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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 330 277 83.6 78.1-87.9 18 6.0 3.6- 9.8 35 10.4 7.0-15.4
GENDER
Male 120 102 84.9 75.9-90.9 8 6.5 3.2-12.9 10 8.6 4.1-17.2
Female 210 175 82.4 75.0-88.0 10 5.5 2.6-11.1 25 12.1 7.6-18.8
RACE
White 278 229 83.1 77.2-87.7 17 6.1 3.6-10.1 32 10.8 7.1-16.2
Other 52 48 87.9 66.8-96.4 1 5.0 0.7-28.1 3 7.1 1.5-27.3
AGE
18-44 111 82 74.6 63.3-83.4 7 8.2 3.8-16.7 22 17.2 10.0-28.1
45+ 217 193 88.3 82.1-92.5 11 4.8 2.4- 9.5 13 6.9 3.8-12.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 123 87.2 78.8-92.5 7 4.0 1.7- 9.2 13 8.8 4.4-17.0
Some College + 186 153 80.5 72.5-86.6 11 7.6 4.1-13.9 22 11.9 7.2-18.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 156 82.8 75.1-88.5 12 6.8 3.5-12.5 22 10.4 6.1-17.3
$50,000+ 70 60 86.4 74.2-93.4 4 6.5 2.4-16.7 6 7.0 2.5-18.6

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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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