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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 259 232 88.4 82.5-92.5 10 4.6 2.3- 9.0 17 7.0 3.9-12.0
GENDER
Male 87 79 88.6 76.9-94.8 2 3.7 0.9-14.1 6 7.6 2.9-18.4
Female 172 153 88.2 81.8-92.5 8 5.5 2.7-10.7 11 6.4 3.4-11.6
RACE
White 223 200 89.3 83.5-93.2 9 4.9 2.3- 9.8 14 5.8 3.3-10.3
Other 36 32 83.3 58.3-94.6 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 3 13.4 3.4-40.2
AGE
18-44 85 66 80.1 68.0-88.4 6 7.2 3.0-16.5 13 12.7 6.4-23.4
45+ 172 164 95.4 90.9-97.7 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 123 93.2 84.1-97.2 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 5 4.6 1.4-13.7
Some College + 129 109 82.9 74.0-89.3 8 7.4 3.4-15.3 12 9.6 5.2-17.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 134 90.0 80.5-95.1 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 10 8.1 3.7-16.7
$50,000+ 78 65 84.1 73.3-91.0 7 8.7 4.0-17.8 6 7.2 2.9-16.6

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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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