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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-WHITES

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 3,892 3,388 87.8 86.3-89.2 222 5.8 4.8- 7.0 282 6.4 5.4- 7.5
GENDER
Male 1,371 1,217 90.6 88.1-92.6 74 5.0 3.5- 7.0 80 4.4 3.2- 6.2
Female 2,521 2,171 85.6 83.5-87.5 148 6.4 5.1- 8.0 202 8.0 6.6- 9.6
AGE
18-24 141 127 93.2 86.8-96.6 10 5.7 2.6-12.2 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
25-34 475 395 83.5 78.3-87.7 44 8.5 5.8-12.5 36 8.0 5.0-12.4
35-44 706 564 82.0 78.0-85.5 48 6.6 4.6- 9.5 94 11.3 8.6-14.8
45-54 786 682 87.2 82.9-90.5 44 7.3 4.6-11.3 60 5.5 3.8- 8.1
55-64 722 653 93.5 91.1-95.3 34 2.6 1.6- 4.0 35 3.9 2.5- 6.0
65-74 610 549 89.8 85.5-93.0 25 3.7 2.1- 6.5 36 6.5 3.9-10.5
75+ 426 394 93.0 89.2-95.5 15 3.4 1.7- 6.7 17 3.6 2.0- 6.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 449 395 87.5 82.0-91.5 24 4.5 2.4- 8.1 30 8.0 4.8-13.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,089 951 88.2 84.9-90.8 67 7.3 5.0-10.4 71 4.6 3.3- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,085 951 88.6 85.5-91.1 60 4.9 3.3- 7.1 74 6.5 4.7- 9.0
College Graduate 1,262 1,086 87.0 84.3-89.3 70 5.8 4.3- 7.8 106 7.2 5.6- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 328 285 86.6 79.7-91.4 21 6.8 3.4-13.4 22 6.6 3.7-11.3
$15,000- 24,999 566 478 85.8 80.1-90.1 42 8.2 4.8-13.5 46 6.0 3.7- 9.7
$25,000- 34,999 418 372 91.0 86.6-94.1 14 1.6 0.8- 3.3 32 7.4 4.5-11.8
$35,000- 49,999 578 508 88.1 83.7-91.4 36 7.4 4.8-11.4 34 4.5 2.8- 7.3
$50,000-74,999 486 415 88.2 84.2-91.3 29 5.9 3.7- 9.2 42 5.9 3.9- 8.9
$75,000+ 629 541 86.7 82.8-89.8 32 5.1 3.2- 8.0 56 8.2 5.8-11.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 246 213 86.3 80.2-90.7 17 8.0 4.5-13.7 16 5.7 3.3- 9.8
Guilford 172 146 86.5 80.1-91.1 12 7.0 3.8-12.5 14 6.5 3.6-11.5
Mecklenburg 164 145 88.7 82.2-93.1 8 6.2 3.0-12.4 11 5.1 2.7- 9.4
Orange 199 173 88.0 81.8-92.2 8 4.3 2.0- 9.4 18 7.7 4.7-12.5
Wake 173 145 84.0 76.7-89.3 12 6.5 3.5-11.9 16 9.5 5.4-16.1
Chatham/Lee 170 150 88.2 81.5-92.7 5 3.2 1.1- 8.6 15 8.7 5.1-14.5
Nash/Wilson 132 114 86.1 77.4-91.8 10 8.1 4.1-15.3 8 5.8 2.5-13.3
Craven/Pamlico 217 196 91.7 87.0-94.8 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9 12 4.8 2.5- 8.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 219 193 89.4 84.1-93.0 9 3.9 1.9- 7.8 17 6.8 4.0-11.2
Appalachian/Wilkes 247 215 86.3 80.2-90.7 15 5.5 3.1- 9.5 17 8.3 4.9-13.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance 167 147 88.1 81.2-92.7 5 3.1 1.1- 8.4 15 8.8 5.0-15.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 187 158 86.3 79.8-91.0 16 7.6 4.2-13.2 13 6.1 3.3-11.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 107 95 87.2 75.8-93.6 7 8.9 3.5-21.1 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 133 114 84.3 76.2-89.9 10 8.2 4.3-14.8 9 7.6 3.9-14.3
Northeast NC I 113 100 91.8 85.6-95.5 8 5.1 2.4-10.8 5 3.1 1.2- 7.5
Northeast NC II 203 175 86.0 79.9-90.4 13 5.7 3.2-10.0 15 8.3 4.9-13.8
Northeastern Partnership 316 275 87.5 82.8-91.0 21 5.6 3.5- 8.8 20 7.0 4.3-11.1
Mountain AHEC 664 570 86.2 82.5-89.3 44 6.4 4.3- 9.3 50 7.4 5.2-10.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 1,180 1,032 87.7 84.5-90.3 74 6.8 4.8- 9.5 74 5.6 4.0- 7.7
Piedmont 1,653 1,440 88.4 86.2-90.2 79 5.0 3.8- 6.5 134 6.7 5.2- 8.4
Western NC 1,059 916 86.5 82.8-89.5 69 6.8 4.5-10.2 74 6.7 5.0- 9.0

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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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