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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 237 200 86.4 81.0-90.5 15 6.0 3.5-10.2 22 7.6 4.7-12.0
GENDER
Male 71 62 88.7 78.9-94.3 6 7.0 3.0-15.5 3 4.3 1.3-12.8
Female 166 138 84.8 77.8-89.9 9 5.3 2.6-10.6 19 9.8 5.9-16.0
RACE
White 209 176 86.4 80.7-90.6 13 5.8 3.2-10.1 20 7.8 4.8-12.6
Other 27 23 85.3 63.6-95.1 2 8.1 1.8-29.0 2 6.6 1.3-28.0
AGE
18-44 93 73 84.0 75.0-90.1 9 7.6 3.8-14.9 11 8.4 4.3-15.7
45+ 142 125 88.0 80.4-92.9 6 4.9 2.1-11.1 11 7.1 3.6-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 79 85.1 74.3-91.8 4 5.9 2.2-15.2 8 9.0 4.1-18.5
Some College + 146 121 87.2 80.6-91.7 11 6.1 3.2-11.3 14 6.8 3.7-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 92 78 85.6 75.6-91.9 4 4.2 1.5-11.3 10 10.3 5.1-19.7
$50,000+ 100 83 86.2 77.6-91.9 8 6.8 3.2-13.9 9 6.9 3.3-14.0

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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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