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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 419 366 84.7 79.1-88.9 19 4.5 2.4- 8.4 34 10.8 7.3-15.8
GENDER
Male 144 128 87.5 79.2-92.9 5 4.0 1.3-12.0 11 8.5 4.5-15.4
Female 275 238 82.6 74.8-88.4 14 4.9 2.3-10.2 23 12.5 7.6-19.9
RACE
White 378 330 85.0 79.6-89.2 16 4.6 2.3- 9.0 32 10.4 7.2-15.0
Other 41 36 81.8 51.3-95.0 3 4.1 1.1-14.2 2 14.1 2.7-49.3
AGE
18-44 127 105 80.3 69.2-88.1 9 7.1 2.9-16.3 13 12.5 6.6-22.7
45+ 290 259 87.8 82.3-91.8 10 2.6 1.3- 5.3 21 9.6 6.0-15.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 185 157 81.6 72.2-88.4 9 4.3 1.6-11.1 19 14.0 8.2-23.0
Some College + 234 209 87.4 80.5-92.0 10 4.7 2.0-10.5 15 8.0 4.5-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 216 83.4 75.8-89.0 12 6.7 3.2-13.6 19 9.9 6.0-16.0
$50,000+ 106 92 88.2 79.2-93.6 5 2.1 0.7- 6.2 9 9.7 4.8-18.7

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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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