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

Diabetes Control

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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 49 37 76.0 58.9-87.5 5 8.8 3.3-21.2 3 3.3 1.0-10.2 4 12.0 3.9-31.1
GENDER
Male 19 17 88.8 63.8-97.3 1 6.2 0.9-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-28.7
Female 30 20 64.9 41.7-82.8 4 11.0 3.7-28.6 3 6.1 1.8-18.4 3 18.0 5.0-47.5
RACE
White 35 25 76.2 58.2-88.1 5 13.0 4.9-30.2 3 4.9 1.5-14.9 2 5.9 1.4-21.4
Other 13 11 74.5 34.7-94.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.5 5.8-65.3
AGE
18-44 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 46 34 72.8 54.8-85.5 5 9.9 3.8-23.6 3 3.7 1.1-11.4 4 13.6 4.5-34.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 25 79.1 56.2-91.8 2 4.9 1.0-20.4 3 4.8 1.4-14.7 2 11.3 2.4-40.0
Some College + 17 12 69.0 41.5-87.5 3 17.5 5.1-45.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.5 3.3-41.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 27 75.0 54.5-88.3 4 10.0 3.5-25.8 2 2.7 0.6-10.7 3 12.3 3.3-36.3
$50,000+ 6 4 66.2 25.0-92.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.5 1.5-52.8 1 22.3 3.2-71.4

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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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