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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 363 223 58.4 52.2-64.4 140 41.6 35.6-47.8
GENDER
Male 133 82 56.5 46.4-66.2 51 43.5 33.8-53.6
Female 230 141 60.2 52.8-67.1 89 39.8 32.9-47.2
RACE
White 209 121 57.8 50.3-65.0 88 42.2 35.0-49.7
Other 149 100 59.8 49.2-69.5 49 40.2 30.5-50.8
AGE
18-44 188 101 48.3 39.9-56.9 87 51.7 43.1-60.1
45+ 173 121 73.6 66.1-79.9 52 26.4 20.1-33.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 66 61.0 47.9-72.7 33 39.0 27.3-52.1
Some College + 264 157 57.2 50.3-63.9 107 42.8 36.1-49.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 161 104 59.9 49.7-69.3 57 40.1 30.7-50.3
$50,000+ 132 80 59.3 49.9-68.1 52 40.7 31.9-50.1

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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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