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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 229 206 90.7 85.8-94.1 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 14 5.4 3.0- 9.5
GENDER
Male 81 75 92.8 84.1-96.9 3 3.8 1.2-11.5 3 3.5 1.0-11.1
Female 148 131 88.8 82.0-93.3 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0 11 7.2 3.7-13.4
RACE
White 172 154 89.0 82.6-93.2 7 4.7 2.2- 9.9 11 6.3 3.3-11.8
Other 56 51 95.8 89.9-98.3 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 3 2.7 0.9- 8.5
AGE
18-44 84 70 85.2 75.0-91.6 6 7.1 3.0-15.9 8 7.7 3.5-16.2
45+ 144 135 94.3 88.6-97.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 92 90.2 82.7-94.7 5 3.2 1.2- 7.8 8 6.6 3.0-13.9
Some College + 124 114 91.2 83.6-95.5 4 4.5 1.6-11.8 6 4.2 1.7-10.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 119 88.3 81.2-93.0 7 4.7 2.1- 9.8 10 7.0 3.5-13.5
$50,000+ 46 44 94.8 77.3-99.0 1 4.2 0.6-24.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7

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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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