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BRFSS Survey Results 2006 for South Carolina

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Diabetes

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  Total #
Respondents		 Age Less than 30 Ages 30 to 50 Ages 50 to 60 Ages 60 or older
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,029 64 8.6 6.3-11.6 365 41.3 37.3-45.4 291 25.4 22.3-28.8 309 24.7 21.7-28.0
GENDER
Male 423 19 7.0 4.1-11.6 145 42.0 35.9-48.3 131 27.3 22.5-32.7 128 23.7 19.3-28.7
Female 606 45 10.1 6.9-14.6 220 40.7 35.5-46.0 160 23.6 19.8-27.8 181 25.7 21.7-30.1
RACE
White 679 35 8.0 5.4-11.8 208 35.1 30.6-39.8 189 26.2 22.5-30.2 247 30.7 26.9-34.9
African American 305 29 10.7 6.5-17.1 135 48.4 40.7-56.2 89 25.1 19.5-31.7 52 15.7 11.1-21.8
AGE
35-44 63 12 14.8 7.5-27.0 51 85.2 73.0-92.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 214 22 10.5 5.9-17.9 158 76.9 69.0-83.3 34 12.6 8.3-18.5 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 305 8 2.7 1.2- 5.9 93 30.0 24.0-36.7 163 53.8 46.9-60.6 41 13.6 9.6-18.9
65+ 428 10 2.0 0.9- 4.3 57 13.7 10.1-18.3 93 23.2 18.5-28.5 268 61.2 55.3-66.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 220 8 2.0 0.9- 4.1 69 39.2 31.0-48.1 60 25.8 19.3-33.5 83 33.0 25.8-41.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 354 24 6.9 4.3-11.1 124 44.0 37.0-51.4 98 25.7 20.2-32.0 108 23.3 18.7-28.8
Some Post-H.S. 251 16 14.4 8.2-24.0 99 40.8 33.2-48.8 65 21.6 16.4-27.9 71 23.2 17.5-30.1
College Graduate 202 16 11.2 6.5-18.7 73 39.6 31.0-49.0 67 29.2 22.5-37.1 46 19.9 14.2-27.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 229 20 11.4 6.3-19.9 82 42.9 34.5-51.7 56 20.2 14.9-26.9 71 25.4 19.5-32.5
$15,000- $24,999 199 8 4.2 1.8- 9.2 66 40.6 31.5-50.4 59 29.0 21.8-37.5 66 26.2 19.7-34.0
$25,000- $34,999 129 6 3.3 1.2- 9.2 46 44.4 32.7-56.8 37 24.9 17.0-35.0 40 27.3 18.3-38.6
$35,000- $49,999 114 5 8.2 3.1-20.1 53 45.5 34.5-57.0 24 20.3 12.8-30.6 32 26.0 17.1-37.3
$50,000+ 207 13 11.7 6.4-20.3 76 39.4 31.3-48.0 80 32.1 25.4-39.6 38 16.9 11.8-23.7
Health District**
Appalachia I 85 4 3.5 1.3- 9.3 35 46.2 34.4-58.4 24 28.2 18.1-41.2 22 22.1 14.2-32.7
Appalachia II 52 1 2.9 0.4-18.1 20 47.7 32.8-63.1 13 23.8 13.3-38.9 18 25.5 15.4-39.1
Appalachia III 57 3 6.6 1.8-20.9 21 49.4 34.6-64.3 14 20.0 11.5-32.3 19 24.1 14.7-36.8
Catawba 45 3 8.9 2.9-24.4 18 40.5 25.2-58.0 10 22.4 12.1-37.8 14 28.2 16.4-43.9
Edisto Savannah 145 12 15.1 7.3-28.6 59 44.4 34.3-54.9 39 21.7 15.3-29.8 35 18.8 12.8-26.9
Low Country 103 9 9.4 4.8-17.7 30 30.6 21.3-41.9 24 22.2 14.6-32.4 40 37.7 27.8-48.8
Palmetto 83 8 15.4 7.4-29.1 29 37.4 25.7-50.8 21 22.7 14.6-33.5 25 24.5 15.9-35.8
Pee Dee 108 6 5.3 2.2-12.1 39 42.3 30.9-54.6 33 29.1 20.2-39.9 30 23.4 15.6-33.5
Trident 104 5 9.8 3.6-23.9 38 40.5 28.9-53.3 39 30.2 20.6-41.9 22 19.5 11.5-31.1
Upper Savannah 74 5 10.2 4.0-23.6 24 34.5 22.8-48.5 23 30.6 20.0-43.9 22 24.6 15.6-36.6
Waccamaw 103 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0 29 37.7 26.9-49.9 34 29.4 21.0-39.6 38 30.9 22.2-41.1
Wateree 59 6 10.7 4.4-23.9 20 42.0 27.6-57.9 12 17.6 9.0-31.6 21 29.7 18.2-44.4
Region***
Region I 159 9 6.6 3.2-13.3 59 40.7 32.1-49.9 47 29.4 21.7-38.4 44 23.3 17.0-30.9
Region II 109 4 4.9 1.7-13.4 41 48.6 37.9-59.5 27 21.7 14.6-31.0 37 24.7 17.5-33.7
Region III 128 11 13.3 7.2-23.4 47 38.4 28.8-49.0 31 22.6 15.9-31.2 39 25.7 18.4-34.6
Region IV 167 12 7.1 3.8-13.0 59 42.2 33.0-52.0 45 25.1 18.3-33.4 51 25.5 18.8-33.7
Region V 145 12 15.1 7.3-28.6 59 44.4 34.3-54.9 39 21.7 15.3-29.8 35 18.8 12.8-26.9
Region VI 103 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0 29 37.7 26.9-49.9 34 29.4 21.0-39.6 38 30.9 22.2-41.1
Region VII 104 5 9.8 3.6-23.9 38 40.5 28.9-53.3 39 30.2 20.6-41.9 22 19.5 11.5-31.1
Region VIII 103 9 9.4 4.8-17.7 30 30.6 21.3-41.9 24 22.2 14.6-32.4 40 37.7 27.8-48.8

Some demographic sections have been suppressed: Rows contained less than 50 respondents.

*This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that they had diabetes.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50 and confidence intervals with width greater than 20. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

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