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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 53 47 84.9 65.1-94.5 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 3 10.3 2.5-33.6 2 2.8 0.7-10.9
GENDER
Male 24 21 81.4 50.3-95.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.7 3.4-49.5 1 2.9 0.4-18.4
Female 29 26 90.0 71.9-97.0 1 4.8 0.7-27.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 1 2.6 0.4-16.3
RACE
White 48 44 92.6 81.1-97.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 2 3.7 0.9-14.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6
Other 5 3 48.4 10.4-88.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 41.7 6.9-87.3 1 9.8 1.1-51.4
AGE
18-44 5 3 61.7 20.9-90.7 1 20.6 2.8-70.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.7 2.3-66.0
45+ 48 44 87.4 63.9-96.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.4 2.8-36.3 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 27 82.1 52.6-95.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.4 2.5-48.0 2 4.5 1.0-17.3
Some College + 22 20 89.6 66.5-97.4 1 5.2 0.7-29.2 1 5.2 0.7-29.2 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 34 86.0 57.2-96.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.2 1.5-45.4 2 3.9 0.9-15.0
$50,000+ 7 5 73.1 33.1-93.7 1 13.4 1.8-57.2 1 13.4 1.8-57.3 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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