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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 55 42 79.1 64.1-88.9 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 7 13.7 5.8-28.8 3 3.7 0.9-14.1
GENDER
Male 25 20 83.5 60.3-94.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 3 13.2 3.6-38.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
Female 30 22 72.4 52.0-86.4 2 6.1 1.5-22.1 4 14.3 5.3-33.4 2 7.1 1.3-31.3
RACE
White 39 27 72.7 55.5-85.0 3 5.9 1.8-17.5 6 15.1 6.6-30.7 3 6.4 1.6-22.5
Other 16 15 88.3 49.2-98.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.7 1.7-50.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 4 73.3 21.5-96.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 26.7 3.5-78.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 50 38 80.4 66.7-89.3 3 4.3 1.3-12.8 6 10.8 4.7-22.9 3 4.6 1.1-16.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 20 89.1 70.6-96.5 1 3.3 0.4-20.7 2 6.8 1.5-25.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
Some College + 31 22 71.3 49.6-86.2 2 3.6 0.9-13.8 5 19.1 7.1-42.3 2 6.0 1.3-24.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 22 80.2 60.2-91.5 2 4.4 1.1-16.6 3 9.2 2.8-26.7 2 6.2 1.1-28.5
$50,000+ 9 7 89.3 61.6-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.9-37.4 1 4.0 0.5-25.3

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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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