BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (About how often do you check your blood for glucose or sugar? Include times when checked by a family member or friend, but do not include times when checked by a health professional.)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	946	545	60.3	55.6-64.8	236	23.5	19.8-27.7	57	5.8	3.9- 8.4	18	1.2	0.6- 2.2	90	9.2	6.7-12.6
-Eastern NC	417	232	58.9	51.8-65.6	107	24.4	18.8-30.9	27	6.0	3.6- 9.8	10	1.7	0.7- 3.8	41	9.1	5.9-13.8
GENDER
Male	156	76	59.3	48.5-69.2	52	25.8	18.1-35.3	11	6.2	2.8-13.5	4	1.8	0.6- 5.5	13	6.9	3.5-13.4
Female	261	156	58.5	49.1-67.3	55	23.2	15.7-32.8	16	5.7	3.0-10.8	6	1.6	0.5- 5.0	28	10.9	6.3-18.4
RACE
White	224	114	51.4	41.7-60.9	67	30.4	22.2-40.0	17	7.4	3.8-13.9	4	0.6	0.2- 1.5	22	10.3	5.7-17.8
African American	166	101	68.1	57.8-76.8	35	16.4	10.3-25.2	9	4.4	2.1- 9.1	4	2.4	0.8- 7.2	17	8.7	4.6-15.6
Other Minorities	25	16	74.7	50.8-89.4	5	15.1	5.3-36.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	7.7	1.3-35.3	2	2.5	0.6-10.4
AGE
18-24	3	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	42.5	6.3-89.1	1	32.1	4.0-84.3
25-34	12	5	41.2	16.0-72.1	2	21.1	5.2-56.5	3	25.9	7.7-59.5	1	8.4	1.1-42.0	1	3.4	0.4-21.8
35-44	33	22	69.7	48.2-85.1	9	23.6	10.7-44.3	1	5.5	0.8-30.3	1	1.2	0.2- 8.1	0	0.0	. - .
45-54	68	41	65.2	45.9-80.5	15	25.1	11.5-46.4	5	4.1	1.5-10.6	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0	6	5.1	2.0-12.7
55-64	114	64	58.5	44.9-71.0	32	24.6	15.0-37.6	5	5.3	1.7-15.0	1	0.4	0.1- 2.7	12	11.3	5.4-21.9
65-74	111	55	57.1	43.3-70.0	30	25.1	15.2-38.4	11	8.9	3.6-20.5	2	0.6	0.1- 2.3	13	8.3	3.8-17.3
75+	74	42	52.8	36.1-68.9	19	25.4	13.8-42.2	2	1.6	0.4- 6.7	3	4.3	0.9-17.7	8	15.8	5.7-37.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	144	80	54.6	42.2-66.6	36	27.9	17.7-41.1	6	4.3	1.4-12.8	2	1.6	0.3- 9.2	20	11.5	5.7-21.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	133	79	61.0	48.7-72.1	31	19.8	11.8-31.2	9	5.3	2.4-11.2	3	2.4	0.7- 7.9	11	11.5	5.7-22.1
Some Post-H.S.	85	37	52.8	37.5-67.5	29	33.5	21.2-48.4	6	5.0	2.0-11.8	3	1.1	0.3- 3.6	10	7.7	3.1-17.8
College Graduate	54	35	75.0	56.0-87.6	11	10.0	4.5-20.8	6	13.7	4.3-35.9	2	1.3	0.3- 5.5	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	120	76	66.7	53.1-78.0	20	10.8	6.2-18.2	9	9.0	3.7-20.4	0	0.0	. - .	15	13.5	5.8-28.2
$15,000- 24,999	71	38	61.5	43.6-76.6	23	27.6	14.5-46.1	4	6.0	2.0-17.1	2	1.8	0.4- 7.6	4	3.2	1.1- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999	41	25	61.1	40.2-78.6	12	27.1	13.1-47.9	1	0.6	0.1- 4.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	11.1	3.1-33.1
$35,000- 49,999	32	13	57.6	33.8-78.3	11	20.1	9.0-39.0	3	6.5	1.9-19.8	2	2.2	0.5- 9.2	3	13.6	3.3-41.9
$50,000-74,999	29	13	52.7	30.3-74.0	12	42.2	22.2-65.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.9	0.4- 7.8	2	3.3	0.8-13.1
$75,000+	14	6	57.8	29.2-82.0	4	17.6	5.6-43.3	3	19.4	4.8-53.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.2	0.7-30.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	41	21	52.9	36.0-69.1	10	23.4	12.0-40.6	1	1.3	0.2- 9.0	0	0.0	. - .	9	22.4	11.1-39.9
Guilford	36	19	56.9	38.9-73.2	8	26.5	13.2-46.1	2	2.4	0.6- 9.3	2	6.5	1.6-22.6	5	7.8	3.0-18.5
Mecklenburg	38	21	56.3	38.4-72.7	12	30.6	16.6-49.3	4	10.2	3.7-25.3	1	2.9	0.4-17.9	0	0.0	. - .
Orange	25	15	54.5	33.0-74.5	5	21.3	8.5-44.2	2	10.7	2.4-36.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.5	4.1-36.4
Wake	31	19	57.8	37.3-75.9	6	17.3	7.4-35.4	4	18.6	6.4-43.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.3-25.4
Chatham/Lee	33	15	46.5	28.4-65.6	11	36.6	19.8-57.5	2	3.1	0.7-12.2	0	0.0	. - .	5	13.8	5.2-31.5
Nash/Wilson	44	27	57.9	40.9-73.2	9	25.0	12.7-43.4	4	7.2	2.5-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.9	3.5-24.9
Craven/Pamlico	54	27	51.3	36.7-65.7	14	23.4	13.7-37.2	5	10.5	4.2-23.8	3	6.4	2.0-18.4	5	8.4	3.3-19.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	25	46.9	29.8-64.7	17	48.3	30.7-66.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.7	0.2-11.5	2	3.1	0.6-13.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	33	21	64.2	45.5-79.5	6	16.9	7.3-34.3	3	9.8	3.1-27.2	1	3.0	0.4-18.7	2	6.0	1.5-21.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance	31	16	48.9	30.5-67.6	11	33.9	18.5-53.6	2	9.0	2.1-30.8	1	3.7	0.5-22.3	1	4.5	0.6-25.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	48	33	72.4	57.1-83.8	6	12.7	5.3-27.4	4	7.8	2.8-20.2	2	1.7	0.4- 6.6	3	5.4	1.5-17.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	79	39	49.1	37.0-61.3	26	33.2	22.8-45.6	3	3.0	0.9- 9.6	3	3.3	0.9-11.0	8	11.4	5.0-24.1
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	54	36	65.5	50.0-78.2	13	24.1	13.6-39.1	2	6.0	1.5-21.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.3	1.3-13.8
Northeast NC I	71	33	42.0	30.1-55.0	21	29.7	19.5-42.3	7	14.0	6.4-27.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	9	13.5	6.4-26.2
Northeast NC II	63	38	62.7	48.5-75.0	14	22.6	13.2-36.0	3	4.1	1.1-14.0	0	0.0	. - .	8	10.6	4.5-22.9
Northeastern Partnership	134	71	54.6	44.6-64.2	35	25.4	18.0-34.6	10	8.0	4.0-15.2	1	0.3	0.0- 2.2	17	11.7	6.6-19.9
Mountain AHEC	132	84	63.6	52.4-73.6	24	20.3	12.7-30.8	7	4.5	1.5-12.7	2	0.2	0.0- 0.7	15	11.4	6.3-19.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	330	191	61.5	54.0-68.5	88	23.1	17.6-29.7	18	5.6	2.9-10.3	4	1.0	0.3- 2.8	29	8.9	5.1-15.0
Western NC	199	122	59.3	49.5-68.3	41	23.2	15.9-32.4	12	6.0	2.6-13.3	4	0.7	0.2- 2.5	20	10.8	6.3-17.9

Total
Respond.^

1 or more times/day

1 or more times/week

1 or more times/month

1 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

946

545

60.3

55.6-64.8

236

23.5

19.8-27.7

5.8

3.9- 8.4

1.2

0.6- 2.2

9.2

6.7-12.6

-Eastern NC

417

232

58.9

51.8-65.6

107

24.4

18.8-30.9

6.0

3.6- 9.8

1.7

0.7- 3.8

9.1

5.9-13.8

GENDER

Male

156

59.3

48.5-69.2

25.8

18.1-35.3

6.2

2.8-13.5

1.8

0.6- 5.5

6.9

3.5-13.4

Female

261

156

58.5

49.1-67.3

23.2

15.7-32.8

5.7

3.0-10.8

1.6

0.5- 5.0

10.9

6.3-18.4

RACE

White

224

114

51.4

41.7-60.9

30.4

22.2-40.0

7.4

3.8-13.9

0.6

0.2- 1.5

10.3

5.7-17.8

African American

166

101

68.1

57.8-76.8

16.4

10.3-25.2

4.4

2.1- 9.1

2.4

0.8- 7.2

8.7

4.6-15.6

Other Minorities

74.7

50.8-89.4

15.1

5.3-36.1

0.0

. - .

7.7

1.3-35.3

2.5

0.6-10.4

AGE

18-24

25.4

3.0-79.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

42.5

6.3-89.1

32.1

4.0-84.3

25-34

41.2

16.0-72.1

21.1

5.2-56.5

25.9

7.7-59.5

8.4

1.1-42.0

3.4

0.4-21.8

35-44

69.7

48.2-85.1

23.6

10.7-44.3

5.5

0.8-30.3

1.2

0.2- 8.1

0.0

. - .

45-54

65.2

45.9-80.5

25.1

11.5-46.4

4.1

1.5-10.6

0.4

0.1- 3.0

5.1

2.0-12.7

55-64

114

58.5

44.9-71.0

24.6

15.0-37.6

5.3

1.7-15.0

0.4

0.1- 2.7

11.3

5.4-21.9

65-74

111

57.1

43.3-70.0

25.1

15.2-38.4

8.9

3.6-20.5

0.6

0.1- 2.3

8.3

3.8-17.3

75+

52.8

36.1-68.9

25.4

13.8-42.2

1.6

0.4- 6.7

4.3

0.9-17.7

15.8

5.7-37.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

144

54.6

42.2-66.6

27.9

17.7-41.1

4.3

1.4-12.8

1.6

0.3- 9.2

11.5

5.7-21.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

133

61.0

48.7-72.1

19.8

11.8-31.2

5.3

2.4-11.2

2.4

0.7- 7.9

11.5

5.7-22.1

Some Post-H.S.

52.8

37.5-67.5

33.5

21.2-48.4

5.0

2.0-11.8

1.1

0.3- 3.6

7.7

3.1-17.8

College Graduate

75.0

56.0-87.6

10.0

4.5-20.8

13.7

4.3-35.9

1.3

0.3- 5.5

0.0

. - .

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

120

66.7

53.1-78.0

10.8

6.2-18.2

9.0

3.7-20.4

0.0

. - .

13.5

5.8-28.2

$15,000- 24,999

61.5

43.6-76.6

27.6

14.5-46.1

6.0

2.0-17.1

1.8

0.4- 7.6

3.2

1.1- 9.1

$25,000- 34,999

61.1

40.2-78.6

27.1

13.1-47.9

0.6

0.1- 4.6

0.0

. - .

11.1

3.1-33.1

$35,000- 49,999

57.6

33.8-78.3

20.1

9.0-39.0

6.5

1.9-19.8

2.2

0.5- 9.2

13.6

3.3-41.9

$50,000-74,999

52.7

30.3-74.0

42.2

22.2-65.0

0.0

. - .

1.9

0.4- 7.8

3.3

0.8-13.1

$75,000+

57.8

29.2-82.0

17.6

5.6-43.3

19.4

4.8-53.4

0.0

. - .

5.2

0.7-30.3

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

52.9

36.0-69.1

23.4

12.0-40.6

1.3

0.2- 9.0

0.0

. - .

22.4

11.1-39.9

Guilford

56.9

38.9-73.2

26.5

13.2-46.1

2.4

0.6- 9.3

6.5

1.6-22.6

7.8

3.0-18.5

Mecklenburg

56.3

38.4-72.7

30.6

16.6-49.3

10.2

3.7-25.3

2.9

0.4-17.9

0.0

. - .

Orange

54.5

33.0-74.5

21.3

8.5-44.2

10.7

2.4-36.4

0.0

. - .

13.5

4.1-36.4

Wake

57.8

37.3-75.9

17.3

7.4-35.4

18.6

6.4-43.2

0.0

. - .

6.4

1.3-25.4

Chatham/Lee

46.5

28.4-65.6

36.6

19.8-57.5

3.1

0.7-12.2

0.0

. - .

13.8

5.2-31.5

Nash/Wilson

57.9

40.9-73.2

25.0

12.7-43.4

7.2

2.5-18.8

0.0

. - .

9.9

3.5-24.9

Craven/Pamlico

51.3

36.7-65.7

23.4

13.7-37.2

10.5

4.2-23.8

6.4

2.0-18.4

8.4

3.3-19.7

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

46.9

29.8-64.7

48.3

30.7-66.4

0.0

. - .

1.7

0.2-11.5

3.1

0.6-13.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

64.2

45.5-79.5

16.9

7.3-34.3

9.8

3.1-27.2

3.0

0.4-18.7

6.0

1.5-21.9

Franklin/Gran./Vance

48.9

30.5-67.6

33.9

18.5-53.6

9.0

2.1-30.8

3.7

0.5-22.3

4.5

0.6-25.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

72.4

57.1-83.8

12.7

5.3-27.4

7.8

2.8-20.2

1.7

0.4- 6.6

5.4

1.5-17.3

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

49.1

37.0-61.3

33.2

22.8-45.6

3.0

0.9- 9.6

3.3

0.9-11.0

11.4

5.0-24.1

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

65.5

50.0-78.2

24.1

13.6-39.1

6.0

1.5-21.1

0.0

. - .

4.3

1.3-13.8

Northeast NC I

42.0

30.1-55.0

29.7

19.5-42.3

14.0

6.4-27.9

0.8

0.1- 5.4

13.5

6.4-26.2

Northeast NC II

62.7

48.5-75.0

22.6

13.2-36.0

4.1

1.1-14.0

0.0

. - .

10.6

4.5-22.9

Northeastern Partnership

134

54.6

44.6-64.2

25.4

18.0-34.6

8.0

4.0-15.2

0.3

0.0- 2.2

11.7

6.6-19.9

Mountain AHEC

132

63.6

52.4-73.6

20.3

12.7-30.8

4.5

1.5-12.7

0.2

0.0- 0.7

11.4

6.3-19.7

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

330

191

61.5

54.0-68.5

23.1

17.6-29.7

5.6

2.9-10.3

1.0

0.3- 2.8

8.9

5.1-15.0

Western NC

199

122

59.3

49.5-68.3

23.2

15.9-32.4

6.0

2.6-13.3

0.7

0.2- 2.5

10.8

6.3-17.9

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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^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: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): 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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