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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 224 196 85.3 78.7-90.1 16 7.2 4.2-12.2 12 7.5 4.1-13.3
GENDER
Male 72 66 90.3 79.1-95.9 2 3.7 0.8-16.2 4 5.9 2.2-15.0
Female 152 130 82.2 73.4-88.6 14 9.4 5.4-15.9 8 8.4 3.9-17.1
RACE
White 184 163 86.8 79.7-91.6 9 4.1 2.1- 7.9 12 9.1 5.0-16.1
Other 40 33 78.7 59.1-90.4 7 21.3 9.6-40.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 50 80.3 66.3-89.5 6 8.5 3.6-19.1 5 11.1 4.4-25.4
45+ 163 146 88.1 80.9-92.8 10 6.5 3.2-12.7 7 5.4 2.5-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 95 86.5 74.5-93.4 6 7.5 3.0-17.5 4 6.0 1.8-18.1
Some College + 119 101 84.3 75.9-90.2 10 7.0 3.6-13.2 8 8.6 4.3-16.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 122 85.7 76.7-91.6 11 8.1 4.2-15.2 6 6.1 2.4-14.8
$50,000+ 59 52 86.5 73.9-93.5 2 3.1 0.7-11.9 5 10.4 4.4-22.8

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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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