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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 203 183 90.9 85.4-94.5 6 2.6 1.1- 5.9 14 6.5 3.5-11.8
GENDER
Male 65 62 97.0 90.5-99.1 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
Female 138 121 86.7 78.1-92.2 4 2.8 1.0- 7.8 13 10.5 5.6-18.9
RACE
White 171 152 90.2 84.1-94.2 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 13 6.6 3.5-12.3
Other 32 31 94.2 68.6-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-31.4
AGE
18-44 76 68 90.2 79.4-95.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.1 6 6.8 2.5-17.5
45+ 126 114 91.4 84.4-95.4 4 2.3 0.8- 6.3 8 6.3 2.9-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 102 92.2 85.0-96.1 4 2.6 0.9- 6.9 7 5.2 2.1-12.4
Some College + 90 81 89.5 79.6-94.9 2 2.6 0.6- 9.8 7 7.9 3.3-17.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 123 114 92.6 84.4-96.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 6 5.5 2.0-14.1
$50,000+ 44 39 88.0 73.8-95.0 2 5.1 1.3-18.4 3 6.9 2.2-19.7

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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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