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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Diabetes Screening

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 to 5 years 5+ years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,042 6,862 85.6 84.6-86.5 502 6.3 5.6- 6.9 678 8.2 7.4- 9.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 202 176 86.4 79.7-91.1 14 8.9 5.0-15.4 12 4.7 2.6- 8.5
GENDER
Male 70 58 84.0 71.6-91.6 9 14.2 7.1-26.6 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6
Female 132 118 88.7 81.3-93.4 5 3.8 1.5- 9.2 9 7.5 3.8-14.4
RACE
White 189 164 84.5 77.3-89.8 14 10.3 5.9-17.5 11 5.1 2.7- 9.4
Other 13 12 97.8 83.5-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-16.5
AGE
18-44 66 52 75.1 60.8-85.5 10 20.7 11.1-35.3 4 4.1 1.5-11.0
45+ 136 124 91.5 84.2-95.6 4 3.5 1.0-11.1 8 5.0 2.4-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 95 87.1 76.8-93.2 7 9.8 4.5-20.4 5 3.1 1.2- 7.4
Some College + 95 81 85.3 76.0-91.5 7 7.7 3.6-15.7 7 7.0 3.2-14.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 101 84.1 74.1-90.7 9 11.2 5.6-21.2 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7
$50,000+ 41 35 86.4 71.4-94.2 4 9.3 3.3-23.4 2 4.3 0.9-18.0

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*Asked only of respondents that have ever had blood test for high sugar/diabetes and answered NO to diabetes core question

^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 (MAHEC): 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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