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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 216 178 87.3 82.1-91.1 21 8.3 5.2-13.0 17 4.4 2.6- 7.4
GENDER
Male 58 50 91.6 82.4-96.2 6 6.7 2.7-15.5 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4
Female 158 128 84.4 77.7-89.3 15 9.4 5.5-15.5 15 6.2 3.6-10.6
RACE
White 178 143 86.5 80.6-90.8 19 8.7 5.3-13.9 16 4.9 2.8- 8.3
Other 37 34 91.3 75.0-97.3 2 6.5 1.6-23.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.6
AGE
18-44 114 95 88.5 81.7-93.0 12 8.0 4.4-14.3 7 3.5 1.6- 7.3
45+ 100 81 84.4 75.6-90.4 9 8.9 4.5-17.1 10 6.7 3.3-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 75 87.6 78.9-93.0 10 8.3 4.1-16.0 7 4.2 1.8- 9.3
Some College + 124 103 87.1 79.9-91.9 11 8.3 4.5-15.0 10 4.6 2.3- 9.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 95 84.1 76.3-89.7 14 9.9 5.6-17.0 12 5.9 3.1-10.9
$50,000+ 70 61 88.7 78.9-94.3 5 7.5 3.0-17.3 4 3.8 1.4- 9.9

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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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