2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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 2,861 480 15.1 13.4-17.1 2,381 84.9 82.9-86.6
Western 374 54 11.4 8.1-15.8 320 88.6 84.2-91.9
GENDER
Male 160 23 11.6 7.0-18.7 137 88.4 81.3-93.0
Female 214 31 11.2 7.2-17.1 183 88.8 82.9-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 328 44 11.1 7.7-15.7 284 88.9 84.3-92.3
Non-Hispanic Black 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 84 15 13.9 7.7-23.8 69 86.1 76.2-92.3
Some Post-H.S. 117 16 12.2 6.7-21.1 101 87.8 78.9-93.3
College Graduate 148 21 9.4 5.4-15.9 127 90.6 84.1-94.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 131 22 14.8 9.1-23.2 109 85.2 76.8-90.9
No 229 30 10.2 6.4-16.0 199 89.8 84.0-93.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 327 46 11.4 8.0-16.1 281 88.6 83.9-92.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 167 22 10.4 6.1-17.3 145 89.6 82.7-93.9
Unemployed 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 146 21 12.8 7.5-21.0 125 87.2 79.0-92.5
Unable to Work 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 27 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 189 26 11.7 7.2-18.5 163 88.3 81.5-92.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 281 34 9.6 6.2-14.4 247 90.4 85.6-93.8
Rent 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 267 42 11.6 7.8-16.9 225 88.4 83.1-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 94 17 13.7 7.8-22.9 77 86.3 77.1-92.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 164 23 9.9 5.5-17.3 141 90.1 82.7-94.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 116 14 11.3 6.1-19.8 102 88.7 80.2-93.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 202 23 10.1 6.1-16.3 179 89.9 83.7-93.9
2nd Quartile 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 104 23 15.3 9.1-24.6 81 84.7 75.4-90.9

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 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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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