2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

Diabetes

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you have diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes Yes, during pregnancy No No, borderline diabetes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,932 682 12.7 11.6-13.9 31 0.7 0.4- 1.0 4,110 84.4 83.0-85.6 109 2.3 1.7- 3.0
Region 8 800 138 14.2 11.5-17.5 *** *** *** 627 81.4 77.8-84.6 27 3.6 2.2- 5.8
GENDER
Male 334 53 10.9 7.8-14.9 *** *** *** 271 85.2 80.2-89.1 *** *** ***
Female 466 85 17.5 13.3-22.8 *** *** *** 356 77.7 72.3-82.4 17 3.2 1.8- 5.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 457 66 13.5 10.2-17.6 *** *** *** 373 83.0 78.6-86.7 15 2.9 1.6- 5.2
Non-Hispanic Black 150 43 22.3 14.7-32.2 *** *** *** 101 74.8 64.6-82.9 *** *** ***
Other 185 28 8.9 5.2-14.9 *** *** *** 146 81.5 71.5-88.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 227 *** *** *** *** *** *** 209 94.2 89.8-96.8 *** *** ***
45-64 242 47 22.2 16.1-29.7 *** *** *** 185 72.2 64.0-79.0 *** *** ***
65+ 310 80 25.9 19.7-33.2 *** *** *** 216 68.5 60.9-75.2 13 5.3 2.7-10.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 300 54 15.8 11.3-21.6 *** *** *** 231 77.5 70.8-83.0 11 5.5 2.8-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 218 45 14.8 10.2-21.0 *** *** *** 166 82.7 76.3-87.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 279 38 10.5 7.0-15.3 *** *** *** 228 86.8 81.8-90.6 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 328 65 15.9 11.5-21.5 *** *** *** 246 79.3 73.3-84.2 12 3.8 2.0- 7.2
$50,000+ 287 37 10.5 7.1-15.4 *** *** *** 237 84.9 79.0-89.4 11 3.8 1.6- 8.7
Don't know/Not Sure 183 36 18.6 12.2-27.3 *** *** *** 143 78.8 69.8-85.7 *** *** ***

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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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