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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-WHITE MALES

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 1,371 1,217 90.6 88.1-92.6 74 5.0 3.5- 7.0 80 4.4 3.2- 6.2
AGE
18-24 40 34 92.4 80.6-97.3 4 5.9 1.8-18.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.9
25-34 159 130 85.8 77.0-91.6 15 6.4 3.2-12.3 14 7.9 3.6-16.1
35-44 255 217 87.3 80.8-91.8 16 6.2 3.2-11.5 22 6.5 3.5-11.7
45-54 293 259 89.7 82.6-94.2 17 6.8 3.2-13.9 17 3.5 1.5- 8.0
55-64 267 247 95.5 92.1-97.5 13 2.4 1.2- 4.7 7 2.1 0.8- 5.3
65-74 222 205 95.8 92.0-97.8 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 11 3.1 1.4- 6.9
75+ 126 116 90.8 81.2-95.7 3 4.3 1.2-14.5 7 4.9 2.0-11.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 149 135 91.6 82.2-96.2 5 1.9 0.7- 4.6 9 6.5 2.4-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 364 321 89.4 83.2-93.5 24 8.3 4.5-14.7 19 2.4 1.3- 4.2
Some Post-H.S. 359 317 89.4 83.8-93.3 23 5.2 2.8- 9.5 19 5.3 2.7-10.3
College Graduate 495 440 92.0 88.6-94.4 22 3.4 1.9- 6.0 33 4.6 2.9- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 75 92.5 82.5-97.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 5 4.8 1.3-15.6
$15,000- 24,999 160 132 82.3 69.4-90.5 13 11.5 4.9-24.8 15 6.1 2.5-14.4
$25,000- 34,999 138 128 94.8 88.5-97.8 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 6 4.2 1.6-10.9
$35,000- 49,999 228 201 88.6 81.5-93.2 18 9.5 5.2-16.7 9 2.0 0.8- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 211 182 91.5 86.1-94.9 12 3.4 1.7- 6.8 17 5.1 2.5-10.1
$75,000+ 267 245 93.7 88.9-96.5 10 2.6 1.2- 5.5 12 3.7 1.6- 8.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 94 85 88.9 77.7-94.9 4 6.2 1.9-18.3 5 4.8 1.8-12.2
Guilford 61 54 90.6 80.1-95.8 4 4.4 1.5-12.1 3 5.0 1.5-15.6
Mecklenburg 53 50 93.0 79.7-97.8 3 7.0 2.2-20.3 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 72 59 85.6 75.3-92.0 3 4.4 1.3-14.2 10 10.0 5.1-18.7
Wake 61 54 86.9 72.8-94.3 2 2.8 0.6-11.0 5 10.3 3.8-25.0
Chatham/Lee 68 59 87.2 75.4-93.8 2 3.0 0.5-15.3 7 9.8 4.4-20.3
Nash/Wilson 53 47 85.4 69.8-93.7 4 9.0 3.3-22.5 2 5.6 1.2-21.8
Craven/Pamlico 73 69 93.9 84.3-97.8 3 3.9 1.2-11.6 1 2.2 0.3-13.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 78 72 93.4 85.0-97.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 4 4.5 1.5-12.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 85 75 88.3 79.0-93.8 5 5.1 2.0-12.2 5 6.6 2.7-15.3
Franklin/Gran./Vance 54 49 91.2 80.1-96.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.8 3.6-19.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 73 58 83.3 72.1-90.6 8 9.2 4.1-19.3 7 7.5 3.3-16.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 38 31 79.1 56.2-91.7 6 19.5 7.2-43.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 39 31 81.4 65.9-90.8 5 10.8 4.3-24.5 3 7.9 2.5-22.2
Northeast NC I 35 32 93.8 80.8-98.2 1 3.2 0.4-19.6 2 3.0 0.7-11.6
Northeast NC II 68 58 85.5 74.3-92.3 5 6.3 2.5-15.0 5 8.2 3.3-18.8
Northeastern Partnership 103 90 87.5 78.8-93.0 6 5.6 2.4-12.3 7 6.9 3.0-15.0
Mountain AHEC 238 204 86.9 80.4-91.5 16 6.2 3.2-11.7 18 6.8 3.8-12.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 396 354 90.4 85.3-93.8 28 7.1 4.1-12.1 14 2.5 1.3- 4.7
Piedmont 602 541 92.2 88.9-94.5 21 3.1 1.8- 5.3 40 4.7 2.9- 7.5
Western NC 373 322 85.5 77.9-90.8 25 7.9 3.8-15.9 26 6.6 3.8-11.1

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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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