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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,221 1,454 62.5 59.8-65.1 767 37.5 34.9-40.2
GENDER
Male 755 471 59.4 54.9-63.7 284 40.6 36.3-45.1
Female 1,466 983 65.1 61.9-68.1 483 34.9 31.9-38.1
AGE
18-24 170 75 34.4 26.3-43.5 95 65.6 56.5-73.7
25-34 437 254 54.3 48.4-60.0 183 45.7 40.0-51.6
35-44 488 310 62.7 56.9-68.1 178 37.3 31.9-43.1
45-54 437 301 68.4 62.8-73.5 136 31.6 26.5-37.2
55-64 309 245 78.2 71.7-83.5 64 21.8 16.5-28.3
65-74 213 158 76.0 68.3-82.4 55 24.0 17.6-31.7
75+ 155 104 66.2 55.8-75.3 51 33.8 24.7-44.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 444 279 60.0 54.0-65.7 165 40.0 34.3-46.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 762 475 59.2 54.6-63.7 287 40.8 36.3-45.4
Some Post-H.S. 562 384 67.2 62.1-71.9 178 32.8 28.1-37.9
College Graduate 448 313 64.6 58.4-70.3 135 35.4 29.7-41.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 394 247 59.3 53.0-65.3 147 40.7 34.7-47.0
$15,000- 24,999 519 324 57.4 51.5-63.1 195 42.6 36.9-48.5
$25,000- 34,999 305 221 70.8 64.2-76.7 84 29.2 23.3-35.8
$35,000- 49,999 254 176 67.5 60.2-74.0 78 32.5 26.0-39.8
$50,000-74,999 175 129 68.8 59.7-76.7 46 31.2 23.3-40.3
$75,000+ 131 93 69.0 57.4-78.7 38 31.0 21.3-42.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 667 459 68.1 63.4-72.4 208 31.9 27.6-36.6
No 1,460 943 61.6 58.4-64.8 517 38.4 35.2-41.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 251 176 69.0 61.6-75.5 75 31.0 24.5-38.4
Non-Veteran 1,926 1,258 62.1 59.2-64.9 668 37.9 35.1-40.8
Currently Serving 37 17 37.5 21.8-56.3 20 62.5 43.7-78.2

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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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