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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 484 436 88.7 84.3-92.0 16 4.4 2.2- 8.6 32 6.9 4.7-10.0
GENDER
Male 177 158 86.8 78.7-92.2 8 6.4 2.6-14.9 11 6.8 3.7-12.1
Female 307 278 90.6 86.1-93.7 8 2.5 1.1- 5.3 21 7.0 4.3-11.0
RACE
White 334 290 83.8 77.6-88.6 14 6.3 3.1-12.4 30 9.9 6.7-14.4
Other 148 144 98.4 95.7-99.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4
AGE
18-44 179 162 87.7 79.5-92.9 8 6.5 2.7-15.0 9 5.8 3.0-11.0
45+ 302 271 89.6 84.9-92.9 8 2.4 1.1- 5.2 23 8.0 5.1-12.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 108 90.5 75.4-96.7 4 6.7 1.6-24.7 4 2.7 0.9- 7.8
Some College + 367 327 88.0 83.5-91.4 12 3.7 1.9- 6.8 28 8.3 5.5-12.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 189 174 91.9 85.8-95.5 6 3.0 1.2- 7.4 9 5.1 2.3-10.7
$50,000+ 230 203 86.6 80.5-91.0 8 4.0 1.9- 8.5 19 9.4 5.8-14.8

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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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