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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 232 206 88.4 82.7-92.5 10 5.1 2.5-10.0 16 6.5 3.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 80 74 91.5 80.9-96.5 3 6.1 2.0-17.5 3 2.4 0.7- 7.6
Female 152 132 85.8 78.1-91.2 7 4.2 2.0- 8.8 13 10.0 5.5-17.5
RACE
White 198 175 87.1 80.4-91.7 9 5.7 2.7-11.6 14 7.2 4.0-12.5
Other 34 31 95.2 84.8-98.6 1 1.8 0.2-12.1 2 3.0 0.7-12.7
AGE
18-44 74 61 83.2 72.2-90.4 5 7.1 2.7-17.1 8 9.8 4.8-18.7
45+ 156 143 93.4 88.6-96.3 5 3.2 1.3- 7.6 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 94 82 86.9 76.3-93.2 3 4.2 1.1-14.9 9 8.9 4.2-17.7
Some College + 137 123 89.3 81.7-94.0 7 5.6 2.4-12.5 7 5.1 2.2-11.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 129 111 86.6 78.0-92.2 8 7.5 3.4-15.8 10 5.9 2.8-11.9
$50,000+ 69 62 89.1 78.1-95.0 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 5 8.5 3.4-19.6

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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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