2023 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 4,081 577 12.4 11.0-13.8 31 1.2 0.7- 2.0 3,336 83.6 82.0-85.2 137 2.8 2.2- 3.6
Region 8 699 111 9.9 7.1-13.7 *** *** *** 556 87.1 83.1-90.3 26 2.2 1.2- 3.8
GENDER
Male 291 35 8.8 5.5-13.7 *** *** *** 245 88.4 83.0-92.2 11 2.8 1.3- 6.1
Female 408 76 11.1 6.9-17.3 *** *** *** 311 85.8 79.5-90.4 15 1.5 0.7- 3.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 292 30 8.5 5.2-13.6 *** *** *** 249 89.3 84.2-92.8 12 2.0 1.0- 3.8
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 315 64 10.2 5.4-18.5 *** *** *** 236 82.6 72.2-89.6 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 212 *** *** *** *** *** *** 198 95.9 90.9-98.2 *** *** ***
45-64 255 49 15.9 9.3-25.9 *** *** *** 188 77.7 67.8-85.2 16 5.2 2.5-10.3
65+ 224 51 15.0 9.5-22.9 *** *** *** 163 82.2 74.0-88.2 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 41 6.5 3.8-10.8 *** *** *** 199 91.1 86.0-94.4 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 210 43 16.5 10.1-25.8 *** *** *** 159 80.9 71.5-87.8 *** *** ***
College Graduate 236 26 6.7 3.3-13.2 *** *** *** 196 88.9 82.3-93.2 12 3.4 1.7- 6.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 51 9.2 5.5-15.0 *** *** *** 199 87.0 80.8-91.5 11 2.5 1.1- 5.6
$50,000+ 269 32 12.6 7.4-20.7 *** *** *** 229 84.7 76.5-90.3 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 157 26 6.6 3.3-12.7 *** *** *** 123 91.1 84.1-95.2 *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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