BRFSS Survey Results 2005 for South Carolina
Diabetes
A test for hemoglobin . . . measures the average level of blood sugar over the past three months. About how many times in the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional checked you for hemoglobin . . . ? *
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| Total # Respondents |
Once | Twice | 3-4 times | 5 or more times | Never or Never heard of it | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 888 | 144 | 17.0 | 14.3-20.1 | 182 | 20.1 | 17.1-23.4 | 300 | 33.6 | 30.1-37.2 | 53 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.7 | 209 | 23.0 | 19.9-26.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 375 | 70 | 19.7 | 15.5-24.8 | 87 | 22.5 | 17.9-27.9 | 127 | 33.3 | 28.2-38.8 | 23 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | 68 | 19.0 | 14.6-24.3 |
| Female | 513 | 74 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.4 | 95 | 17.7 | 14.3-21.8 | 173 | 33.8 | 29.2-38.7 | 30 | 7.4 | 4.8-11.0 | 141 | 26.7 | 22.6-31.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 559 | 89 | 16.9 | 13.6-20.8 | 128 | 22.4 | 18.8-26.5 | 199 | 35.6 | 31.3-40.1 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.9- 5.0 | 125 | 22.1 | 18.4-26.3 |
| African American | 301 | 51 | 17.1 | 12.6-22.7 | 47 | 16.8 | 12.0-23.0 | 93 | 30.6 | 24.8-37.1 | 34 | 11.6 | 7.9-16.7 | 76 | 23.9 | 18.8-30.0 |
| Other | 20 | 3 | 16.5 | 4.7-44.4 | 4 | 18.0 | 6.2-42.3 | 6 | 35.4 | 16.1-61.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 7 | 30.1 | 13.4-54.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 54.4 | 17.9-86.7 | 1 | 23.6 | 3.4-73.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 22.0 | 4.4-63.3 |
| No | 853 | 140 | 17.3 | 14.5-20.5 | 177 | 20.2 | 17.2-23.6 | 293 | 33.8 | 30.3-37.6 | 50 | 6.4 | 4.7- 8.7 | 193 | 22.3 | 19.2-25.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 38.2 | 5.9-85.8 | 2 | 49.1 | 10.8-88.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 12.7 | 1.5-58.7 |
| 25-34 | 23 | 9 | 41.9 | 22.9-63.8 | 2 | 9.9 | 2.3-33.8 | 6 | 23.8 | 10.4-45.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 24.3 | 10.6-46.5 |
| 35-44 | 72 | 19 | 23.4 | 14.3-35.8 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.0-30.0 | 22 | 31.1 | 20.1-44.9 | 7 | 6.5 | 2.7-14.9 | 14 | 22.9 | 13.4-36.2 |
| 45-54 | 157 | 31 | 19.5 | 13.5-27.4 | 32 | 22.9 | 15.7-32.2 | 56 | 32.4 | 24.8-41.1 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.5- 9.5 | 31 | 21.3 | 14.4-30.4 |
| 55-64 | 291 | 39 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.7 | 67 | 22.2 | 17.5-27.7 | 110 | 39.5 | 33.5-45.8 | 14 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.2 | 61 | 20.3 | 15.8-25.7 |
| 65+ | 339 | 46 | 14.1 | 10.3-19.1 | 69 | 18.1 | 14.2-22.8 | 103 | 30.9 | 25.6-36.8 | 25 | 10.2 | 6.6-15.3 | 96 | 26.7 | 21.8-32.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 185 | 28 | 15.1 | 10.0-22.2 | 23 | 15.0 | 9.5-22.8 | 52 | 29.0 | 22.1-37.0 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.8 | 71 | 35.6 | 28.0-44.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 309 | 43 | 13.2 | 9.5-18.1 | 71 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.0 | 100 | 30.9 | 25.3-37.1 | 20 | 7.7 | 4.6-12.6 | 75 | 24.5 | 19.2-30.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 232 | 42 | 18.7 | 13.5-25.3 | 45 | 17.8 | 13.1-23.8 | 88 | 38.3 | 31.3-45.8 | 16 | 7.7 | 4.5-13.1 | 41 | 17.4 | 12.5-23.6 |
| College Graduate | 160 | 31 | 25.1 | 17.6-34.4 | 43 | 22.5 | 16.5-29.9 | 60 | 38.3 | 30.4-46.9 | 6 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.1 | 20 | 11.0 | 6.9-17.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 188 | 26 | 14.7 | 9.4-22.2 | 27 | 14.3 | 9.0-22.0 | 54 | 31.2 | 23.5-40.1 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.9-17.1 | 65 | 29.6 | 22.8-37.3 |
| $15,000- $24,999 | 203 | 32 | 16.2 | 11.0-23.2 | 33 | 16.1 | 10.9-23.2 | 67 | 29.4 | 23.0-36.7 | 15 | 7.9 | 4.3-14.2 | 56 | 30.4 | 23.5-38.4 |
| $25,000- $34,999 | 92 | 22 | 22.5 | 14.3-33.4 | 17 | 20.9 | 12.0-33.9 | 34 | 32.4 | 22.7-43.8 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0- 9.7 | 16 | 21.0 | 12.3-33.7 |
| $35,000- $49,999 | 116 | 18 | 18.8 | 11.7-28.8 | 36 | 29.2 | 20.8-39.2 | 32 | 27.5 | 19.2-37.7 | 7 | 6.0 | 2.8-12.5 | 23 | 18.5 | 12.0-27.3 |
| $50,000+ | 173 | 31 | 16.8 | 11.7-23.7 | 41 | 20.4 | 14.7-27.5 | 85 | 50.8 | 42.3-59.1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.4- 8.9 | 14 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.4 |
| Health District** | ||||||||||||||||
| Appalachia I | 47 | 10 | 22.9 | 11.8-39.7 | 8 | 20.0 | 8.8-39.4 | 21 | 42.3 | 27.7-58.3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.6 | 7 | 13.8 | 6.4-27.4 |
| Appalachia II | 84 | 14 | 21.9 | 12.7-35.0 | 20 | 19.6 | 12.2-30.1 | 30 | 33.3 | 23.3-44.9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.4 | 17 | 22.2 | 13.5-34.2 |
| Appalachia III | 78 | 11 | 14.5 | 7.7-25.6 | 21 | 29.3 | 18.6-42.9 | 24 | 30.4 | 20.3-42.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.1-12.6 | 17 | 20.6 | 11.9-33.2 |
| Catawba | 53 | 8 | 16.2 | 7.5-31.7 | 11 | 21.7 | 11.6-36.8 | 25 | 46.7 | 32.4-61.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 15.4 | 7.8-28.2 |
| Edisto Savannah | 80 | 10 | 14.8 | 7.5-27.0 | 14 | 17.6 | 9.6-30.0 | 30 | 36.3 | 25.6-48.7 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.4-19.0 | 20 | 22.9 | 14.4-34.4 |
| Low Country | 47 | 3 | 9.2 | 2.4-29.9 | 12 | 26.7 | 14.9-43.2 | 15 | 32.9 | 18.0-52.3 | 5 | 11.1 | 4.0-27.3 | 12 | 20.1 | 10.6-34.8 |
| Palmetto | 125 | 29 | 23.2 | 15.8-32.7 | 30 | 21.0 | 14.3-29.7 | 36 | 30.7 | 22.3-40.6 | 8 | 7.2 | 3.3-15.1 | 22 | 17.9 | 11.3-27.2 |
| Pee Dee | 90 | 14 | 15.9 | 9.1-26.4 | 18 | 17.9 | 10.3-29.3 | 29 | 39.4 | 28.3-51.8 | 8 | 8.7 | 3.9-18.4 | 21 | 18.1 | 11.4-27.6 |
| Trident | 96 | 14 | 13.1 | 6.8-23.7 | 10 | 12.6 | 5.8-25.3 | 34 | 30.4 | 21.0-41.8 | 10 | 12.4 | 6.2-23.3 | 28 | 31.5 | 20.9-44.6 |
| Upper Savannah | 55 | 10 | 23.1 | 12.4-39.1 | 9 | 12.9 | 6.5-24.0 | 14 | 23.7 | 13.8-37.7 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.6-23.5 | 21 | 36.2 | 23.5-51.1 |
| Waccamaw | 69 | 13 | 16.2 | 9.2-27.0 | 15 | 21.8 | 12.4-35.6 | 20 | 24.4 | 15.3-36.6 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.1 | 18 | 32.8 | 20.7-47.6 |
| Wateree | 53 | 6 | 8.8 | 3.7-19.5 | 14 | 27.7 | 15.6-44.2 | 20 | 39.6 | 25.3-56.0 | 2 | 4.3 | 1.0-16.2 | 11 | 19.6 | 10.0-34.9 |
| Region*** | ||||||||||||||||
| Region I | 102 | 20 | 23.0 | 14.7-34.1 | 17 | 16.3 | 9.3-27.0 | 35 | 32.6 | 23.5-43.1 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.5-12.3 | 28 | 25.5 | 17.4-35.8 |
| Region II | 162 | 25 | 18.4 | 12.2-26.9 | 41 | 24.1 | 17.4-32.5 | 54 | 31.9 | 24.6-40.3 | 8 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.2 | 34 | 21.4 | 14.9-29.8 |
| Region III | 178 | 37 | 21.1 | 15.0-28.8 | 41 | 21.2 | 15.3-28.5 | 61 | 35.5 | 28.0-43.8 | 8 | 5.0 | 2.3-10.7 | 31 | 17.2 | 11.7-24.4 |
| Region IV | 143 | 20 | 13.3 | 8.3-20.7 | 32 | 21.5 | 14.5-30.6 | 49 | 39.5 | 30.4-49.3 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.8 | 32 | 18.7 | 12.8-26.5 |
| Region V | 80 | 10 | 14.8 | 7.5-27.0 | 14 | 17.6 | 9.6-30.0 | 30 | 36.3 | 25.6-48.7 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.4-19.0 | 20 | 22.9 | 14.4-34.4 |
| Region VI | 69 | 13 | 16.2 | 9.2-27.0 | 15 | 21.8 | 12.4-35.6 | 20 | 24.4 | 15.3-36.6 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.1 | 18 | 32.8 | 20.7-47.6 |
| Region VII | 96 | 14 | 13.1 | 6.8-23.7 | 10 | 12.6 | 5.8-25.3 | 34 | 30.4 | 21.0-41.8 | 10 | 12.4 | 6.2-23.3 | 28 | 31.5 | 20.9-44.6 |
| Region VIII | 47 | 3 | 9.2 | 2.4-29.9 | 12 | 26.7 | 14.9-43.2 | 15 | 32.9 | 18.0-52.3 | 5 | 11.1 | 4.0-27.3 | 12 | 20.1 | 10.6-34.8 |
* This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that they had diabetes. Never in the reponses represent those who had never had the test and those who had never heard of the test.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter
*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
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