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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 57 40 68.4 53.5-80.2 6 10.7 4.1-25.4 6 12.2 5.5-25.1 5 8.7 3.5-19.8
GENDER
Male 17 15 85.1 53.7-96.6 1 10.5 1.5-47.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-26.0
Female 40 25 57.5 40.1-73.1 5 10.9 3.9-26.9 6 20.2 9.3-38.6 4 11.4 4.2-27.6
RACE
White 34 25 71.3 52.4-84.8 3 9.5 2.8-27.8 4 14.1 5.3-32.4 2 5.2 1.2-19.3
Other 23 15 64.8 40.9-83.0 3 12.3 2.7-41.5 2 9.9 2.3-33.7 3 13.1 4.1-34.6
AGE
18-44 4 1 15.3 1.7-64.7 1 14.6 1.7-63.3 1 43.8 7.3-88.5 1 26.4 3.3-79.0
45+ 52 39 72.4 56.9-83.9 4 10.2 3.5-26.4 5 10.0 4.1-22.4 4 7.4 2.7-18.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 18 63.4 42.0-80.6 3 14.3 4.2-39.0 3 12.7 4.0-33.5 3 9.6 2.9-27.4
Some College + 30 22 74.4 54.7-87.5 3 6.4 1.6-21.9 3 11.7 3.8-31.0 2 7.6 1.9-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 36 25 68.3 49.1-82.8 6 16.2 6.2-36.1 3 9.2 2.9-25.5 2 6.3 1.5-22.4
$50,000+ 12 9 74.0 42.8-91.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.4 1.2-42.0 2 17.5 4.3-49.8

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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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