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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,525 1,025 62.0 57.9-65.9 500 38.0 34.1-42.1
GENDER
Male 500 296 50.6 43.9-57.3 204 49.4 42.7-56.1
Female 1,025 729 71.1 66.4-75.4 296 28.9 24.6-33.6
AGE
18-24 140 64 38.4 27.7-50.4 76 61.6 49.6-72.3
25-34 263 165 63.4 54.4-71.5 98 36.6 28.5-45.6
35-44 330 213 58.6 50.3-66.5 117 41.4 33.5-49.7
45-54 345 240 64.2 55.5-72.1 105 35.8 27.9-44.5
55-64 202 158 80.6 72.6-86.7 44 19.4 13.3-27.4
65-74 137 105 83.6 74.2-90.1 32 16.4 9.9-25.8
75+ 96 71 80.3 67.9-88.7 25 19.7 11.3-32.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 318 200 60.3 51.2-68.7 118 39.7 31.3-48.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 547 351 60.1 53.0-66.8 196 39.9 33.2-47.0
Some Post-H.S. 372 251 60.1 51.6-68.1 121 39.9 31.9-48.4
College Graduate 284 220 69.7 61.1-77.2 64 30.3 22.8-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 245 158 62.4 51.8-71.9 87 37.6 28.1-48.2
$15,000- 24,999 372 235 57.8 48.7-66.3 137 42.2 33.7-51.3
$25,000- 34,999 205 139 60.8 50.1-70.5 66 39.2 29.5-49.9
$35,000- 49,999 166 117 64.0 52.7-74.0 49 36.0 26.0-47.3
$50,000-74,999 101 77 76.1 61.3-86.5 24 23.9 13.5-38.7
$75,000+ 85 65 69.6 54.3-81.5 20 30.4 18.5-45.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 21 15 62.7 36.8-82.8 6 37.3 17.2-63.2
Guilford 99 68 64.1 51.3-75.2 31 35.9 24.8-48.7
Mecklenburg 101 79 73.8 62.6-82.6 22 26.2 17.4-37.4
Orange 33 22 61.7 41.9-78.2 11 38.3 21.8-58.1
Wake 72 43 56.8 42.8-69.8 29 43.2 30.2-57.2
Chatham/Lee 59 41 66.4 50.6-79.2 18 33.6 20.8-49.4
Nash/Wilson 109 81 69.6 57.8-79.3 28 30.4 20.7-42.2
Craven/Pamlico 71 45 57.0 41.3-71.5 26 43.0 28.5-58.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 11 7 59.7 27.1-85.5 4 40.3 14.5-72.9
Appalachian/Wilkes 6 5 75.4 26.0-96.4 1 24.6 3.6-74.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 144 83 44.6 28.1-62.4 61 55.4 37.6-71.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 9 4 39.8 14.3-72.4 5 60.2 27.6-85.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 113 75 59.0 47.7-69.5 38 41.0 30.5-52.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 99 65 66.8 53.2-78.1 34 33.2 21.9-46.8
Northeast NC I 192 129 67.5 59.3-74.8 63 32.5 25.2-40.7
Northeast NC II 114 83 65.8 53.7-76.2 31 34.2 23.8-46.3
Northeastern Partnership 306 212 66.7 59.5-73.2 94 33.3 26.8-40.5
Mountain AHEC 38 25 60.3 37.5-79.3 13 39.7 20.7-62.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 788 539 65.0 59.0-70.6 249 35.0 29.4-41.0
Piedmont 680 445 59.7 54.0-65.2 235 40.3 34.8-46.0
Western NC 57 41 63.3 37.5-83.2 16 36.7 16.8-62.5

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*Asked of all respondents that answered NO to diabetes Core question: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have diabetes?

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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