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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes Screening-FEMALES

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 5,222 4,395 84.1 82.8-85.3 320 6.0 5.3- 6.9 507 9.9 8.9-10.9
RACE
White 3,909 3,230 82.3 80.8-83.8 256 6.5 5.6- 7.5 423 11.2 10.0-12.5
African American 971 864 88.5 85.5-90.9 50 5.2 3.7- 7.2 57 6.4 4.5- 9.0
Asian 19 14 73.5 45.4-90.2 3 13.5 3.3-42.0 2 13.0 2.9-42.8
Native American 112 96 84.7 74.0-91.5 3 4.0 0.9-15.8 13 11.2 5.9-20.2
Other Minorities 183 169 93.8 87.8-96.9 5 2.5 0.8- 7.3 9 3.8 1.5- 9.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 193 178 93.6 87.8-96.8 4 2.3 0.7- 7.1 11 4.1 1.7- 9.3
-English Speaking 82 75 88.8 73.6-95.8 1 3.4 0.5-20.3 6 7.8 2.5-22.0
-Spanish Speaking 111 103 96.3 92.3-98.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2
Non-Hispanic 5,024 4,213 83.6 82.3-84.8 316 6.2 5.5- 7.1 495 10.2 9.1-11.3
AGE
18-24 224 201 89.4 83.0-93.7 16 7.4 4.0-13.1 7 3.2 1.1- 8.4
25-34 821 690 86.0 83.1-88.5 73 8.2 6.3-10.5 58 5.8 4.3- 7.9
35-44 995 750 76.5 73.1-79.6 79 7.6 5.8- 9.8 166 15.9 13.4-18.9
45-54 1,050 850 80.4 77.1-83.3 69 6.1 4.6- 8.0 131 13.5 10.9-16.5
55-64 884 758 85.1 82.0-87.7 44 5.5 3.9- 7.7 82 9.4 7.3-11.9
65-74 685 634 93.4 90.8-95.3 19 1.7 1.0- 2.7 32 4.9 3.2- 7.4
75+ 539 488 91.0 87.9-93.4 20 3.7 2.3- 5.9 31 5.3 3.5- 7.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 760 682 90.6 87.9-92.7 26 3.0 1.9- 4.6 52 6.4 4.7- 8.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,503 1,263 83.5 80.9-85.8 94 5.9 4.6- 7.5 146 10.6 8.7-13.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,436 1,198 82.9 80.3-85.3 86 5.8 4.5- 7.4 152 11.3 9.3-13.6
College Graduate 1,519 1,248 82.8 80.4-84.9 114 7.8 6.3- 9.6 157 9.5 7.9-11.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 600 519 86.0 82.1-89.2 33 5.4 3.6- 8.2 48 8.6 6.1-11.9
$15,000- 24,999 894 770 87.5 84.6-89.8 45 4.6 3.3- 6.6 79 7.9 6.0-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 595 495 82.2 77.9-85.9 38 6.4 4.4- 9.3 62 11.3 8.4-15.2
$35,000- 49,999 674 546 80.7 76.7-84.1 48 7.5 5.4-10.3 80 11.8 9.1-15.2
$50,000-74,999 629 529 84.5 80.6-87.8 44 6.5 4.5- 9.2 56 9.0 6.5-12.4
$75,000+ 671 530 78.6 74.6-82.1 50 6.8 5.0- 9.3 91 14.6 11.6-18.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,658 1,432 86.1 83.9-88.0 80 5.0 3.9- 6.5 146 8.9 7.3-10.7
No 3,464 2,877 83.2 81.6-84.7 233 6.4 5.5- 7.5 354 10.4 9.1-11.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 90 79.0 64.3-88.7 5 3.7 1.4- 9.3 13 17.3 8.2-32.9
Non-Veteran 5,086 4,281 84.2 82.9-85.4 314 6.1 5.4- 7.0 491 9.7 8.7-10.8
Currently Serving 23 20 86.5 57.6-96.8 1 2.7 0.4-17.3 2 10.8 1.9-43.1

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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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