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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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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
-New Hanover County 39 28 72.3 54.9-84.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 6 15.4 6.6-32.1 4 10.9 3.9-26.8
GENDER
Male 14 10 74.4 46.1-90.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 19.2 5.7-48.1 1 6.4 0.9-34.5
Female 25 18 70.2 47.9-85.8 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 3 11.7 3.7-31.6 3 15.4 4.8-39.8
RACE
White 27 21 73.2 50.9-87.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.6 4.6-37.6 3 12.2 3.7-33.3
Other 12 7 70.2 40.6-89.1 1 4.5 0.6-27.1 3 17.4 5.1-45.4 1 7.9 1.1-40.8
AGE
18-44 4 3 86.0 37.4-98.4 1 14.0 1.6-62.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 35 25 70.8 52.2-84.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 17.1 7.3-35.0 4 12.1 4.4-29.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 18 15 84.2 59.7-95.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.8 5.0-40.3 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 20 13 63.6 38.8-82.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.9 2 12.8 2.9-42.0 4 21.0 7.6-46.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 23 17 70.4 46.5-86.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 25.3 10.4-49.7 1 4.4 0.6-25.5
$50,000+ 11 8 77.2 45.0-93.3 1 3.7 0.5-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.1 4.7-53.0

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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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