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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 494 336 66.2 60.7-71.3 158 33.8 28.7-39.3
GENDER
Male 182 123 66.2 57.2-74.2 59 33.8 25.8-42.8
Female 312 213 66.2 59.5-72.3 99 33.8 27.7-40.5
RACE
White 417 284 67.6 62.0-72.8 133 32.4 27.2-38.0
Other 75 52 56.7 38.8-73.0 23 43.3 27.0-61.2
AGE
18-44 186 111 54.2 45.1-63.0 75 45.8 37.0-54.9
45+ 304 222 74.8 68.5-80.3 82 25.2 19.7-31.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 224 146 65.7 57.4-73.1 78 34.3 26.9-42.6
Some College + 267 189 66.5 59.0-73.2 78 33.5 26.8-41.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 194 67.8 60.4-74.5 87 32.2 25.5-39.6
$50,000+ 106 70 61.9 50.8-71.9 36 38.1 28.1-49.2

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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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