BRFSS 2003 - 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'?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	305	42	14.8	9.5-22.3	83	24.6	18.7-31.8	122	43.4	35.6-51.5	25	7.6	4.6-12.6	33	9.6	5.9-15.3
Female	453	79	16.9	12.5-22.5	86	22.3	16.8-29.0	215	44.8	38.2-51.6	29	4.9	3.1- 7.6	44	11.1	7.4-16.4
RACE
White	492	82	15.2	10.9-20.9	111	24.8	19.6-30.9	217	44.3	38.0-50.9	33	6.6	4.2-10.2	49	9.0	6.2-12.9
African American	219	32	17.8	11.5-26.4	53	20.9	14.6-28.9	92	43.3	34.2-52.8	18	5.1	2.9- 9.0	24	13.0	6.8-23.4
Asian	3	1	14.9	1.5-66.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	85.1	33.7-98.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	28	5	9.2	2.9-25.4	3	26.2	5.1-70.1	17	42.9	19.2-70.3	1	6.3	0.9-34.7	2	15.3	2.9-52.4
Other Minorities	14	1	24.7	4.0-72.2	2	9.1	1.5-39.2	7	33.8	12.0-65.6	2	9.1	2.0-33.1	2	23.3	5.7-60.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	8	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.5	0.4-23.1	4	44.3	14.9-78.4	2	25.0	5.8-64.2	1	27.2	4.3-75.4
-English Speaking	4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	76.1	24.8-96.8	1	23.9	3.2-75.2	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	4	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.1	0.6-39.5	1	20.3	2.3-73.3	1	25.8	3.1-79.3	1	47.7	8.2-90.3
Non-Hispanic	750	121	15.9	12.3-20.4	168	23.6	19.4-28.4	333	44.1	38.9-49.4	52	6.1	4.2- 8.8	76	10.2	7.4-13.9
AGE
18-24	7	1	16.4	2.3-62.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	48.9	16.9-81.9	1	13.0	1.7-55.8	1	21.7	3.2-70.0
25-34	24	5	8.0	2.6-22.3	11	44.0	19.5-71.8	6	40.4	16.9-69.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	7.6	1.6-29.0
35-44	76	21	26.1	13.3-44.7	16	17.4	9.2-30.7	31	52.0	35.9-67.7	4	2.0	0.6- 5.9	4	2.5	0.9- 7.0
45-54	142	20	19.7	11.2-32.3	44	38.3	27.0-50.9	47	25.0	16.9-35.4	13	6.1	2.8-13.0	18	10.9	5.2-21.4
55-64	199	33	15.5	9.7-23.8	47	21.6	14.7-30.5	89	47.3	37.4-57.4	19	8.9	5.1-15.2	11	6.7	2.8-15.3
65-74	183	25	11.8	6.6-20.0	31	17.3	10.6-26.9	96	55.1	44.5-65.4	11	6.6	2.9-14.4	20	9.2	5.1-16.1
75+	124	15	9.3	4.7-17.6	20	16.8	9.3-28.6	63	44.6	32.7-57.1	5	5.4	1.7-15.9	21	23.9	14.3-37.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	200	27	13.0	7.9-20.7	33	14.9	8.8-24.0	95	49.7	39.9-59.6	17	5.1	2.7- 9.2	28	17.3	10.8-26.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	237	39	19.4	12.0-29.9	52	22.9	15.8-31.9	101	38.7	29.7-48.5	23	10.4	6.1-17.2	22	8.6	5.0-14.4
Some Post-H.S.	173	28	13.0	7.9-20.7	41	22.9	15.4-32.6	77	48.2	37.8-58.7	9	4.6	1.9-10.9	18	11.3	5.5-21.8
College Graduate	146	27	17.9	10.2-29.5	43	35.1	24.5-47.2	62	39.0	28.2-50.9	5	4.0	1.4-10.5	9	4.1	1.8- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	166	20	12.3	6.8-21.2	26	12.6	6.9-21.9	80	50.7	39.1-62.2	21	9.4	5.4-16.0	19	15.0	7.8-26.7
$15,000- 24,999	142	31	14.5	8.9-22.8	26	18.5	10.8-29.8	60	46.8	35.0-59.0	10	9.0	4.0-18.8	15	11.3	5.1-23.3
$25,000- 34,999	83	14	17.4	8.8-31.5	20	22.6	12.7-36.9	33	38.3	24.6-54.2	5	7.2	2.2-20.7	11	14.5	6.8-28.5
$35,000- 49,999	74	14	20.8	11.0-35.8	22	34.9	21.1-51.8	35	42.2	28.2-57.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	2.0	0.6- 6.6
$50,000-74,999	59	5	14.3	4.3-38.1	27	46.5	30.0-63.9	21	32.1	18.5-49.7	4	3.9	1.2-11.8	2	3.1	0.6-15.3
$75,000+	42	7	28.2	10.1-57.7	15	28.3	13.6-49.8	14	36.1	17.9-59.4	2	5.0	0.8-24.5	4	2.4	0.8- 7.2
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***
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
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%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

Male

305

14.8

9.5-22.3

24.6

18.7-31.8

122

43.4

35.6-51.5

7.6

4.6-12.6

9.6

5.9-15.3

Female

453

16.9

12.5-22.5

22.3

16.8-29.0

215

44.8

38.2-51.6

4.9

3.1- 7.6

11.1

7.4-16.4

RACE

White

492

15.2

10.9-20.9

111

24.8

19.6-30.9

217

44.3

38.0-50.9

6.6

4.2-10.2

9.0

6.2-12.9

African American

219

17.8

11.5-26.4

20.9

14.6-28.9

43.3

34.2-52.8

5.1

2.9- 9.0

13.0

6.8-23.4

Asian

14.9

1.5-66.3

0.0

. - .

85.1

33.7-98.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

9.2

2.9-25.4

26.2

5.1-70.1

42.9

19.2-70.3

6.3

0.9-34.7

15.3

2.9-52.4

Other Minorities

24.7

4.0-72.2

9.1

1.5-39.2

33.8

12.0-65.6

9.1

2.0-33.1

23.3

5.7-60.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.4-23.1

44.3

14.9-78.4

25.0

5.8-64.2

27.2

4.3-75.4

-English Speaking

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

76.1

24.8-96.8

23.9

3.2-75.2

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

6.1

0.6-39.5

20.3

2.3-73.3

25.8

3.1-79.3

47.7

8.2-90.3

Non-Hispanic

750

121

15.9

12.3-20.4

168

23.6

19.4-28.4

333

44.1

38.9-49.4

6.1

4.2- 8.8

10.2

7.4-13.9

AGE

18-24

16.4

2.3-62.4

0.0

. - .

48.9

16.9-81.9

13.0

1.7-55.8

21.7

3.2-70.0

25-34

8.0

2.6-22.3

44.0

19.5-71.8

40.4

16.9-69.3

0.0

. - .

7.6

1.6-29.0

35-44

26.1

13.3-44.7

17.4

9.2-30.7

52.0

35.9-67.7

2.0

0.6- 5.9

2.5

0.9- 7.0

45-54

142

19.7

11.2-32.3

38.3

27.0-50.9

25.0

16.9-35.4

6.1

2.8-13.0

10.9

5.2-21.4

55-64

199

15.5

9.7-23.8

21.6

14.7-30.5

47.3

37.4-57.4

8.9

5.1-15.2

6.7

2.8-15.3

65-74

183

11.8

6.6-20.0

17.3

10.6-26.9

55.1

44.5-65.4

6.6

2.9-14.4

9.2

5.1-16.1

75+

124

9.3

4.7-17.6

16.8

9.3-28.6

44.6

32.7-57.1

5.4

1.7-15.9

23.9

14.3-37.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

200

13.0

7.9-20.7

14.9

8.8-24.0

49.7

39.9-59.6

5.1

2.7- 9.2

17.3

10.8-26.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

237

19.4

12.0-29.9

22.9

15.8-31.9

101

38.7

29.7-48.5

10.4

6.1-17.2

8.6

5.0-14.4

Some Post-H.S.

173

13.0

7.9-20.7

22.9

15.4-32.6

48.2

37.8-58.7

4.6

1.9-10.9

11.3

5.5-21.8

College Graduate

146

17.9

10.2-29.5

35.1

24.5-47.2

39.0

28.2-50.9

4.0

1.4-10.5

4.1

1.8- 9.2

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

166

12.3

6.8-21.2

12.6

6.9-21.9

50.7

39.1-62.2

9.4

5.4-16.0

15.0

7.8-26.7

$15,000- 24,999

142

14.5

8.9-22.8

18.5

10.8-29.8

46.8

35.0-59.0

9.0

4.0-18.8

11.3

5.1-23.3

$25,000- 34,999

17.4

8.8-31.5

22.6

12.7-36.9

38.3

24.6-54.2

7.2

2.2-20.7

14.5

6.8-28.5

$35,000- 49,999

20.8

11.0-35.8

34.9

21.1-51.8

42.2

28.2-57.7

0.0

. - .

2.0

0.6- 6.6

$50,000-74,999

14.3

4.3-38.1

46.5

30.0-63.9

32.1

18.5-49.7

3.9

1.2-11.8

3.1

0.6-15.3

$75,000+

28.2

10.1-57.7

28.3

13.6-49.8

36.1

17.9-59.4

5.0

0.8-24.5

2.4

0.8- 7.2

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***

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

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.

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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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