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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 243 210 87.4 81.9-91.5 15 4.3 2.4- 7.7 18 8.2 4.9-13.5
GENDER
Male 94 83 87.8 78.0-93.6 4 3.3 1.1- 9.8 7 8.9 4.0-18.4
Female 149 127 87.1 80.1-91.9 11 5.3 2.7-10.1 11 7.6 4.0-14.1
RACE
White 209 179 86.5 80.3-91.0 14 4.8 2.6- 8.7 16 8.7 5.0-14.5
Other 34 31 94.1 80.4-98.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 2 5.1 1.1-19.8
AGE
18-44 102 81 80.0 69.4-87.7 10 6.5 3.1-13.2 11 13.4 7.1-24.0
45+ 141 129 93.2 87.6-96.4 5 2.6 1.0- 7.0 7 4.2 1.8- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 103 85.3 75.7-91.6 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8 11 12.1 6.4-21.7
Some College + 124 106 89.3 82.3-93.7 11 6.0 3.0-11.7 7 4.7 2.0-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 105 85.5 76.9-91.2 6 3.3 1.3- 7.9 13 11.3 6.2-19.7
$50,000+ 64 55 87.5 75.4-94.1 5 6.8 2.4-17.6 4 5.7 1.8-16.4

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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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