51 22.3 16.5-29.3 202 77.7 70.7-83.5
75+ 163 26 14.9 9.5-22.7 137 85.1 77.3-90.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 142 23 16.3 9.3-27.0 119 83.7 73.0-90.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 361 50 15.1 11.1-20.2 311 84.9 79.8-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 440 74 15.3 11.9-19.5 366 84.7 80.5-88.1
College Graduate 852 84 9.1 7.2-11.4 768 90.9 88.6-92.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 421 87 22.3 17.7-27.7 334 77.7 72.3-82.3
No 1,356 143 10.6 8.7-12.9 1,213 89.4 87.1-91.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 171 29 19.4 12.9-28.2 142 80.6 71.8-87.1
Non-Veteran 1,621 203 12.8 10.9-15.0 1,418 87.2 85.0-89.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,112 114 10.3 8.3-12.7 998 89.7 87.3-91.7
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 377 67 19.3 14.8-24.7 310 80.7 75.3-85.2
Unable to Work 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 124 24 19.9 12.6-30.1 100 80.1 69.9-87.4
$25,000- 34,999 150 23 14.1 8.9-21.8 127 85.9 78.2-91.1
$35,000- 49,999 179 25 13.2 8.2-20.4 154 86.8 79.6-91.8
$50,000- 74,999 223 25 11.8 7.6-17.7 198 88.2 82.3-92.4
$75,000+ 657 62 9.6 7.3-12.6 595 90.4 87.4-92.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 374 56 16.1 11.4-22.2 318 83.9 77.8-88.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 130 28 23.2 15.0-34.1 102 76.8 65.9-85.0
101% to 150% 135 19 11.9 7.3-18.7 116 88.1 81.3-92.7
151% to 200% 122 19 17.5 10.4-27.8 103 82.5 72.2-89.6
More than 200% 987 103 10.4 8.4-12.9 884 89.6 87.1-91.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 374 56 16.1 11.4-22.2 318 83.9 77.8-88.6
HOUSING
Own 1,188 159 13.4 11.2-16.1 1,029 86.6 83.9-88.8
Rent 468 58 13.4 10.0-17.9 410 86.6 82.1-90.0
Other arrangement 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 988 128 13.6 11.2-16.4 860 86.4 83.6-88.8
Regional City or Suburban County 464 52 10.7 7.9-14.5 412 89.3 85.5-92.1
Rural 350 52 16.4 11.4-23.0 298 83.6 77.0-88.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 153 25 17.4 10.2-28.2 128 82.6 71.8-89.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 716 98 14.7 11.7-18.3 618 85.3 81.7-88.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 933 109 11.5 9.3-14.2 824 88.5 85.8-90.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 603 67 10.3 7.7-13.6 536 89.7 86.4-92.3
2nd Quartile 670 92 13.9 11.0-17.3 578 86.1 82.7-89.0
3rd Quartile 481 65 16.0 11.7-21.4 416 84.0 78.6-88.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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 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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