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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 185 144 77.1 68.8-83.7 11 7.1 3.6-13.6 16 7.0 4.1-11.8 14 8.8 4.7-16.0
GENDER
Male 55 38 71.0 56.2-82.4 6 13.8 6.0-28.7 7 8.8 3.9-18.7 4 6.4 2.2-17.0
Female 130 106 81.1 70.9-88.3 5 2.7 1.0- 6.7 9 5.8 2.8-11.8 10 10.4 4.8-21.3
RACE
White 76 59 76.0 61.9-86.1 4 5.4 1.7-16.2 6 9.1 4.0-19.4 7 9.5 3.3-24.4
African American 107 83 77.3 66.5-85.4 7 8.5 3.6-18.5 10 5.7 2.8-11.2 7 8.5 3.9-17.7
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 182 141 76.6 68.2-83.3 11 7.3 3.7-13.9 16 7.1 4.1-12.0 14 9.0 4.8-16.3
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 4 93.5 58.8-99.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.5 0.7-41.2 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 41 30 73.6 56.6-85.6 5 11.2 4.4-25.6 4 8.3 3.0-20.8 2 6.9 1.6-25.3
55-64 56 42 75.6 57.9-87.4 3 5.5 1.5-17.9 5 4.3 1.7-10.5 6 14.7 5.2-35.0
65-74 49 39 72.5 53.8-85.6 2 10.2 2.6-32.6 3 6.2 1.8-19.9 5 11.1 4.2-26.4
75+ 31 26 85.1 66.6-94.2 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8 3 12.0 3.9-31.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 65 48 73.5 58.7-84.4 6 11.7 4.6-26.6 7 8.2 3.5-17.8 4 6.7 2.2-18.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 73 57 76.7 61.9-86.9 3 5.0 1.4-16.5 7 7.4 3.1-16.4 6 10.9 3.9-27.1
Some Post-H.S. 27 22 79.1 57.5-91.4 1 5.9 0.8-31.7 1 3.9 0.5-23.0 3 11.1 3.3-31.2
College Graduate 20 17 87.4 64.1-96.4 1 1.8 0.2-12.5 1 6.1 0.8-33.2 1 4.7 0.6-27.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 36 59.4 41.3-75.2 5 13.1 4.6-31.9 4 5.0 1.6-14.3 9 22.6 10.4-42.1
$15,000- 24,999 34 30 84.7 63.2-94.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.2 2.6-27.7 1 6.1 0.9-32.5
$25,000- 34,999 23 19 89.7 73.1-96.5 1 3.5 0.5-21.4 3 6.8 1.9-21.5 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 10 9 95.0 70.6-99.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-29.4
$50,000-74,999 14 10 68.6 40.0-87.7 2 16.5 4.1-47.5 1 6.9 0.9-36.3 1 8.1 1.1-40.3
$75,000+ 6 5 93.4 61.3-99.2 1 6.6 0.8-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 123 92 73.2 62.6-81.7 8 7.2 3.3-14.7 12 8.6 4.6-15.5 11 11.0 5.3-21.4
No 55 47 86.8 71.1-94.6 3 7.9 2.0-26.5 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 2 3.1 0.7-12.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 18 77.4 54.0-90.9 1 6.7 0.9-35.1 2 7.8 1.9-27.1 2 8.1 1.8-29.8
Non-Veteran 160 125 77.5 68.4-84.5 10 7.3 3.5-14.6 13 6.2 3.3-11.3 12 9.0 4.5-17.3

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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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