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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Diabetes Screening

Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,712 8,190 62.2 61.1-63.3 4,522 37.8 36.7-38.9
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 357 233 66.1 60.5-71.3 124 33.9 28.7-39.5
GENDER
Male 140 82 62.1 53.2-70.2 58 37.9 29.8-46.8
Female 217 151 70.3 63.4-76.5 66 29.7 23.5-36.6
RACE
White 271 175 65.4 59.0-71.3 96 34.6 28.7-41.0
Other 85 57 68.2 55.8-78.6 28 31.8 21.4-44.2
AGE
18-44 135 84 62.3 52.7-70.9 51 37.7 29.1-47.3
45+ 220 148 68.8 61.8-75.1 72 31.2 24.9-38.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 108 64.3 55.9-71.9 64 35.7 28.1-44.1
Some College + 184 125 68.2 60.4-75.0 59 31.8 25.0-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 139 69.8 62.3-76.4 66 30.2 23.6-37.7
$50,000+ 76 46 60.2 47.8-71.5 30 39.8 28.5-52.2

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*Asked of all respondents that answered NO to diabetes Core question: Have you ever been told by a doctor that you have 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 (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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