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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Diabetes Screening

Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,314 9,540 61.5 60.4-62.7 4,774 38.5 37.3-39.6
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 354 233 63.0 56.7-68.8 121 37.0 31.2-43.3
GENDER
Male 109 76 64.5 53.3-74.3 33 35.5 25.7-46.7
Female 245 157 62.0 54.4-69.1 88 38.0 30.9-45.6
RACE
White 287 191 64.8 57.9-71.2 96 35.2 28.8-42.1
Other 66 42 57.0 42.3-70.6 24 43.0 29.4-57.7
AGE
18-44 114 61 52.1 41.5-62.4 53 47.9 37.6-58.5
45+ 239 172 70.9 63.8-77.2 67 29.1 22.8-36.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 111 58.2 49.1-66.7 63 41.8 33.3-50.9
Some College + 180 122 67.4 58.7-75.0 58 32.6 25.0-41.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 212 145 65.9 57.9-73.1 67 34.1 26.9-42.1
$50,000+ 89 61 66.4 53.6-77.1 28 33.6 22.9-46.4

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported NOT having 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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