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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 883 747 84.0 80.8-86.7 53 6.3 4.7- 8.5 83 9.7 7.5-12.5
GENDER
Male 331 280 84.5 79.4-88.5 26 7.2 4.8-10.8 25 8.3 5.3-12.8
Female 552 467 83.4 79.2-87.0 27 5.4 3.5- 8.3 58 11.2 8.3-14.9
RACE
White 786 662 83.4 80.0-86.4 51 6.6 4.8- 8.9 73 10.0 7.6-13.0
African American 43 36 87.6 72.5-95.0 1 4.8 0.7-26.8 6 7.6 3.2-17.1
AGE
18-24 28 21 74.0 53.2-87.7 5 16.2 6.5-35.1 2 9.7 2.4-32.3
25-34 110 84 75.4 63.7-84.3 8 8.5 4.0-17.0 18 16.1 8.9-27.5
35-44 170 128 74.0 65.2-81.3 16 9.7 5.7-16.2 26 16.2 10.4-24.5
45-54 178 155 87.9 80.9-92.6 8 3.0 1.4- 6.7 15 9.0 5.0-15.9
55-64 171 153 89.1 82.3-93.5 7 5.8 2.7-12.3 11 5.1 2.6- 9.7
65-74 139 127 94.1 88.0-97.2 4 0.9 0.3- 3.3 8 5.0 2.2-11.2
75+ 85 77 86.5 74.0-93.5 5 8.4 3.2-20.6 3 5.1 1.6-15.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 132 80.8 71.9-87.4 14 8.8 4.9-15.3 14 10.4 5.5-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 237 206 86.4 80.1-90.9 9 4.2 2.1- 8.1 22 9.4 5.7-15.3
Some Post-H.S. 251 212 82.4 75.8-87.5 15 6.1 3.4-10.6 24 11.5 7.3-17.5
College Graduate 234 196 85.3 79.1-89.9 15 7.2 4.0-12.7 23 7.5 4.6-12.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 108 88 83.6 73.7-90.2 11 10.0 5.0-19.0 9 6.4 3.0-13.4
$15,000- 24,999 162 133 80.5 71.4-87.2 10 7.7 3.9-14.8 19 11.8 6.7-20.1
$25,000- 34,999 111 93 85.2 76.3-91.2 6 6.7 2.9-14.8 12 8.1 4.2-15.0
$35,000- 49,999 117 99 81.6 70.8-89.0 5 4.4 1.6-11.5 13 14.0 7.6-24.5
$50,000-74,999 111 98 87.6 78.9-93.1 6 5.6 2.3-13.1 7 6.8 3.1-14.2
$75,000+ 94 76 82.8 71.8-90.2 7 6.6 2.9-14.4 11 10.6 4.9-21.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 306 265 85.6 80.0-89.9 19 6.8 4.1-11.2 22 7.5 4.5-12.3
No 561 466 82.6 78.4-86.1 34 6.2 4.3- 9.0 61 11.2 8.3-14.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 130 120 91.7 84.5-95.7 6 4.7 1.9-11.0 4 3.6 1.3- 9.5
Non-Veteran 748 622 82.2 78.5-85.4 47 6.7 4.8- 9.1 79 11.1 8.5-14.4
Currently Serving 3 3 100 . - . 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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