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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 494 414 83.5 79.1-87.1 28 6.5 4.3- 9.6 52 10.0 7.2-13.9
GENDER
Male 185 157 84.9 78.0-90.0 13 7.1 4.0-12.3 15 8.0 4.4-14.2
Female 309 257 82.2 76.1-87.0 15 5.9 3.3-10.3 37 12.0 8.1-17.3
RACE
White 424 354 83.3 78.6-87.2 27 6.8 4.5-10.2 43 9.9 6.9-14.0
African American 28 22 83.6 63.1-93.8 1 6.8 1.0-35.4 5 9.6 3.7-22.9
AGE
18-24 16 13 78.4 48.8-93.2 2 11.7 2.8-38.0 1 10.0 1.4-46.1
25-34 65 46 72.5 56.5-84.2 5 10.5 4.2-24.0 14 17.0 8.0-32.4
35-44 84 65 76.4 63.7-85.7 6 9.2 3.9-20.2 13 14.3 7.4-26.0
45-54 102 87 84.8 74.2-91.5 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2 11 12.6 6.4-23.4
55-64 94 82 87.9 78.1-93.6 5 7.1 2.8-16.8 7 5.0 2.1-11.5
65-74 72 67 95.3 83.8-98.8 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 3 4.5 1.1-16.3
75+ 59 52 83.8 68.5-92.5 4 9.8 3.4-25.0 3 6.4 2.0-19.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 61 83.8 71.0-91.6 7 8.5 3.6-18.9 6 7.7 2.7-20.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 117 100 85.9 76.0-92.1 3 2.6 0.8- 8.2 14 11.5 5.9-21.3
Some Post-H.S. 149 124 80.3 71.4-87.0 8 6.9 3.3-13.9 17 12.7 7.5-20.8
College Graduate 153 128 84.5 76.2-90.3 10 8.2 4.1-15.9 15 7.3 3.8-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 45 76.0 60.6-86.6 7 13.7 5.9-28.7 7 10.3 4.4-22.4
$15,000- 24,999 81 68 81.1 66.7-90.2 4 6.3 2.0-17.8 9 12.6 5.4-26.8
$25,000- 34,999 61 49 84.4 71.7-92.1 3 7.3 2.3-20.9 9 8.2 3.8-17.0
$35,000- 49,999 67 57 81.3 66.1-90.6 3 4.7 1.2-16.3 7 14.1 6.1-29.2
$50,000-74,999 66 58 88.6 77.3-94.7 3 5.0 1.5-16.0 5 6.4 2.5-15.5
$75,000+ 60 49 83.1 68.0-91.9 4 7.2 2.5-18.7 7 9.8 3.3-25.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 164 143 86.0 78.2-91.4 11 8.2 4.3-15.3 10 5.8 2.7-11.7
No 318 259 81.6 75.8-86.3 17 5.9 3.5- 9.8 42 12.5 8.6-17.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 84 78 90.9 80.8-96.0 3 5.2 1.7-15.1 3 3.9 1.2-11.9
Non-Veteran 407 333 81.6 76.5-85.8 25 6.8 4.4-10.4 49 11.6 8.2-16.2
Currently Serving 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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