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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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.^
In the past three years More than 3 years to 5 years More than 5 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,369 8,255 87.9 86.9-88.7 484 5.6 4.9- 6.3 630 6.6 5.9- 7.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 297 261 85.7 79.5-90.3 14 6.6 3.6-11.5 22 7.7 4.5-12.9
GENDER
Male 108 94 85.6 74.8-92.2 5 6.0 2.4-14.4 9 8.4 3.5-18.7
Female 189 167 85.9 78.2-91.1 9 7.1 3.3-14.4 13 7.0 3.9-12.5
RACE
White 259 227 85.2 78.4-90.2 11 5.7 2.9-10.9 21 9.1 5.3-15.1
Other 38 34 88.3 68.0-96.4 3 11.3 3.3-31.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8
AGE
18-44 101 88 84.3 72.4-91.6 5 7.5 3.0-17.4 8 8.2 3.2-19.5
45+ 195 172 86.9 80.2-91.6 9 5.8 2.8-11.6 14 7.3 4.1-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 158 139 84.5 74.7-90.9 10 7.8 3.7-15.5 9 7.8 3.3-17.0
Some College + 137 120 87.2 79.5-92.3 4 5.0 1.9-12.7 13 7.8 4.3-13.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 187 162 83.0 73.8-89.4 10 7.9 3.8-15.6 15 9.1 4.6-17.4
$50,000+ 70 62 89.1 79.0-94.7 3 4.8 1.6-14.0 5 6.1 2.4-14.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents with NO diabetes who ever had a blood sugar test

^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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