Core State Preconception Health Indicators
Women Aged 18 to 44
I1 Percentage who have ever been told by a health care provider that they had diabetes including gestational diabetes

  Total Yes No
  N % N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total   1,412 100.0 99 6.0 4.8- 7.6 1,313 94.0 92.4- 95.2
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 785 100.0 51 6.0 4.3- 8.2 734 94.0 91.8- 95.7
  African American, Non-Hispanic 334 100.0 27 6.3 4.1- 9.8 307 93.7 90.2- 95.9
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 59 100.0 6 13.2 2.7- 45.5 53 86.8 54.5- 97.3
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 65 100.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 63 99.1 95.7- 99.8
  Latino/Hispanic 169 100.0 13 7.0 3.9- 12.2 156 93.0 87.8- 96.1
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 57 100.0 7 11.5 5.0- 24.3 50 88.5 75.7- 95.0
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 98 100.0 10 6.4 3.1- 12.7 88 93.6 87.3- 96.9
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 285 100.0 26 8.5 5.4- 13.1 259 91.5 86.9- 94.6
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 465 100.0 26 4.1 2.5- 6.5 439 95.9 93.5- 97.5
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 514 100.0 31 5.7 3.8- 8.5 483 94.3 91.5- 96.2
Age                  
  18-24 237 100.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 232 98.4 95.9- 99.4
  25-30 291 100.0 14 3.4 1.8- 6.3 277 96.6 93.7- 98.2
  31-40 634 100.0 52 8.7 6.4- 11.8 582 91.3 88.2- 93.6
  41-44 257 100.0 29 11.0 7.0- 16.9 228 89.0 83.1- 93.0

Source: 2013 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.