BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (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'?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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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	Total Respond.^	1 time	2 times	3-4 times	5+ times	Never
North Carolina	758	121	15.8	12.2-20.3	169	23.5	19.3-28.2	337	44.1	39.0-49.3	54	6.3	4.4- 8.9	77	10.4	7.6-14.0
-Eastern NC	333	45	14.5	9.7-21.2	65	18.8	13.4-25.7	158	48.6	40.7-56.5	26	5.3	3.3- 8.3	39	12.8	8.1-19.5
GENDER
Male	130	18	16.3	9.0-27.8	31	19.0	12.1-28.5	56	48.5	36.3-60.9	10	3.2	1.6- 6.3	15	13.0	6.2-25.1
Female	203	27	13.0	7.6-21.6	34	18.6	11.3-29.2	102	48.7	38.7-58.8	16	7.0	3.9-12.3	24	12.6	7.1-21.2
RACE
White	181	22	11.7	6.7-19.8	35	19.5	12.2-29.6	92	56.0	45.4-66.1	11	3.9	2.0- 7.6	21	8.9	5.1-14.9
African American	127	18	16.7	8.7-29.5	28	20.7	12.4-32.5	51	38.1	26.6-51.1	14	7.4	3.8-13.9	16	17.1	8.1-32.7
Other Minorities	23	4	24.8	6.7-60.3	2	6.7	1.3-29.0	14	40.2	18.8-66.2	1	6.2	0.9-33.9	2	22.0	5.8-56.6
AGE
18-24	3	1	32.1	4.0-84.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	1	42.5	6.3-89.1
25-34	11	1	5.3	0.7-31.0	6	58.7	27.5-84.2	3	27.8	8.2-62.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.2	1.1-41.7
35-44	30	9	36.0	17.3-60.2	6	17.7	7.0-38.1	12	41.7	21.6-65.0	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	2	4.0	0.9-15.3
45-54	60	6	9.2	3.2-23.8	15	31.4	15.4-53.5	21	25.3	13.8-41.9	6	5.5	2.2-13.0	12	28.6	12.9-52.0
55-64	91	14	16.4	7.4-32.5	19	17.0	9.4-28.7	46	56.9	41.8-70.9	9	6.8	3.0-14.4	3	2.9	0.7-11.0
65-74	88	8	10.7	4.0-25.7	13	14.1	6.1-29.0	47	56.2	40.9-70.3	7	5.3	2.2-12.4	13	13.8	6.7-26.1
75+	48	6	9.8	3.6-23.7	6	7.9	2.9-19.8	28	64.0	42.5-81.1	1	0.6	0.1- 4.3	7	17.7	5.5-44.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	93	8	11.1	4.4-25.6	16	17.2	7.5-34.6	46	49.6	34.9-64.5	8	3.9	1.8- 8.6	15	18.1	9.5-31.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	113	17	14.1	7.4-25.4	23	21.0	12.2-33.9	49	42.7	29.7-56.8	13	9.7	5.0-17.7	11	12.5	5.8-24.8
Some Post-H.S.	72	10	13.8	5.6-30.4	14	16.8	8.7-30.0	33	51.3	35.0-67.4	4	3.5	1.0-11.3	11	14.5	5.2-34.6
College Graduate	54	10	22.8	9.9-44.1	12	20.7	9.7-38.9	29	53.8	34.8-71.8	1	1.8	0.2-12.0	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	86	10	10.4	4.8-21.3	15	10.5	5.8-18.0	40	56.9	42.2-70.5	12	11.8	5.8-22.7	9	10.3	4.4-22.6
$15,000- 24,999	55	7	8.7	3.1-22.2	12	26.6	12.2-48.5	25	40.5	23.2-60.5	3	3.4	1.0-10.7	8	20.9	7.7-45.6
$25,000- 34,999	38	4	11.8	3.6-32.3	9	33.0	14.9-57.9	17	40.1	21.7-61.7	2	3.1	0.7-12.7	6	12.0	3.4-34.3
$35,000- 49,999	28	7	35.0	14.0-64.1	9	21.5	9.1-42.8	12	43.5	20.2-70.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000-74,999	27	3	19.9	4.6-56.2	10	45.4	23.9-68.8	12	30.2	14.9-51.5	1	3.0	0.4-19.0	1	1.6	0.2-10.7
$75,000+	14	1	3.0	0.4-19.6	2	8.1	1.8-29.5	8	74.1	47.5-90.0	1	3.7	0.5-23.5	2	11.0	2.6-36.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	37	12	30.1	16.6-48.2	8	25.4	12.5-44.6	12	28.8	15.7-46.8	3	7.1	2.2-20.1	2	8.7	2.1-29.3
Guilford	31	6	18.0	7.7-36.4	8	25.3	12.0-45.8	12	38.6	21.7-58.8	1	4.1	0.6-23.8	4	14.1	4.7-35.0
Mecklenburg	32	5	14.2	5.5-32.2	9	30.0	15.1-50.9	14	48.6	30.1-67.6	3	5.7	1.7-17.0	1	1.4	0.2- 9.5
Orange	16	2	9.1	1.9-34.6	8	43.6	20.4-70.1	4	37.7	15.1-67.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.6	2.2-33.8
Wake	25	3	12.5	3.6-35.2	7	26.2	12.0-48.2	11	40.9	22.9-61.7	3	17.1	5.5-42.1	1	3.2	0.4-19.8
Chatham/Lee	20	3	17.1	4.9-45.3	6	25.0	10.1-49.7	8	39.7	19.2-64.6	2	16.0	3.3-51.3	1	2.1	0.3-14.2
Nash/Wilson	34	3	7.9	2.4-22.8	11	39.2	22.6-58.8	17	44.8	27.7-63.2	1	3.7	0.5-21.9	2	4.4	1.1-16.6
Craven/Pamlico	46	6	12.3	5.3-25.8	10	21.5	11.3-37.1	23	48.4	32.7-64.4	3	7.5	2.3-22.3	4	10.3	3.8-25.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	38	6	19.6	6.4-46.6	5	10.9	3.8-27.5	22	53.9	34.0-72.7	2	9.2	2.3-30.3	3	6.3	1.9-18.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	25	4	13.9	5.0-33.3	6	22.4	8.8-46.2	14	58.1	36.2-77.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.6	0.8-30.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	24	8	34.0	17.1-56.2	2	9.2	2.3-30.4	10	40.0	21.3-62.1	1	6.8	1.0-35.4	3	10.0	3.0-28.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	37	8	23.6	11.1-43.3	9	26.6	14.0-44.6	14	35.2	20.5-53.3	3	5.9	1.9-17.1	3	8.7	2.6-25.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	60	12	18.9	10.4-31.8	9	18.8	9.6-33.6	27	38.3	26.1-52.3	3	3.2	1.0-10.1	9	20.7	10.2-37.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	45	4	7.3	2.7-18.4	6	13.7	5.5-30.2	21	48.4	32.3-64.8	6	11.9	4.9-26.2	8	18.7	9.1-34.7
Northeast NC I	54	7	16.4	7.6-31.9	11	19.3	9.9-34.2	24	42.4	28.5-57.7	10	18.5	9.7-32.5	2	3.4	0.7-14.7
Northeast NC II	49	8	22.1	10.8-39.9	11	21.9	11.7-37.2	22	44.3	29.6-60.1	1	1.3	0.2- 8.9	7	10.4	4.1-24.0
Northeastern Partnership	103	15	19.9	11.6-32.1	22	20.9	13.2-31.5	46	43.6	32.8-55.0	11	7.8	4.1-14.3	9	7.7	3.4-16.6
Mountain AHEC	106	22	15.2	9.2-24.2	27	28.0	18.1-40.6	38	34.0	23.1-46.8	10	12.0	5.5-24.4	9	10.8	5.2-21.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	266	46	16.3	10.8-23.9	64	24.5	18.2-32.2	112	43.2	35.4-51.5	18	6.6	3.7-11.3	26	9.4	5.6-15.3
Western NC	159	30	17.3	10.8-26.6	40	31.2	21.4-43.0	67	35.9	26.7-46.3	10	7.6	3.4-16.1	12	7.9	4.1-14.9

Total
Respond.^

1 time

2 times

3-4 times

5+ times

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

758

121

15.8

12.2-20.3

169

23.5

19.3-28.2

337

44.1

39.0-49.3

6.3

4.4- 8.9

10.4

7.6-14.0

-Eastern NC

333

14.5

9.7-21.2

18.8

13.4-25.7

158

48.6

40.7-56.5

5.3

3.3- 8.3

12.8

8.1-19.5

GENDER

Male

130

16.3

9.0-27.8

19.0

12.1-28.5

48.5

36.3-60.9

3.2

1.6- 6.3

13.0

6.2-25.1

Female

203

13.0

7.6-21.6

18.6

11.3-29.2

102

48.7

38.7-58.8

7.0

3.9-12.3

12.6

7.1-21.2

RACE

White

181

11.7

6.7-19.8

19.5

12.2-29.6

56.0

45.4-66.1

3.9

2.0- 7.6

8.9

5.1-14.9

African American

127

16.7

8.7-29.5

20.7

12.4-32.5

38.1

26.6-51.1

7.4

3.8-13.9

17.1

8.1-32.7

Other Minorities

24.8

6.7-60.3

6.7

1.3-29.0

40.2

18.8-66.2

6.2

0.9-33.9

22.0

5.8-56.6

AGE

18-24

32.1

4.0-84.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25.4

3.0-79.1

42.5

6.3-89.1

25-34

5.3

0.7-31.0

58.7

27.5-84.2

27.8

8.2-62.4

0.0

. - .

8.2

1.1-41.7

35-44

36.0

17.3-60.2

17.7

7.0-38.1

41.7

21.6-65.0

0.7

0.1- 5.0

4.0

0.9-15.3

45-54

9.2

3.2-23.8

31.4

15.4-53.5

25.3

13.8-41.9

5.5

2.2-13.0

28.6

12.9-52.0

55-64

16.4

7.4-32.5

17.0

9.4-28.7

56.9

41.8-70.9

6.8

3.0-14.4

2.9

0.7-11.0

65-74

10.7

4.0-25.7

14.1

6.1-29.0

56.2

40.9-70.3

5.3

2.2-12.4

13.8

6.7-26.1

75+

9.8

3.6-23.7

7.9

2.9-19.8

64.0

42.5-81.1

0.6

0.1- 4.3

17.7

5.5-44.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

11.1

4.4-25.6

17.2

7.5-34.6

49.6

34.9-64.5

3.9

1.8- 8.6

18.1

9.5-31.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

113

14.1

7.4-25.4

21.0

12.2-33.9

42.7

29.7-56.8

9.7

5.0-17.7

12.5

5.8-24.8

Some Post-H.S.

13.8

5.6-30.4

16.8

8.7-30.0

51.3

35.0-67.4

3.5

1.0-11.3

14.5

5.2-34.6

College Graduate

22.8

9.9-44.1

20.7

9.7-38.9

53.8

34.8-71.8

1.8

0.2-12.0

0.9

0.2- 3.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

10.4

4.8-21.3

10.5

5.8-18.0

56.9

42.2-70.5

11.8

5.8-22.7

10.3

4.4-22.6

$15,000- 24,999

8.7

3.1-22.2

26.6

12.2-48.5

40.5

23.2-60.5

3.4

1.0-10.7

20.9

7.7-45.6

$25,000- 34,999

11.8

3.6-32.3

33.0

14.9-57.9

40.1

21.7-61.7

3.1

0.7-12.7

12.0

3.4-34.3

$35,000- 49,999

35.0

14.0-64.1

21.5

9.1-42.8

43.5

20.2-70.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$50,000-74,999

19.9

4.6-56.2

45.4

23.9-68.8

30.2

14.9-51.5

3.0

0.4-19.0

1.6

0.2-10.7

$75,000+

3.0

0.4-19.6

8.1

1.8-29.5

74.1

47.5-90.0

3.7

0.5-23.5

11.0

2.6-36.8

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

30.1

16.6-48.2

25.4

12.5-44.6

28.8

15.7-46.8

7.1

2.2-20.1

8.7

2.1-29.3

Guilford

18.0

7.7-36.4

25.3

12.0-45.8

38.6

21.7-58.8

4.1

0.6-23.8

14.1

4.7-35.0

Mecklenburg

14.2

5.5-32.2

30.0

15.1-50.9

48.6

30.1-67.6

5.7

1.7-17.0

1.4

0.2- 9.5

Orange

9.1

1.9-34.6

43.6

20.4-70.1

37.7

15.1-67.3

0.0

. - .

9.6

2.2-33.8

Wake

12.5

3.6-35.2

26.2

12.0-48.2

40.9

22.9-61.7

17.1

5.5-42.1

3.2

0.4-19.8

Chatham/Lee

17.1

4.9-45.3

25.0

10.1-49.7

39.7

19.2-64.6

16.0

3.3-51.3

2.1

0.3-14.2

Nash/Wilson

7.9

2.4-22.8

39.2

22.6-58.8

44.8

27.7-63.2

3.7

0.5-21.9

4.4

1.1-16.6

Craven/Pamlico

12.3

5.3-25.8

21.5

11.3-37.1

48.4

32.7-64.4

7.5

2.3-22.3

10.3

3.8-25.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

19.6

6.4-46.6

10.9

3.8-27.5

53.9

34.0-72.7

9.2

2.3-30.3

6.3

1.9-18.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

13.9

5.0-33.3

22.4

8.8-46.2

58.1

36.2-77.2

0.0

. - .

5.6

0.8-30.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

34.0

17.1-56.2

9.2

2.3-30.4

40.0

21.3-62.1

6.8

1.0-35.4

10.0

3.0-28.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

23.6

11.1-43.3

26.6

14.0-44.6

35.2

20.5-53.3

5.9

1.9-17.1

8.7

2.6-25.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

18.9

10.4-31.8

18.8

9.6-33.6

38.3

26.1-52.3

3.2

1.0-10.1

20.7

10.2-37.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

7.3

2.7-18.4

13.7

5.5-30.2

48.4

32.3-64.8

11.9

4.9-26.2

18.7

9.1-34.7

Northeast NC I

16.4

7.6-31.9

19.3

9.9-34.2

42.4

28.5-57.7

18.5

9.7-32.5

3.4

0.7-14.7

Northeast NC II

22.1

10.8-39.9

21.9

11.7-37.2

44.3

29.6-60.1

1.3

0.2- 8.9

10.4

4.1-24.0

Northeastern Partnership

103

19.9

11.6-32.1

20.9

13.2-31.5

43.6

32.8-55.0

7.8

4.1-14.3

7.7

3.4-16.6

Mountain AHEC

106

15.2

9.2-24.2

28.0

18.1-40.6

34.0

23.1-46.8

12.0

5.5-24.4

10.8

5.2-21.3

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

266

16.3

10.8-23.9

24.5

18.2-32.2

112

43.2

35.4-51.5

6.6

3.7-11.3

9.4

5.6-15.3

Western NC

159

17.3

10.8-26.6

31.2

21.4-43.0

35.9

26.7-46.3

7.6

3.4-16.1

7.9

4.1-14.9

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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