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

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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 (Excludes Buncombe) 79 50 62.6 47.7-75.4 11 7.3 3.3-15.0 7 12.0 4.4-28.8 11 18.2 9.4-32.1
GENDER
Male 31 19 60.2 37.6-79.2 4 5.3 1.3-18.6 3 16.9 4.9-44.3 5 17.6 6.4-40.0
Female 48 31 65.3 46.9-80.0 7 9.5 3.8-21.9 4 6.4 1.2-27.4 6 18.8 8.0-38.2
RACE
White 70 43 60.1 44.8-73.6 10 6.9 3.0-15.1 6 12.9 4.6-31.1 11 20.1 10.5-34.9
Other 9 7 86.2 43.5-98.1 1 10.8 1.1-56.1 1 3.1 0.3-24.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 6 52.1 15.1-86.9 1 7.5 0.9-41.4 1 37.1 6.6-83.1 1 3.3 0.4-23.0
45+ 70 44 64.3 49.0-77.1 10 7.2 3.1-15.8 6 7.9 2.7-21.3 10 20.6 10.6-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 27 55.9 35.4-74.6 6 8.6 3.2-20.9 5 19.0 6.0-46.2 5 16.5 5.9-38.3
Some College + 36 23 69.0 48.5-84.0 5 6.0 1.7-19.3 2 5.2 0.8-27.5 6 19.8 8.2-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 33 56.7 39.2-72.7 8 6.6 2.6-15.6 7 17.6 6.6-39.2 7 19.1 8.6-37.2
$50,000+ 11 8 73.6 37.6-92.8 1 8.5 1.1-43.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.9 3.5-56.2

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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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