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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,083 955 86.5 83.5-89.0 47 4.8 3.3- 6.9 81 8.7 6.7-11.3
GENDER
Male 372 337 89.6 85.1-92.9 12 4.4 2.3- 8.4 23 6.0 3.8- 9.4
Female 711 618 84.1 79.9-87.6 35 5.1 3.3- 7.7 58 10.8 7.9-14.7
RACE
White 967 850 85.8 82.7-88.5 41 5.1 3.4- 7.4 76 9.1 7.1-11.6
African American 43 39 79.5 42.7-95.3 3 4.0 1.1-12.9 1 16.6 2.6-59.4
Other Minorities 72 65 95.3 89.1-98.0 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 4 2.3 0.7- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 42 36 87.8 60.8-97.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.1 3 9.8 1.7-41.1
Non-Hispanic 1,041 919 86.4 83.4-88.9 44 4.9 3.4- 7.2 78 8.7 6.8-11.0
AGE
18-24 32 24 78.4 58.2-90.5 6 18.2 7.2-39.0 2 3.3 0.8-12.9
25-34 117 106 90.9 80.4-96.1 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 5 6.7 2.2-18.4
35-44 183 142 76.1 67.9-82.8 15 7.6 4.0-13.7 26 16.3 10.9-23.8
45-54 202 167 81.6 74.0-87.3 11 5.3 2.7-10.2 24 13.2 8.2-20.4
55-64 219 205 92.9 87.2-96.1 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6 11 5.8 2.9-11.3
65-74 173 165 94.7 88.9-97.5 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 7 4.3 1.8- 9.5
75+ 152 141 92.0 85.2-95.8 5 3.0 1.1- 7.9 6 5.0 2.1-11.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 168 147 87.9 80.3-92.8 9 5.1 2.1-12.1 12 7.0 3.7-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 314 270 81.7 74.7-87.2 11 4.6 2.1- 9.5 33 13.7 9.0-20.2
Some Post-H.S. 281 254 89.5 83.5-93.4 12 4.6 2.1- 9.8 15 5.9 3.2-10.6
College Graduate 315 280 88.3 83.5-91.8 14 4.8 2.7- 8.4 21 6.9 4.3-11.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 144 126 90.0 82.8-94.4 8 5.8 2.5-12.8 10 4.2 2.0- 8.7
$15,000- 24,999 201 178 85.7 77.0-91.5 9 7.9 3.5-17.1 14 6.4 3.5-11.4
$25,000- 34,999 141 123 87.9 79.9-93.0 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0 13 9.8 5.2-17.8
$35,000- 49,999 168 144 79.9 70.8-86.7 11 8.6 4.4-16.2 13 11.5 6.5-19.5
$50,000-74,999 128 112 87.2 78.8-92.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 12 10.6 5.7-18.9
$75,000+ 143 126 89.1 82.3-93.5 7 3.3 1.4- 7.5 10 7.6 4.0-14.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 372 331 89.0 84.5-92.4 17 3.9 2.2- 6.9 24 7.1 4.4-11.2
No 693 608 85.2 81.1-88.4 29 5.1 3.2- 8.1 56 9.7 7.1-13.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 164 157 96.6 91.7-98.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3 5 2.7 0.9- 7.7
Non-Veteran 919 798 84.7 81.2-87.6 45 5.5 3.8- 7.9 76 9.8 7.5-12.8

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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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