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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 209 176 84.9 78.7-89.6 14 5.8 3.3- 9.9 19 9.3 5.6-15.0
GENDER
Male 80 70 87.2 76.2-93.6 4 3.7 1.3- 9.7 6 9.1 3.7-20.6
Female 129 106 82.9 74.9-88.8 10 7.6 3.9-14.3 13 9.5 5.4-16.1
RACE
White 167 138 83.6 76.5-88.9 11 5.2 2.8- 9.6 18 11.2 6.7-18.0
Other 41 37 90.4 74.9-96.7 3 8.3 2.5-24.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1
AGE
18-44 64 53 86.6 76.2-92.9 4 5.6 2.0-14.8 7 7.8 3.5-16.4
45+ 145 123 84.0 75.8-89.8 10 5.9 3.0-11.1 12 10.1 5.4-18.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 43 90.8 79.8-96.1 5 6.9 2.7-16.6 1 2.3 0.3-14.5
Some College + 160 133 82.9 75.2-88.6 9 5.4 2.7-10.5 18 11.7 7.0-19.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 84 83.8 73.0-90.9 8 8.2 3.9-16.2 7 8.0 3.2-18.9
$50,000+ 64 57 90.8 81.4-95.7 3 3.3 1.0-10.2 4 5.9 2.2-14.9

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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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