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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,437 1,277 88.6 86.2-90.6 77 5.9 4.4- 7.8 83 5.5 4.2- 7.2
GENDER
Male 466 413 88.7 84.7-91.8 27 6.8 4.3-10.7 26 4.4 2.9- 6.7
Female 971 864 88.5 85.5-90.9 50 5.2 3.7- 7.2 57 6.4 4.5- 9.0
AGE
18-24 74 67 91.7 81.5-96.6 6 7.2 2.7-17.5 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4
25-34 251 214 85.7 79.6-90.3 19 7.6 4.3-13.3 18 6.6 4.0-10.9
35-44 308 266 84.5 77.9-89.4 13 6.2 3.0-12.2 29 9.3 5.8-14.6
45-54 298 261 87.0 81.0-91.2 17 6.6 3.8-11.1 20 6.4 3.5-11.6
55-64 242 225 93.4 88.6-96.3 11 4.6 2.2- 9.4 6 1.9 0.8- 4.7
65-74 158 147 93.6 87.9-96.7 5 3.0 1.1- 7.7 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1
75+ 99 90 92.9 86.0-96.5 6 4.8 2.1-10.7 3 2.4 0.6- 8.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 271 248 90.6 85.3-94.1 8 4.1 1.8- 9.1 15 5.3 3.0- 9.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 469 415 89.5 85.5-92.5 27 5.5 3.5- 8.5 27 5.0 3.0- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 381 336 85.4 79.5-89.8 19 7.0 3.8-12.3 26 7.6 4.7-12.2
College Graduate 313 275 89.4 84.8-92.8 23 6.6 4.0-10.7 15 4.0 2.2- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 241 212 88.0 82.1-92.2 10 4.2 1.8- 9.5 19 7.7 4.7-12.4
$15,000- 24,999 322 290 90.1 84.6-93.8 17 6.7 3.6-12.4 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6
$25,000- 34,999 219 193 87.3 80.3-92.0 12 4.8 2.5- 9.1 14 7.9 4.1-14.8
$35,000- 49,999 175 151 85.9 78.1-91.3 10 8.2 3.9-16.3 14 5.9 3.3-10.2
$50,000-74,999 129 115 87.7 77.7-93.6 8 5.1 2.2-11.1 6 7.2 2.7-17.9
$75,000+ 92 84 90.2 80.0-95.5 2 2.3 0.4-10.9 6 7.5 3.1-17.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 450 403 89.2 85.3-92.2 22 5.4 3.3- 8.8 25 5.4 3.5- 8.2
No 936 826 88.2 85.2-90.7 52 5.9 4.1- 8.2 58 5.9 4.2- 8.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 174 158 88.7 80.0-93.9 9 5.6 2.4-12.5 7 5.6 2.1-14.0
Non-Veteran 1,243 1,100 88.5 86.0-90.6 68 6.0 4.4- 8.1 75 5.5 4.2- 7.2
Currently Serving 17 16 90.3 54.7-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.7 1.4-45.3

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*Asked only of respondents that have ever had blood test for high sugar/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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