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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 2,989 2,625 87.9 86.4-89.3 169 6.0 5.0- 7.2 195 6.1 5.1- 7.2
GENDER
Male 995 883 88.6 86.0-90.8 61 6.7 5.0- 8.9 51 4.7 3.4- 6.4
Female 1,994 1,742 87.3 85.4-89.0 108 5.5 4.4- 6.8 144 7.2 5.9- 8.7
RACE
White 2,076 1,784 86.1 84.2-87.9 126 6.4 5.2- 7.9 166 7.4 6.2- 8.9
African American 679 635 93.7 91.0-95.6 25 3.7 2.2- 6.1 19 2.6 1.6- 4.3
Other Minorities 225 198 86.9 80.4-91.5 17 8.5 4.9-14.3 10 4.6 2.3- 9.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 123 111 88.4 78.8-94.0 9 8.2 3.7-17.3 3 3.4 1.0-10.8
Non-Hispanic 2,863 2,511 87.8 86.3-89.2 160 5.9 4.9- 7.0 192 6.3 5.3- 7.4
AGE
18-24 113 106 95.1 89.4-97.8 4 3.3 1.2- 8.8 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4
25-34 418 353 82.9 77.8-87.0 37 8.6 5.7-12.7 28 8.6 5.7-12.6
35-44 561 475 86.3 82.8-89.2 32 5.4 3.6- 8.0 54 8.3 6.1-11.2
45-54 613 524 86.1 82.6-89.1 46 8.0 5.7-11.1 43 5.9 4.2- 8.2
55-64 571 508 90.0 87.0-92.4 29 5.7 3.8- 8.3 34 4.4 3.0- 6.3
65-74 412 379 90.6 86.4-93.6 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7 22 6.9 4.3-10.9
75+ 284 267 94.3 90.4-96.7 9 3.8 1.9- 7.6 8 1.9 0.8- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 383 359 94.2 90.7-96.4 15 4.1 2.3- 7.3 9 1.7 0.8- 3.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 952 828 87.4 84.6-89.8 55 5.9 4.3- 8.0 69 6.7 5.0- 8.9
Some Post-H.S. 819 718 87.8 84.7-90.3 49 6.4 4.6- 8.9 52 5.8 4.2- 8.0
College Graduate 832 718 85.4 82.1-88.2 50 6.8 4.8- 9.5 64 7.8 5.9-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 314 84.6 77.1-89.9 22 10.2 5.8-17.3 15 5.2 2.6-10.4
$15,000- 24,999 519 450 87.9 84.0-90.9 37 7.5 5.1-11.0 32 4.6 2.9- 7.1
$25,000- 34,999 377 331 89.1 85.0-92.2 21 6.1 3.7- 9.8 25 4.9 3.1- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 462 403 87.1 82.9-90.4 27 6.1 3.9- 9.5 32 6.8 4.5-10.1
$50,000-74,999 422 369 87.3 83.1-90.6 23 5.0 3.2- 7.8 30 7.7 5.1-11.5
$75,000+ 451 390 87.3 83.5-90.3 21 4.3 2.7- 6.8 40 8.4 6.0-11.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 940 836 88.8 86.1-91.0 48 5.2 3.8- 7.2 56 6.0 4.4- 8.1
No 1,976 1,722 87.4 85.5-89.1 120 6.4 5.2- 8.0 134 6.1 5.0- 7.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 520 465 89.5 86.1-92.2 24 4.6 2.9- 7.3 31 5.8 3.9- 8.6
Non-Veteran 2,462 2,153 87.4 85.7-89.0 145 6.4 5.2- 7.8 164 6.2 5.1- 7.4

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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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