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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 213 183 84.1 77.0-89.4 16 8.0 4.4-13.8 14 7.9 4.3-14.0
GENDER
Male 85 71 83.6 72.3-90.9 9 10.0 4.5-21.0 5 6.3 2.6-14.4
Female 128 112 84.6 74.5-91.2 7 5.9 2.7-12.3 9 9.5 4.2-19.9
RACE
White 151 131 86.2 78.4-91.5 11 7.0 3.6-13.3 9 6.7 3.2-13.8
Other 62 52 80.1 64.0-90.1 5 9.8 3.4-25.0 5 10.2 3.8-24.6
AGE
18-44 66 51 79.8 65.7-89.1 9 13.2 5.8-27.4 6 7.0 2.8-16.3
45+ 144 129 86.1 77.1-91.9 7 5.4 2.4-11.5 8 8.6 4.0-17.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 52 87.1 69.0-95.3 1 3.1 0.4-19.1 3 9.8 3.0-28.1
Some College + 157 131 82.8 74.7-88.7 15 10.1 5.6-17.6 11 7.1 3.7-12.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 89 81 87.0 72.6-94.4 4 5.8 1.7-18.4 4 7.2 2.2-21.4
$50,000+ 87 71 80.8 70.1-88.3 6 7.5 3.1-17.0 10 11.7 6.2-20.9

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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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