BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Mecklenburg County	755	491	61.6	57.0-66.0	264	38.4	34.0-43.0
GENDER
Male	264	180	63.6	56.0-70.6	84	36.4	29.4-44.0
Female	491	311	59.7	54.3-64.9	180	40.3	35.1-45.7
RACE
White	512	340	65.2	59.8-70.2	172	34.8	29.8-40.2
Other	241	149	55.2	46.9-63.3	92	44.8	36.7-53.1
AGE
18-44	321	182	54.6	47.7-61.3	139	45.4	38.7-52.3
45+	426	306	71.8	66.7-76.5	120	28.2	23.5-33.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	118	55.2	45.1-64.9	75	44.8	35.1-54.9
Some College +	561	372	64.1	59.1-68.8	189	35.9	31.2-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	311	192	52.2	44.4-59.8	119	47.8	40.2-55.6
$50,000+	336	233	68.3	62.2-73.8	103	31.7	26.2-37.8

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported NOT having 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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Mecklenburg County	755	491	61.6	57.0-66.0	264	38.4	34.0-43.0
GENDER
Male	264	180	63.6	56.0-70.6	84	36.4	29.4-44.0
Female	491	311	59.7	54.3-64.9	180	40.3	35.1-45.7
RACE
White	512	340	65.2	59.8-70.2	172	34.8	29.8-40.2
Other	241	149	55.2	46.9-63.3	92	44.8	36.7-53.1
AGE
18-44	321	182	54.6	47.7-61.3	139	45.4	38.7-52.3
45+	426	306	71.8	66.7-76.5	120	28.2	23.5-33.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	193	118	55.2	45.1-64.9	75	44.8	35.1-54.9
Some College +	561	372	64.1	59.1-68.8	189	35.9	31.2-40.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	311	192	52.2	44.4-59.8	119	47.8	40.2-55.6
$50,000+	336	233	68.3	62.2-73.8	103	31.7	26.2-37.8