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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening

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 8,031 5,312 61.9 60.1-63.7 2,719 38.1 36.3-39.9
GENDER
Male 2,937 1,818 55.6 52.7-58.5 1,119 44.4 41.5-47.3
Female 5,094 3,494 67.9 65.9-69.9 1,600 32.1 30.1-34.1
RACE
White 5,941 3,965 63.2 61.2-65.3 1,976 36.8 34.7-38.8
African American 1,525 1,025 62.0 57.9-65.9 500 38.0 34.1-42.1
Asian 47 17 37.1 19.3-59.4 30 62.9 40.6-80.7
Native American 188 130 64.3 50.3-76.2 58 35.7 23.8-49.7
Other Minorities 296 154 51.2 42.5-59.8 142 48.8 40.2-57.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 314 170 50.4 41.7-59.0 144 49.6 41.0-58.3
-English Speaking 126 79 51.6 36.8-66.2 47 48.4 33.8-63.2
-Spanish Speaking 188 91 49.9 39.5-60.4 97 50.1 39.6-60.5
Non-Hispanic 7,707 5,137 62.7 60.9-64.5 2,570 37.3 35.5-39.1
AGE
18-24 546 239 39.0 32.9-45.4 307 61.0 54.6-67.1
25-34 1,320 730 53.1 48.9-57.3 590 46.9 42.7-51.1
35-44 1,612 992 59.5 55.8-63.1 620 40.5 36.9-44.2
45-54 1,601 1,093 70.2 66.7-73.5 508 29.8 26.5-33.3
55-64 1,232 936 75.4 71.5-78.9 296 24.6 21.1-28.5
65-74 976 754 79.6 75.8-82.9 222 20.4 17.1-24.2
75+ 681 526 78.8 74.1-82.9 155 21.2 17.1-25.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,222 770 59.8 54.9-64.5 452 40.2 35.5-45.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,409 1,548 59.7 56.4-63.0 861 40.3 37.0-43.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,030 1,417 63.5 59.7-67.2 613 36.5 32.8-40.3
College Graduate 2,346 1,564 63.9 60.9-66.7 782 36.1 33.3-39.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 821 546 61.4 55.2-67.3 275 38.6 32.7-44.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,471 902 57.6 53.2-61.9 569 42.4 38.1-46.8
$25,000- 34,999 898 593 58.1 52.6-63.5 305 41.9 36.5-47.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,098 738 62.5 58.0-66.8 360 37.5 33.2-42.0
$50,000-74,999 892 596 65.9 60.8-70.6 296 34.1 29.4-39.2
$75,000+ 1,049 723 67.7 63.4-71.7 326 32.3 28.3-36.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 392 276 67.6 61.5-73.1 116 32.4 26.9-38.5
Guilford 389 247 62.0 55.9-67.7 142 38.0 32.3-44.1
Mecklenburg 382 258 58.7 51.8-65.2 124 41.3 34.8-48.2
Orange 397 242 57.3 49.3-65.0 155 42.7 35.0-50.7
Wake 396 243 58.5 52.4-64.4 153 41.5 35.6-47.6
Chatham/Lee 347 233 59.4 52.6-65.9 114 40.6 34.1-47.4
Nash/Wilson 322 225 67.5 61.1-73.4 97 32.5 26.6-38.9
Craven/Pamlico 380 271 67.2 60.8-73.1 109 32.8 26.9-39.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 371 236 62.0 55.7-67.8 135 38.0 32.2-44.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 397 261 61.0 53.5-67.9 136 39.0 32.1-46.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance 433 267 52.8 43.8-61.6 166 47.2 38.4-56.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 352 224 51.9 39.3-64.2 128 48.1 35.8-60.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 385 250 59.2 53.2-64.9 135 40.8 35.1-46.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 350 219 57.1 50.1-63.8 131 42.9 36.2-49.9
Northeast NC I 367 247 63.6 55.5-71.0 120 36.4 29.0-44.5
Northeast NC II 422 298 63.7 57.4-69.5 124 36.3 30.5-42.6
Northeastern Partnership 789 545 63.6 58.7-68.3 244 36.4 31.7-41.3
Mountain AHEC 1,108 751 63.3 58.1-68.2 357 36.7 31.8-41.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,763 1,879 63.9 60.6-67.1 884 36.1 32.9-39.4
Piedmont 3,496 2,254 60.9 58.4-63.3 1,242 39.1 36.7-41.6
Western NC 1,772 1,179 61.9 57.8-65.8 593 38.1 34.2-42.2

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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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