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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 221 190 87.1 81.8-91.1 13 4.8 2.7- 8.5 18 8.1 5.0-12.8
GENDER
Male 81 69 87.7 78.8-93.2 5 5.0 2.0-12.0 7 7.3 3.4-15.1
Female 140 121 86.6 79.3-91.5 8 4.6 2.2- 9.4 11 8.8 4.8-15.6
RACE
White 120 100 84.5 76.7-90.0 8 6.0 2.9-11.9 12 9.5 5.3-16.4
Other 99 88 89.7 81.4-94.6 5 3.6 1.3- 9.5 6 6.7 2.9-14.5
AGE
18-44 99 84 86.5 77.9-92.1 6 4.9 2.0-11.2 9 8.6 4.4-16.3
45+ 121 105 87.6 80.0-92.5 7 4.8 2.2-10.2 9 7.6 3.9-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 65 57 89.4 79.2-95.0 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 6 8.7 3.7-18.9
Some College + 156 133 86.0 79.2-90.8 11 6.2 3.3-11.5 12 7.8 4.3-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 89 87.9 79.6-93.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 11 10.3 5.5-18.4
$50,000+ 80 65 83.4 73.5-90.1 10 10.4 5.5-19.0 5 6.2 2.5-14.4

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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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