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BRFSS Survey Results 2006 for South Carolina

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Diabetes

Has a doctor ever told you that diabetes has affected your eyes or that you had retinopathy?*

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  Total #
Respondents		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,111 247 22.7 19.7-26.0 864 77.3 74.0-80.3
GENDER
Male 448 98 23.5 18.9-28.9 350 76.5 71.1-81.1
Female 663 149 21.9 18.2-26.1 514 78.1 73.9-81.8
RACE
White 719 140 20.0 16.5-24.0 579 80.0 76.0-83.5
African American 341 96 26.4 21.0-32.7 245 73.6 67.3-79.0
AGE
35-44 64 14 22.3 12.2-37.4 50 77.7 62.6-87.8
45-54 223 56 23.4 17.3-31.0 167 76.6 69.0-82.7
55-64 316 72 25.7 19.9-32.4 244 74.3 67.6-80.1
65+ 485 102 22.2 17.9-27.2 383 77.8 72.8-82.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 258 76 30.6 23.8-38.4 182 69.4 61.6-76.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 377 90 23.9 18.8-29.8 287 76.1 70.2-81.2
Some Post-H.S. 261 46 18.3 13.1-25.1 215 81.7 74.9-86.9
College Graduate 211 33 15.9 10.4-23.6 178 84.1 76.4-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 248 79 34.0 26.8-42.1 169 66.0 57.9-73.2
$15,000- $24,999 214 51 26.3 19.1-35.0 163 73.7 65.0-80.9
$25,000- $34,999 133 32 28.9 19.5-40.5 101 71.1 59.5-80.5
$35,000- $49,999 115 23 14.4 8.9-22.6 92 85.6 77.4-91.1
$50,000+ 211 26 15.1 9.7-22.6 185 84.9 77.4-90.3
Health District**
Appalachia I 88 21 25.6 15.9-38.5 67 74.4 61.5-84.1
Appalachia II 53 14 31.7 18.8-48.0 39 68.3 52.0-81.2
Appalachia III 60 12 15.2 7.8-27.4 48 84.8 72.6-92.2
Catawba 47 11 24.3 13.4-39.9 36 75.7 60.1-86.6
Edisto Savannah 159 40 22.2 15.5-30.8 119 77.8 69.2-84.5
Low Country 112 20 18.3 11.4-28.0 92 81.7 72.0-88.6
Palmetto 93 20 22.2 14.2-33.1 73 77.8 66.9-85.8
Pee Dee 111 29 28.4 19.1-39.8 82 71.6 60.2-80.9
Trident 110 17 12.5 7.1-21.0 93 87.5 79.0-92.9
Upper Savannah 78 15 24.1 14.1-38.0 63 75.9 62.0-85.9
Waccamaw 116 25 26.8 17.6-38.6 91 73.2 61.4-82.4
Wateree 69 18 31.3 19.3-46.4 51 68.7 53.6-80.7
Region***
Region I 166 36 24.9 17.6-34.0 130 75.1 66.0-82.4
Region II 113 26 22.3 14.7-32.4 87 77.7 67.6-85.3
Region III 140 31 22.9 16.0-31.5 109 77.1 68.5-84.0
Region IV 180 47 29.5 21.8-38.4 133 70.5 61.6-78.2
Region V 159 40 22.2 15.5-30.8 119 77.8 69.2-84.5
Region VI 116 25 26.8 17.6-38.6 91 73.2 61.4-82.4
Region VII 110 17 12.5 7.1-21.0 93 87.5 79.0-92.9
Region VIII 112 20 18.3 11.4-28.0 92 81.7 72.0-88.6

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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