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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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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
-Buncombe County 32 28 89.2 72.9-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.8-24.8 2 3.6 0.9-13.9
GENDER
Male 13 13 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 19 15 75.3 48.5-90.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.5 4.3-46.4 2 8.2 2.0-28.5
RACE
White 23 20 87.6 66.6-96.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.7 2.4-31.7 1 2.7 0.4-17.4
Other 9 8 93.8 64.0-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.2 0.8-36.0
AGE
18-44 5 3 72.3 25.8-95.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.4 2.3-71.0 1 8.2 0.9-46.5
45+ 27 25 93.2 75.2-98.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.3 0.6-25.2 1 2.5 0.3-16.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 17 15 88.9 61.6-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.8 1.1-39.5 1 3.3 0.4-20.8
Some College + 14 12 89.1 63.2-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.9 0.9-36.4 1 4.0 0.5-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 22 18 82.6 59.7-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.6 2.9-36.5 2 5.8 1.4-21.4
$50,000+ 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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