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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 4,496 3,842 85.9 84.5-87.1 278 6.2 5.4- 7.2 376 7.9 7.0- 9.0
GENDER
Male 1,559 1,372 87.9 85.7-89.8 99 6.5 5.1- 8.3 88 5.5 4.3- 7.1
Female 2,937 2,470 84.1 82.4-85.7 179 6.0 5.0- 7.1 288 9.9 8.6-11.4
RACE
White 3,510 2,961 85.1 83.6-86.5 225 6.3 5.4- 7.4 324 8.6 7.5- 9.7
African American 726 658 89.2 85.6-92.0 37 5.8 3.8- 8.8 31 4.9 3.1- 7.7
Other Minorities 25 18 73.6 50.3-88.5 5 14.0 5.0-33.8 2 12.4 3.1-38.5
AGE
18-24 172 155 88.4 80.5-93.4 13 9.8 5.2-17.8 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0
25-34 672 561 84.6 81.1-87.6 61 8.5 6.3-11.4 50 6.8 5.0- 9.3
35-44 919 722 80.5 76.9-83.6 68 7.0 5.1- 9.5 129 12.5 10.0-15.6
45-54 925 771 83.7 80.4-86.5 61 6.7 4.9- 9.2 93 9.6 7.4-12.3
55-64 783 685 88.2 85.3-90.6 40 4.6 3.2- 6.5 58 7.2 5.3- 9.6
65-74 591 551 93.8 90.9-95.8 21 3.4 2.0- 5.7 19 2.8 1.5- 5.2
75+ 411 375 92.1 88.5-94.6 13 3.1 1.6- 5.7 23 4.8 3.0- 7.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 632 559 88.9 85.5-91.6 25 4.3 2.6- 7.1 48 6.7 4.8- 9.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,257 1,072 85.7 82.9-88.1 87 6.4 4.9- 8.2 98 8.0 6.0-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,123 959 85.4 82.5-87.9 55 4.9 3.4- 6.8 109 9.7 7.7-12.2
College Graduate 1,479 1,247 85.1 82.7-87.2 111 7.8 6.2- 9.7 121 7.1 5.7- 8.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 403 351 85.3 78.7-90.2 20 4.5 2.6- 7.5 32 10.2 5.9-17.1
$15,000- 24,999 648 562 88.3 84.8-91.0 36 5.4 3.4- 8.3 50 6.4 4.5- 8.9
$25,000- 34,999 489 409 83.5 78.7-87.4 33 6.6 4.3-10.0 47 9.9 6.8-14.1
$35,000- 49,999 637 533 84.8 80.9-87.9 41 6.7 4.5- 9.7 63 8.6 6.3-11.6
$50,000-74,999 655 564 85.7 82.0-88.8 39 5.7 3.9- 8.2 52 8.6 6.1-11.9
$75,000+ 759 628 84.3 81.0-87.0 55 6.3 4.6- 8.6 76 9.5 7.3-12.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,275 1,115 87.3 84.8-89.5 60 5.0 3.7- 6.8 100 7.7 6.0- 9.7
No 3,116 2,636 85.4 83.8-86.9 212 6.5 5.5- 7.7 268 8.0 6.9- 9.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 550 495 89.8 86.1-92.6 26 4.4 2.8- 7.1 29 5.8 3.7- 9.0
Non-Veteran 3,929 3,331 85.1 83.6-86.5 251 6.6 5.6- 7.6 347 8.3 7.3- 9.5
Currently Serving 13 12 95.2 71.5-99.4 1 4.8 0.6-28.5 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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