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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 264 227 86.9 81.6-90.8 13 5.0 2.8- 8.9 24 8.1 5.1-12.6
GENDER
Male 95 86 92.7 85.7-96.5 3 3.1 0.9- 9.6 6 4.2 1.7- 9.9
Female 169 141 81.8 73.7-87.8 10 6.7 3.4-12.8 18 11.5 6.7-18.8
RACE
White 235 202 86.6 80.9-90.8 11 5.3 2.8- 9.7 22 8.1 5.0-12.9
Other 29 25 88.6 70.5-96.2 2 3.3 0.8-13.1 2 8.1 2.0-27.7
AGE
18-44 76 65 89.2 80.1-94.4 7 6.8 3.1-14.6 4 4.0 1.3-11.8
45+ 186 161 85.9 78.9-90.9 6 3.8 1.6- 9.0 19 10.3 6.1-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 62 83.1 70.9-90.9 3 3.6 1.1-11.4 11 13.3 6.5-25.2
Some College + 188 165 88.7 82.9-92.7 10 5.7 2.9-10.9 13 5.6 3.1- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 122 97 82.5 73.9-88.7 8 5.9 2.8-12.2 17 11.6 6.7-19.3
$50,000+ 102 94 89.8 79.8-95.1 5 5.7 2.2-13.9 3 4.5 1.3-14.3

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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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