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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 259 229 86.2 79.3-91.1 18 10.1 5.8-17.1 12 3.7 1.9- 6.9
GENDER
Male 92 84 86.0 73.0-93.4 7 12.8 5.8-26.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
Female 167 145 86.4 78.9-91.5 11 7.5 3.7-14.4 11 6.1 3.1-11.7
RACE
White 144 120 79.9 69.7-87.4 14 14.5 7.9-25.1 10 5.5 2.7-10.9
Other 112 106 93.4 82.8-97.6 4 5.1 1.4-16.4 2 1.6 0.3- 7.4
AGE
18-44 86 75 85.3 72.6-92.7 7 9.5 3.6-22.9 4 5.1 1.9-13.0
45+ 172 153 86.7 77.9-92.4 11 10.6 5.4-19.8 8 2.7 1.3- 5.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 137 118 81.2 69.7-89.0 12 14.9 7.7-26.8 7 4.0 1.7- 9.0
Some College + 122 111 91.6 84.0-95.8 6 5.0 2.0-12.2 5 3.4 1.2- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 145 85.6 76.2-91.7 10 10.3 5.0-20.1 9 4.2 2.0- 8.5
$50,000+ 61 52 88.3 76.6-94.6 6 7.4 2.9-17.9 3 4.3 1.2-14.7

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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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