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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Diabetes

A test for hemoglobin 'A one C' 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 'A one C'?

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Respond.#		 1 time 2 times 3-4 times 5+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 13,107 2,287 16.6 15.5-17.7 3,178 24.4 23.0-25.8 5,289 37.8 36.2-39.5 1,140 8.9 7.9-10.0 1,213 12.3 10.8-14.0
Alabama 267 34 12.0 8.4-17.0 67 23.8 18.7-29.8 108 42.5 36.0-49.3 37 14.5 10.3-19.9 21 7.2 4.5-11.4
Alaska 113 23 22.4 13.6-34.6 25 22.4 14.1-33.7 43 35.4 24.3-48.2 9 7.0 2.9-16.4 13 12.7 6.4-23.8
Arizona 214 46 17.4 11.8-24.8 44 25.2 17.6-34.7 102 46.4 37.1-56.0 7 2.1 0.8- 5.4 15 8.9 4.3-17.6
Arkansas 291 46 17.3 12.8-22.9 64 23.8 18.6-29.8 110 36.2 30.3-42.6 37 12.1 8.6-16.8 34 10.6 7.3-15.1
California 255 30 9.8 6.6-14.3 45 18.6 13.4-25.3 96 35.7 28.5-43.6 27 10.4 6.3-16.8 57 25.5 18.6-33.8
Colorado 175 32 16.8 11.6-23.7 50 29.8 21.8-39.3 68 36.7 29.0-45.2 11 7.0 3.7-12.9 14 9.6 5.2-17.2
Connecticut 297 55 17.3 12.7-23.0 70 22.9 17.7-29.2 124 45.0 37.9-52.4 28 9.2 5.9-14.1 20 5.6 3.3- 9.2
Delaware 298 49 18.2 12.8-25.2 73 24.6 18.5-31.8 113 37.8 30.1-46.3 31 10.3 5.7-17.7 32 9.2 5.9-13.9
Florida 361 73 20.3 15.6-25.9 84 24.1 19.3-29.6 139 37.0 31.1-43.2 31 7.9 5.4-11.5 34 10.8 7.1-16.1
Georgia 334 69 21.6 16.6-27.5 83 26.0 20.3-32.5 120 33.1 27.3-39.5 33 9.0 6.1-13.1 29 10.4 6.4-16.4
Hawaii 354 25 7.3 4.4-11.8 54 15.9 11.5-21.6 218 61.6 54.5-68.3 40 11.4 6.9-18.2 17 3.8 2.1- 6.9
Idaho 312 65 23.8 18.4-30.1 73 23.8 18.7-29.8 130 38.8 32.8-45.2 15 4.7 2.6- 8.2 29 8.9 5.6-14.1
Indiana 392 74 19.5 15.4-24.3 100 26.9 21.9-32.4 153 36.7 31.4-42.4 35 8.8 6.0-12.6 30 8.2 5.4-12.1
Iowa 252 36 13.0 9.1-18.3 76 31.9 25.5-39.0 100 42.3 34.8-50.1 22 7.5 4.7-11.7 18 5.4 3.3- 8.7
Kansas 313 55 17.2 13.2-22.1 68 25.2 20.1-31.2 137 41.0 35.2-47.0 24 6.8 4.5-10.3 29 9.7 6.6-14.2
Kentucky 512 76 19.0 14.3-24.8 113 19.2 15.2-23.8 224 44.6 38.3-51.1 50 8.1 5.4-12.0 49 9.1 6.2-13.2
Louisiana 289 46 15.1 11.0-20.5 73 28.5 22.0-36.1 108 35.1 28.9-41.9 18 7.1 3.1-15.5 44 14.2 10.2-19.4
Maine 159 30 18.7 12.9-26.4 47 30.0 22.6-38.7 58 32.8 25.3-41.1 15 10.0 5.9-16.4 9 8.5 4.1-16.7
Maryland 256 54 21.3 15.5-28.6 58 21.5 16.0-28.2 111 45.0 37.1-53.2 18 7.8 4.5-13.0 15 4.4 2.5- 7.6
Massachusetts 399 70 16.3 12.4-21.1 94 27.2 21.6-33.6 173 40.9 35.0-47.1 35 8.5 5.7-12.5 27 7.1 4.5-10.9
Minnesota 224 45 20.3 15.0-26.8 63 28.8 22.7-35.7 90 40.6 33.8-47.9 10 3.4 1.7- 6.9 16 6.8 3.6-12.5
Mississippi 313 63 20.4 15.7-26.0 81 27.6 22.3-33.8 96 31.5 25.9-37.7 33 8.0 5.5-11.4 40 12.5 8.9-17.2
Montana 252 59 23.5 16.9-31.7 72 29.7 22.7-37.8 76 31.4 24.2-39.6 20 7.9 4.3-13.9 25 7.6 4.6-12.5
Nebraska 264 45 17.8 13.1-23.8 61 25.3 19.4-32.3 116 39.8 33.1-46.9 18 8.3 5.0-13.4 24 8.9 5.7-13.5
Nevada 189 37 23.1 15.6-32.9 44 19.0 12.2-28.3 73 39.1 29.2-49.9 13 6.8 3.7-12.3 22 12.0 6.7-20.7
New Hampshire 297 56 19.7 15.0-25.6 66 21.2 16.4-27.0 151 50.7 44.2-57.1 13 4.4 2.5- 7.9 11 3.9 2.1- 7.4
New Jersey 339 55 16.2 10.3-24.5 71 26.5 18.8-35.8 126 32.3 24.6-41.2 43 15.8 9.7-24.8 44 9.2 5.5-15.1
New Mexico 270 58 22.6 17.1-29.2 68 25.9 20.0-32.8 92 31.5 25.4-38.2 25 10.2 6.6-15.4 27 9.8 6.4-14.9
North Carolina 414 69 20.2 15.0-26.8 97 21.9 16.8-28.0 194 50.0 43.2-56.9 20 2.1 1.1- 3.7 34 5.8 3.8- 8.7
North Dakota 196 30 14.7 10.2-20.9 51 24.9 19.0-32.0 98 50.7 42.9-58.4 10 6.9 3.4-13.8 7 2.7 1.2- 5.8
Ohio 267 66 24.1 18.4-31.0 68 26.3 20.3-33.3 98 36.4 29.9-43.4 18 6.6 3.8-11.5 17 6.5 3.8-11.0
Oklahoma 457 87 20.9 16.8-25.8 100 22.8 18.7-27.6 191 39.5 34.6-44.6 37 8.4 5.9-11.7 42 8.4 6.0-11.6
Rhode Island 186 25 12.1 8.0-17.9 48 22.9 17.1-30.0 83 47.8 39.8-56.0 21 12.6 7.9-19.5 9 4.6 2.2- 9.5
South Carolina 363 62 20.8 15.4-27.5 107 29.8 23.9-36.3 131 35.7 29.5-42.4 33 6.6 4.3-10.1 30 7.2 4.5-11.1
South Dakota 316 58 19.0 14.5-24.4 73 25.7 19.4-33.1 150 44.9 38.3-51.6 21 6.2 3.9- 9.7 14 4.3 2.4- 7.5
Tennessee 244 22 9.0 5.8-13.8 75 31.3 25.1-38.4 95 37.1 30.5-44.2 21 8.8 5.6-13.7 31 13.7 8.7-20.8
Texas 393 59 14.9 11.4-19.1 106 26.0 21.5-31.1 139 34.0 28.9-39.5 40 10.1 7.3-13.9 49 15.0 10.5-20.9
Utah 181 34 18.8 12.2-27.9 52 28.2 18.6-40.4 68 42.5 32.4-53.3 15 5.4 2.9-10.0 12 5.0 2.4-10.1
Vermont 205 35 15.4 11.0-21.1 60 30.2 23.8-37.3 80 38.8 31.9-46.3 15 7.9 4.6-13.0 15 7.7 4.5-12.9
Virginia 267 44 19.3 13.5-26.9 65 23.8 18.2-30.6 123 40.6 33.3-48.3 19 6.6 3.9-10.9 16 9.7 4.1-21.1
Washington 273 46 15.4 11.3-20.7 76 28.5 22.6-35.3 106 34.2 27.9-41.2 23 11.0 6.8-17.2 22 10.9 5.9-19.2
West Virginia 281 51 19.8 14.8-26.1 58 20.6 16.0-26.3 132 45.7 39.3-52.2 12 4.4 2.4- 8.1 28 9.4 6.4-13.6
Wisconsin 217 42 21.0 15.0-28.7 73 33.5 26.6-41.3 72 33.9 26.7-41.8 13 4.4 2.3- 8.2 17 7.2 4.2-12.0
Wyoming 216 56 23.7 18.1-30.3 59 27.5 21.2-34.9 61 29.8 23.2-37.3 17 7.1 4.2-11.8 23 12.0 7.2-19.1
Guam 39 8 15.1 7.0-29.5 5 10.1 3.6-25.3 15 42.3 25.3-61.3 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 9 30.8 15.3-52.3
Puerto Rico 447 42 10.0 6.9-14.5 90 17.5 13.7-22.3 155 33.4 28.2-39.0 92 22.6 17.9-28.0 68 16.5 12.2-21.8
Virgin Islands 154 45 30.3 21.9-40.2 28 17.5 11.5-25.7 43 26.1 18.8-35.1 13 7.1 3.9-12.6 25 19.0 12.3-28.1

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#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.

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