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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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A special urine test is used to detect protein or albumin and tells if your kidneys are working properly.
When was the last time that you received a urine test for protein?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Last 12 months 1 or more years ago Don't know Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,848 1,413 75.9 73.3-78.3 147 7.6 6.3- 9.2 163 9.2 7.6-11.2 125 7.2 5.8- 9.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 40 29 74.8 57.8-86.5 3 5.9 1.7-19.1 5 8.5 3.1-20.9 3 10.8 3.6-28.6
GENDER
Male 18 14 81.6 56.7-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.4 3.1-33.8 1 6.9 1.0-36.2
Female 22 15 67.7 43.3-85.1 3 12.1 3.4-35.0 2 5.4 1.2-21.1 2 14.9 3.8-43.3
RACE
White 38 27 73.2 55.6-85.7 3 6.3 1.8-20.1 5 9.0 3.3-22.0 3 11.5 3.8-30.1
Other 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 8 4 45.4 15.9-78.5 1 12.7 1.7-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 41.9 13.9-76.3
45+ 32 25 85.0 69.0-93.5 2 3.6 0.8-14.5 5 11.4 4.2-27.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 23 17 76.5 53.8-90.1 2 4.3 1.0-17.3 2 7.3 1.6-28.0 2 11.9 3.0-36.9
Some College + 17 12 71.9 44.3-89.1 1 8.6 1.2-41.8 3 10.4 3.0-29.9 1 9.2 1.3-43.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 23 77.5 59.3-89.0 3 7.6 2.1-23.7 5 10.8 4.0-26.0 1 4.2 0.6-24.4
$50,000+ 5 4 64.4 16.6-94.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 35.6 5.7-83.4

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*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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