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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 244 219 90.7 85.9-94.1 11 4.8 2.6- 9.0 14 4.4 2.3- 8.1
GENDER
Male 75 71 94.7 84.9-98.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 2 3.2 0.6-14.7
Female 169 148 88.1 81.5-92.6 9 6.7 3.3-13.1 12 5.2 2.8- 9.4
RACE
White 174 153 88.2 81.4-92.7 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 12 5.9 3.0-11.4
Other 69 65 95.7 88.3-98.5 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1
AGE
18-44 76 67 89.4 79.7-94.8 4 4.9 1.8-12.6 5 5.7 2.0-14.8
45+ 166 150 91.6 85.7-95.2 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 9 3.5 1.8- 6.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 82 76 93.2 84.2-97.2 1 2.4 0.3-14.9 5 4.4 1.8-10.7
Some College + 161 142 89.4 82.8-93.7 10 6.2 3.2-11.6 9 4.4 1.9- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 112 91.4 84.8-95.3 6 4.8 1.9-11.5 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7
$50,000+ 78 71 88.3 76.7-94.6 5 7.4 3.1-16.9 2 4.3 1.0-17.0

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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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