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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 230 204 90.9 86.1-94.1 13 5.1 2.8- 8.9 13 4.1 2.1- 7.8
GENDER
Male 73 66 92.5 84.0-96.6 5 5.0 2.0-11.8 2 2.5 0.5-11.5
Female 157 138 89.2 83.0-93.4 8 5.1 2.4-10.4 11 5.7 3.0-10.6
RACE
White 98 84 87.0 78.1-92.7 8 9.6 4.7-18.5 6 3.4 1.4- 7.9
Other 131 119 92.9 86.6-96.4 5 2.5 0.9- 6.5 7 4.6 1.9-10.7
AGE
18-44 97 86 91.8 84.3-95.9 4 3.4 1.2- 9.4 7 4.9 2.0-11.4
45+ 132 117 89.6 82.7-94.0 9 7.3 3.7-13.8 6 3.1 1.2- 7.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 132 117 91.1 84.4-95.1 7 4.2 1.9- 9.0 8 4.6 1.9-10.9
Some College + 98 87 90.5 82.4-95.1 6 6.2 2.6-13.9 5 3.3 1.3- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 153 90.5 84.5-94.3 9 5.3 2.7-10.2 9 4.2 1.9- 9.2
$50,000+ 28 25 91.8 76.8-97.4 1 2.6 0.4-16.7 2 5.6 1.3-20.2

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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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