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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Diabetes Control

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
-Northeast Partnership I 102 81 80.6 69.5-88.4 7 9.3 3.8-21.0 9 6.5 3.1-13.0 5 3.6 1.3- 9.7
GENDER
Male 30 22 74.4 52.9-88.3 4 17.3 6.0-40.6 3 4.8 1.5-14.5 1 3.6 0.5-21.5
Female 72 59 85.5 74.9-92.1 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5 6 7.8 3.1-18.3 4 3.7 1.3- 9.9
RACE
White 32 25 80.4 61.3-91.4 3 8.3 2.3-25.9 1 5.2 0.7-28.8 3 6.1 1.8-18.6
Other 70 56 80.7 66.5-89.8 4 9.7 3.2-25.9 8 6.9 3.2-14.5 2 2.7 0.5-12.5
AGE
18-44 5 4 92.1 55.7-99.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.9 0.9-44.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 97 77 79.9 68.2-88.0 7 9.9 4.1-22.2 8 6.4 2.9-13.3 5 3.9 1.4-10.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 59 78.3 64.8-87.6 6 12.0 4.8-27.1 8 6.9 3.2-14.2 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7
Some College + 25 22 87.1 64.0-96.3 1 1.6 0.2-11.1 1 5.4 0.7-29.9 1 5.9 0.8-32.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 54 80.2 65.5-89.6 4 10.4 3.4-27.5 7 6.9 3.0-15.0 3 2.5 0.7- 7.9
$50,000+ 7 4 56.7 20.7-86.8 2 23.0 4.7-64.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 20.3 2.9-68.5

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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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