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   875 100.0 49 4.8 3.4- 6.7 826 95.2 93.3- 96.6
Race / Ethnicity                  
  White, Non-Hispanic 472 100.0 16 3.4 2.0- 5.7 456 96.6 94.3- 98.0
  African American, Non-Hispanic 180 100.0 11 4.5 2.3- 8.6 169 95.5 91.4- 97.7
  American Indian, Non-Hispanic 17 100.0 2 2.6 0.6- 11.5 15 97.4 88.5- 99.4
  Other Race, Non-Hispanic 42 100.0 5 12.6 3.7- 35.1 37 87.4 64.9- 96.3
  Latino/Hispanic 164 100.0 15 7.9 4.5- 13.5 149 92.1 86.5- 95.5
Education                  
  No Schooling through Grade 8 (Elementary) 40 100.0 6 16.8 7.1- 34.8 34 83.2 65.2- 92.9
  Grades 9 through 11 (Some High School) 37 100.0 2 3.4 0.8- 13.5 35 96.6 86.5- 99.2
  Grades 12 or GED (High School Graduate) 170 100.0 14 6.4 3.5- 11.4 156 93.6 88.6- 96.5
  College 1 year to 3 years (Some College or Technical school) 238 100.0 10 3.3 1.5- 7.2 228 96.7 92.8- 98.5
  College 4 years or more (College Graduate) 399 100.0 17 4.1 2.4- 7.0 382 95.9 93.0- 97.6
Age                  
  18-24 141 100.0 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 140 99.3 94.9- 99.9
  25-30 195 100.0 7 4.6 1.8- 11.4 188 95.4 88.6- 98.2
  31-40 392 100.0 27 5.5 3.6- 8.4 365 94.5 91.6- 96.4
  41-44 157 100.0 14 10.2 5.8- 17.4 143 89.8 82.6- 94.2

Source: 2021 North Carolina BRFSS
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.