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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 620 540 84.8 80.8-88.2 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 42 7.2 5.0-10.2
GENDER
Male 219 193 83.6 76.3-89.0 17 10.5 6.3-17.1 9 5.9 2.9-11.5
Female 401 347 85.9 81.5-89.5 21 5.7 3.5- 9.0 33 8.4 5.7-12.1
RACE
White 407 341 80.9 75.6-85.3 29 9.0 6.0-13.2 37 10.1 6.9-14.5
African American 178 169 93.6 85.2-97.4 6 5.1 1.7-14.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3
Other Minorities 31 27 87.8 67.5-96.2 2 7.7 1.7-29.2 2 4.5 0.8-21.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 20 90.1 64.1-97.9 2 9.9 2.1-35.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 598 520 84.5 80.3-87.9 36 7.9 5.4-11.4 42 7.6 5.3-10.8
AGE
18-24 12 10 84.8 52.6-96.6 2 15.2 3.4-47.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 79 65 81.1 69.0-89.2 5 5.1 2.0-12.4 9 13.8 6.8-25.9
35-44 107 87 82.9 73.2-89.6 5 3.3 1.1- 9.0 15 13.8 7.8-23.2
45-54 138 123 85.1 74.5-91.7 11 12.9 6.7-23.6 4 2.0 0.6- 6.8
55-64 127 112 85.6 76.2-91.7 7 9.8 4.7-19.4 8 4.6 2.2- 9.6
65-74 83 76 89.9 79.0-95.5 5 6.5 2.5-16.0 2 3.6 0.8-14.8
75+ 70 65 91.5 79.3-96.8 3 5.4 1.5-17.8 2 3.1 0.7-12.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 85 78 87.2 74.0-94.2 7 12.8 5.8-26.0 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 215 177 80.9 73.6-86.6 18 10.9 6.6-17.7 20 8.1 4.8-13.3
Some Post-H.S. 161 143 86.0 76.7-91.9 6 5.3 1.8-14.3 12 8.8 4.5-16.4
College Graduate 159 142 88.0 79.9-93.2 7 4.2 1.7- 9.7 10 7.8 3.7-15.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 72 79.8 62.3-90.4 7 17.4 7.4-35.9 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7
$15,000- 24,999 122 105 85.6 75.7-91.9 7 9.0 3.9-19.4 10 5.4 2.7-10.7
$25,000- 34,999 75 66 85.5 73.5-92.7 4 7.3 2.7-18.0 5 7.2 2.7-17.9
$35,000- 49,999 84 75 82.5 67.7-91.4 3 3.9 1.2-12.2 6 13.6 5.7-29.2
$50,000-74,999 86 72 82.2 70.5-89.9 6 7.7 3.0-18.1 8 10.2 4.8-20.3
$75,000+ 89 75 86.6 77.2-92.4 8 7.4 3.4-15.4 6 6.0 2.5-13.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 217 194 87.3 80.3-92.0 10 6.4 3.3-12.0 13 6.4 3.1-12.5
No 386 330 83.4 78.1-87.6 28 9.0 5.8-13.7 28 7.6 4.9-11.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 98 89 84.0 71.5-91.7 5 9.3 3.8-20.8 4 6.7 2.3-18.0
Non-Veteran 518 447 84.9 80.5-88.4 33 7.8 5.2-11.5 38 7.3 5.1-10.6

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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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