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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 207 168 78.8 71.2-84.9 15 10.5 5.9-17.9 24 10.7 6.9-16.2
GENDER
Male 63 52 75.7 59.6-86.8 6 16.0 6.9-32.9 5 8.3 3.1-20.3
Female 144 116 80.9 73.2-86.8 9 6.9 3.6-13.1 19 12.2 7.7-18.8
RACE
White 158 124 76.8 68.0-83.7 11 9.8 5.0-18.3 23 13.4 8.6-20.3
Other 47 42 85.0 65.3-94.5 4 12.9 4.1-33.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.6
AGE
18-44 96 82 83.3 72.3-90.5 8 11.2 5.2-22.3 6 5.6 2.4-12.3
45+ 110 85 74.7 63.4-83.4 7 9.9 4.1-22.0 18 15.4 9.3-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 31 74.7 52.1-88.9 3 14.6 3.8-42.6 4 10.7 3.9-26.3
Some College + 169 137 79.9 71.9-86.0 12 9.4 5.1-16.7 20 10.7 6.6-16.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 66 56 79.0 61.2-90.0 5 15.6 5.9-35.3 5 5.4 2.0-13.8
$50,000+ 98 77 77.9 67.7-85.6 8 9.2 4.6-17.5 13 12.9 7.1-22.1

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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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