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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC 107 74 67.9 55.2-78.5 11 5.7 2.6-11.8 9 11.2 4.7-24.4 13 15.2 8.1-26.5
GENDER
Male 43 31 70.1 50.2-84.5 4 4.0 1.0-14.2 3 12.7 3.7-35.6 5 13.3 4.9-31.4
Female 64 43 65.3 49.5-78.4 7 7.8 3.1-18.1 6 9.4 3.2-24.8 8 17.5 8.1-33.8
RACE
White 89 59 64.4 50.7-76.1 10 5.7 2.5-12.5 8 12.8 5.3-27.7 12 17.2 9.1-29.9
African American 11 10 91.8 55.3-99.0 1 8.2 1.0-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 7 5 84.7 44.2-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.5 0.6-36.7 1 9.8 1.1-52.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 1 47.8 6.5-92.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 43.5 5.5-91.1 1 8.8 0.9-51.5
Non-Hispanic 103 73 70.4 57.3-80.8 11 6.1 2.8-12.6 7 7.7 2.5-21.8 12 15.8 8.4-27.8
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 3 44.6 8.6-87.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 50.8 10.0-90.6 1 4.6 0.5-31.8
35-44 7 5 82.0 43.0-96.5 1 12.0 1.5-55.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.7-36.1
45-54 16 11 69.8 37.4-90.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 29.4 9.5-62.2
55-64 22 15 75.2 48.7-90.6 4 5.4 1.4-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 19.4 5.9-47.9
65-74 30 23 79.7 53.6-93.0 2 5.7 0.9-28.2 3 1.8 0.5- 7.0 2 12.7 2.7-43.6
75+ 25 16 59.4 36.6-78.8 3 9.7 2.9-27.9 4 21.0 7.7-45.8 2 10.0 2.1-36.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 27 19 66.4 38.3-86.3 4 8.9 2.4-28.2 2 10.2 1.8-42.1 2 14.5 2.6-51.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 29 19 56.1 32.0-77.7 2 5.4 1.3-20.3 4 24.1 6.9-57.5 4 14.4 4.8-35.9
Some Post-H.S. 29 20 71.8 49.8-86.7 2 2.2 0.4-11.8 3 8.0 1.9-28.3 4 18.0 6.6-40.7
College Graduate 21 15 79.1 54.5-92.3 3 10.0 1.9-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.9 3.3-30.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 23 14 71.1 46.1-87.6 5 16.5 5.6-39.8 3 8.5 1.5-36.4 1 3.9 0.5-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 29 19 62.1 38.8-80.9 2 4.0 0.7-20.0 3 14.1 3.9-39.8 5 19.8 6.8-45.7
$25,000- 34,999 7 5 57.1 19.4-88.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 2.2-62.2 1 26.9 4.2-75.7
$35,000- 49,999 15 10 52.0 22.3-80.4 1 0.5 0.1- 4.0 2 29.2 6.7-70.3 2 18.3 4.3-53.0
$50,000-74,999 7 5 83.4 45.8-96.8 1 11.0 1.4-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.5 0.7-33.9
$75,000+ 7 6 69.1 20.4-95.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 30.9 4.8-79.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 64 43 67.0 51.3-79.7 9 8.2 3.5-17.9 7 12.0 5.0-26.2 5 12.8 4.8-30.1
No 36 27 70.7 45.7-87.4 2 2.3 0.4-12.5 1 11.4 1.7-49.1 6 15.6 6.0-34.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 12 68.0 43.3-85.5 2 8.2 1.9-29.8 2 4.4 0.7-23.7 4 19.4 6.5-45.3
Non-Veteran 86 62 68.0 52.9-80.1 9 4.9 2.0-11.3 6 13.3 5.2-30.1 9 13.8 6.4-27.4

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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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