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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 536 461 85.1 81.2-88.3 35 7.0 4.8-10.1 40 7.9 5.6-11.0
GENDER
Male 188 160 84.0 77.1-89.1 13 8.2 4.6-14.2 15 7.8 4.5-13.2
Female 348 301 86.0 81.5-89.6 22 5.9 3.8- 9.2 25 8.0 5.3-12.0
RACE
White 323 277 84.8 79.7-88.8 22 7.2 4.6-11.1 24 8.0 5.1-12.3
African American 197 170 85.2 78.3-90.1 11 6.1 3.0-11.9 16 8.7 5.2-14.3
AGE
18-24 11 9 85.5 53.6-96.8 2 14.5 3.2-46.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 67 54 80.2 67.6-88.7 7 8.6 3.7-18.5 6 11.2 5.0-23.3
35-44 93 73 76.6 65.1-85.2 9 11.6 5.6-22.3 11 11.9 6.3-21.2
45-54 103 87 85.7 76.5-91.7 7 8.1 3.6-17.5 9 6.1 3.0-11.9
55-64 112 100 89.1 80.0-94.4 5 3.6 1.4- 9.0 7 7.3 3.0-16.7
65-74 84 80 94.5 85.1-98.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 3 3.8 1.1-13.0
75+ 66 58 86.5 74.0-93.5 4 6.3 2.2-16.6 4 7.2 2.5-19.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 94 86.3 75.2-92.9 3 6.0 1.9-17.5 7 7.7 3.4-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 183 151 83.0 76.1-88.3 15 7.9 4.5-13.6 17 9.1 5.4-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 130 107 82.5 73.7-88.7 13 9.8 5.3-17.6 10 7.7 3.9-14.6
College Graduate 119 109 90.6 81.7-95.4 4 2.9 1.0- 7.8 6 6.5 2.5-15.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 82 72 84.1 71.6-91.7 5 4.7 1.9-11.3 5 11.2 4.7-24.4
$15,000- 24,999 108 94 88.3 79.6-93.5 7 7.8 3.4-16.7 7 4.0 1.9- 8.4
$25,000- 34,999 61 50 78.9 64.4-88.5 5 11.8 4.7-26.6 6 9.4 4.0-20.4
$35,000- 49,999 76 63 81.1 68.9-89.3 8 12.4 5.9-24.2 5 6.5 2.6-15.4
$50,000-74,999 51 40 80.9 66.6-90.1 4 5.9 1.7-18.0 7 13.2 5.9-26.9
$75,000+ 55 49 87.9 73.5-95.0 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 5 10.1 3.7-24.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 201 176 86.0 78.9-91.0 12 6.9 3.5-13.2 13 7.1 3.9-12.7
No 322 272 83.9 78.8-88.0 23 7.4 4.7-11.3 27 8.7 5.8-12.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 72 63 90.6 81.4-95.5 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5 6 6.4 2.5-15.3
Non-Veteran 457 391 83.7 79.2-87.4 32 7.9 5.4-11.6 34 8.4 5.8-11.9
Currently Serving 6 6 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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