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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-FEMALES

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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 3,435 3,009 87.7 86.0-89.2 193 6.0 4.9- 7.3 233 6.3 5.3- 7.6
RACE
White 2,521 2,171 85.6 83.5-87.5 148 6.4 5.1- 8.0 202 8.0 6.6- 9.6
African American 719 661 94.2 91.8-95.9 34 3.7 2.3- 5.8 24 2.2 1.3- 3.5
Asian 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 78 72 91.7 77.1-97.3 2 4.9 0.9-23.5 4 3.4 1.1-10.1
Other Minorities 95 86 90.6 78.2-96.2 7 7.6 2.6-20.6 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 107 98 93.4 85.6-97.2 7 6.0 2.5-14.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.6
-English Speaking 56 50 91.6 77.5-97.2 4 6.8 1.9-21.7 2 1.6 0.3- 7.6
-Spanish Speaking 51 48 94.4 82.7-98.3 3 5.6 1.7-17.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,324 2,908 87.3 85.6-88.9 186 6.0 4.9- 7.3 230 6.7 5.6- 8.0
AGE
18-24 168 157 96.0 90.6-98.4 9 3.6 1.3- 9.1 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
25-34 497 437 87.1 82.4-90.8 35 7.6 5.0-11.6 25 5.2 3.0- 8.9
35-44 641 510 79.2 74.3-83.4 48 8.4 5.7-12.3 83 12.3 9.3-16.2
45-54 686 601 87.4 83.1-90.7 35 6.4 3.9-10.3 50 6.3 4.3- 9.0
55-64 585 526 91.5 88.2-94.0 27 3.4 2.0- 5.7 32 5.1 3.3- 7.9
65-74 472 419 86.2 80.2-90.6 24 5.6 3.2- 9.7 29 8.2 4.7-13.8
75+ 359 336 95.0 91.7-97.0 13 2.6 1.3- 5.2 10 2.4 1.1- 5.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 496 443 88.7 83.7-92.3 28 5.7 3.3- 9.6 25 5.6 3.2- 9.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 892 89.6 86.6-92.0 52 5.3 3.6- 7.8 62 5.1 3.6- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 955 840 89.4 86.4-91.8 52 4.5 3.0- 6.7 63 6.1 4.4- 8.5
College Graduate 972 830 83.6 79.8-86.8 60 8.1 5.7-11.3 82 8.4 6.2-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 403 355 87.0 80.9-91.4 22 7.1 3.8-13.1 26 5.9 3.5- 9.7
$15,000- 24,999 625 551 91.4 88.1-93.9 40 4.5 2.9- 7.0 34 4.1 2.4- 6.8
$25,000- 34,999 403 357 90.4 85.7-93.7 16 2.7 1.4- 5.0 30 6.9 4.1-11.4
$35,000- 49,999 438 385 87.5 82.3-91.4 25 6.7 4.0-11.2 28 5.8 3.3- 9.7
$50,000-74,999 338 288 85.2 79.5-89.5 22 8.4 5.0-13.8 28 6.4 4.1- 9.9
$75,000+ 414 343 80.6 74.9-85.3 24 7.3 4.3-12.2 47 12.0 8.6-16.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 171 145 84.8 77.7-89.9 15 9.4 5.4-15.7 11 5.8 3.0-10.9
Guilford 156 130 84.1 76.7-89.5 13 9.2 5.1-16.0 13 6.7 3.7-11.8
Mecklenburg 171 153 89.6 83.6-93.6 6 4.3 1.9- 9.7 12 6.0 3.3-10.7
Orange 154 139 90.1 83.1-94.5 6 4.1 1.6-10.2 9 5.7 2.9-11.1
Wake 165 137 84.3 77.4-89.4 14 8.6 4.8-14.9 14 7.1 4.1-11.9
Chatham/Lee 149 134 91.2 85.6-94.8 6 3.5 1.5- 8.0 9 5.3 2.7-10.1
Nash/Wilson 136 121 88.4 80.5-93.4 9 8.1 4.0-16.0 6 3.4 1.4- 7.9
Craven/Pamlico 174 155 91.3 86.1-94.6 8 3.2 1.5- 6.6 11 5.5 2.9-10.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 147 125 85.6 78.3-90.8 8 5.5 2.5-11.4 14 8.9 5.1-15.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 167 145 85.3 76.8-91.1 10 5.6 2.7-11.2 12 9.1 4.7-16.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 172 152 86.0 76.1-92.2 9 7.5 2.9-18.2 11 6.5 3.3-12.6
Graham/Swain/Jackson 135 120 90.3 83.5-94.5 9 5.9 2.9-11.8 6 3.7 1.5- 9.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 168 153 92.5 87.0-95.7 3 1.8 0.5- 5.8 12 5.8 3.0-10.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 153 136 87.3 80.1-92.2 7 5.1 2.4-10.5 10 7.6 3.9-14.0
Northeast NC I 171 155 93.0 88.1-95.9 11 4.9 2.5- 9.5 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1
Northeast NC II 196 172 88.3 82.5-92.4 9 3.9 2.0- 7.7 15 7.8 4.5-13.1
Northeastern Partnership 367 327 90.0 86.1-92.9 20 4.3 2.6- 7.0 20 5.7 3.5- 9.2
Mountain AHEC 472 409 86.2 81.7-89.7 31 6.5 4.1-10.0 32 7.3 4.8-10.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,241 1,098 88.5 85.5-91.0 64 5.5 3.8- 8.0 79 5.9 4.3- 8.2
Piedmont 1,447 1,261 87.3 84.8-89.4 80 6.1 4.6- 8.1 106 6.6 5.1- 8.4
Western NC 747 650 87.4 84.1-90.1 49 6.2 4.4- 8.7 48 6.4 4.5- 8.9

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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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