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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 255 225 89.0 84.2-92.5 16 6.3 3.7-10.5 14 4.7 2.7- 8.1
GENDER
Male 88 79 90.9 82.6-95.5 7 7.3 3.3-15.3 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4
Female 167 146 87.4 80.9-91.9 9 5.5 2.8-10.8 12 7.0 3.9-12.4
RACE
White 196 169 86.0 79.7-90.6 14 7.9 4.5-13.4 13 6.1 3.5-10.6
Other 58 55 96.5 89.4-98.9 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
AGE
18-44 81 67 86.4 77.1-92.3 9 9.2 4.5-17.9 5 4.4 1.7-10.6
45+ 173 158 91.4 85.8-94.9 7 4.2 1.9- 8.8 8 4.4 2.1- 9.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 87 79 92.0 83.8-96.3 4 4.5 1.6-12.2 4 3.5 1.2- 9.6
Some College + 168 146 87.4 80.9-91.8 12 7.3 4.0-13.0 10 5.4 2.8-10.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 118 108 91.9 84.5-95.9 6 5.6 2.3-12.8 4 2.5 0.9- 7.0
$50,000+ 99 79 82.3 73.2-88.8 10 9.0 4.7-16.8 10 8.7 4.5-15.9

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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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