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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

How long has it been since you had your last blood test for high sugar or diabetes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Past 3 years 3-5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,011 929 91.9 88.9-94.1 48 4.8 3.1- 7.4 34 3.3 2.0- 5.3
GENDER
Male 292 268 87.9 80.4-92.8 14 6.8 3.2-13.7 10 5.3 2.5-10.9
Female 719 661 94.2 91.8-95.9 34 3.7 2.3- 5.8 24 2.2 1.3- 3.5
AGE
18-24 62 57 96.2 88.9-98.7 4 2.5 0.7- 9.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
25-34 163 150 88.8 77.6-94.8 8 7.6 2.8-19.1 5 3.6 1.1-11.1
35-44 211 186 88.1 80.3-93.1 16 7.1 3.6-13.4 9 4.8 1.9-11.9
45-54 238 219 94.4 89.9-97.0 9 2.9 1.1- 7.2 10 2.7 1.2- 5.9
55-64 156 146 90.7 80.6-95.8 6 4.7 1.7-12.4 4 4.7 1.3-15.0
65-74 104 96 93.2 84.4-97.2 4 3.4 1.0-11.1 4 3.5 1.0-11.3
75+ 68 67 99.3 95.1-99.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 183 91.8 83.1-96.2 7 3.8 1.5- 9.1 6 4.5 1.3-14.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 347 326 94.0 88.4-97.0 13 4.5 1.9-10.5 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2
Some Post-H.S. 249 223 92.2 86.5-95.6 14 3.3 1.6- 6.6 12 4.5 2.0-10.1
College Graduate 217 195 87.8 79.1-93.2 14 8.1 3.7-16.7 8 4.1 1.6- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 156 142 92.7 86.4-96.2 5 3.0 1.1- 8.3 9 4.2 1.8- 9.5
$15,000- 24,999 235 218 92.1 83.0-96.5 12 4.5 1.4-13.4 5 3.4 1.0-10.7
$25,000- 34,999 138 125 93.3 87.5-96.5 8 4.6 2.0-10.1 5 2.1 0.8- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 115 103 88.2 76.6-94.5 8 7.9 3.2-18.3 4 3.9 0.9-15.1
$50,000-74,999 76 67 87.7 74.5-94.6 6 5.8 2.3-14.2 3 6.4 1.7-21.5
$75,000+ 64 60 92.6 79.0-97.6 2 3.8 0.9-14.1 2 3.7 0.6-19.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 15 13 76.0 36.3-94.6 2 24.0 5.4-63.7 0 0.0 . - .
Guilford 66 57 84.8 69.5-93.2 6 7.2 2.9-16.7 3 8.0 2.1-26.2
Mecklenburg 77 73 95.4 87.8-98.3 3 3.5 1.1-11.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4
Orange 22 20 92.6 74.0-98.2 1 3.6 0.5-22.0 1 3.8 0.5-23.2
Wake 43 38 85.3 67.1-94.3 2 6.5 1.5-24.4 3 8.3 2.3-25.6
Chatham/Lee 41 38 96.1 87.9-98.8 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9
Nash/Wilson 80 74 89.0 76.6-95.2 5 9.7 3.9-22.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
Craven/Pamlico 45 42 96.2 88.4-98.8 3 3.8 1.2-11.6 0 0.0 . - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 7 6 89.1 48.0-98.6 1 10.9 1.4-52.0 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 83 78 88.1 62.5-97.1 4 3.1 1.1- 8.4 1 8.8 1.3-41.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 74 67 92.6 83.2-96.9 2 2.4 0.5-10.7 5 5.0 1.7-13.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 64 58 91.8 80.9-96.7 2 2.4 0.6- 9.7 4 5.8 1.9-16.5
Northeast NC I 127 120 95.1 88.5-98.0 5 4.1 1.5-11.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3
Northeast NC II 83 73 89.8 80.2-95.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 9 9.8 4.7-19.4
Northeastern Partnership 210 193 92.5 87.3-95.7 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9 11 5.2 2.6-10.0
Mountain AHEC 24 22 83.6 48.7-96.5 2 16.4 3.5-51.3 0 0.0 . - .
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 534 488 91.1 85.8-94.5 24 6.3 3.2-11.9 22 2.6 1.6- 4.4
Piedmont 437 404 92.5 88.5-95.2 21 3.5 1.9- 6.2 12 4.0 2.0- 7.8
Western NC 40 37 91.6 70.5-98.0 3 8.4 2.0-29.5 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents that have ever had blood test for high sugar/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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