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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 248 212 87.8 82.9-91.5 11 4.4 2.3- 8.2 25 7.8 5.0-11.9
GENDER
Male 88 79 91.4 83.4-95.8 4 3.2 1.1- 9.0 5 5.4 2.1-13.0
Female 160 133 84.8 77.7-89.9 7 5.4 2.4-11.6 20 9.8 6.1-15.4
RACE
White 212 180 87.6 82.3-91.5 8 3.1 1.5- 6.4 24 9.3 5.9-14.2
Other 34 30 88.6 70.2-96.2 3 10.6 3.2-29.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
AGE
18-44 87 72 86.7 78.1-92.2 6 5.9 2.5-13.2 9 7.4 3.7-14.3
45+ 158 137 88.5 81.9-92.9 5 3.2 1.2- 8.1 16 8.3 4.7-14.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 44 91.9 78.6-97.2 2 4.7 1.2-17.5 2 3.3 0.6-15.5
Some College + 199 167 86.6 80.8-90.8 9 4.3 2.1- 8.7 23 9.1 5.8-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 97 84 89.7 81.2-94.7 6 7.1 3.0-16.0 7 3.2 1.4- 7.0
$50,000+ 122 102 86.4 79.0-91.5 5 3.3 1.3- 8.0 15 10.3 6.0-17.3

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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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