BRFSS 2003 - Western 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 Western North Carolina**

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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
-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
GENDER
Male	86	52	58.6	44.5-71.4	20	25.5	15.1-39.8	5	2.9	1.0- 8.0	0	0.0	. - .	9	13.0	6.3-24.9
Female	113	70	60.1	46.9-72.0	21	20.3	12.0-32.2	7	9.8	3.3-25.3	4	1.7	0.5- 5.5	11	8.2	3.9-16.5
RACE
White	165	97	59.2	48.6-69.0	35	21.9	14.4-31.8	11	6.5	2.7-14.9	4	0.9	0.3- 2.8	18	11.6	6.6-19.5
African American	17	11	54.4	26.2-80.1	4	33.9	11.4-67.2	1	3.5	0.5-22.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.1	1.1-40.9
Other Minorities	16	13	63.0	24.8-89.8	2	35.5	9.2-75.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.6
AGE
18-24	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	3	0	0.0	. - .	2	67.6	14.6-96.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	32.4	3.8-85.4
35-44	15	8	58.6	26.9-84.5	5	35.9	12.3-69.1	1	1.7	0.2-12.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.9	0.5-24.5
45-54	31	24	73.4	45.8-90.0	5	22.6	7.3-52.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.5	0.3-16.4	1	1.5	0.2-10.2
55-64	53	32	58.7	39.8-75.2	9	10.3	4.6-21.6	2	10.8	2.8-34.3	2	1.1	0.2- 5.6	8	19.1	8.6-37.0
65-74	53	33	60.9	40.2-78.4	11	28.6	13.1-51.6	2	1.0	0.2- 4.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	6	9.3	2.9-26.0
75+	40	22	54.0	35.9-71.2	8	25.9	12.3-46.7	7	12.5	5.3-26.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.5	2.2-22.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	61	36	57.6	40.9-72.7	13	23.3	12.0-40.3	4	7.8	1.8-27.6	2	1.6	0.3- 8.6	6	9.6	3.9-21.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	60	37	64.0	44.7-79.6	10	14.4	5.2-34.4	3	6.8	1.2-29.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	9	14.6	6.4-30.1
Some Post-H.S.	38	28	64.5	41.7-82.2	6	25.8	10.6-50.7	2	2.7	0.6-11.2	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	1	5.4	0.8-29.8
College Graduate	39	20	50.0	31.2-68.9	12	33.8	18.4-53.6	3	5.3	1.5-17.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.9	3.0-32.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	47	33	65.6	45.2-81.5	7	21.6	9.6-41.8	2	6.6	1.2-29.6	0	0.0	. - .	5	6.2	2.0-17.6
$15,000- 24,999	42	27	73.9	53.9-87.3	7	12.1	4.9-26.8	4	3.8	1.2-11.6	2	2.3	0.4-11.9	2	7.9	1.4-33.8
$25,000- 34,999	17	9	45.9	20.5-73.6	4	30.9	9.8-64.7	1	2.6	0.3-17.1	1	4.2	0.6-25.7	2	16.5	2.9-56.4
$35,000- 49,999	17	12	49.5	21.2-78.2	2	36.5	10.9-72.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	14.0	3.9-39.2
$50,000-74,999	12	9	74.8	39.2-93.2	3	25.2	6.8-60.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	13	4	46.1	15.1-80.4	5	19.3	5.6-49.1	2	11.2	2.0-43.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	23.4	4.2-68.0
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***
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
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

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

-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

GENDER

Male

58.6

44.5-71.4

25.5

15.1-39.8

2.9

1.0- 8.0

0.0

. - .

13.0

6.3-24.9

Female

113

60.1

46.9-72.0

20.3

12.0-32.2

9.8

3.3-25.3

1.7

0.5- 5.5

8.2

3.9-16.5

RACE

White

165

59.2

48.6-69.0

21.9

14.4-31.8

6.5

2.7-14.9

0.9

0.3- 2.8

11.6

6.6-19.5

African American

54.4

26.2-80.1

33.9

11.4-67.2

3.5

0.5-22.1

0.0

. - .

8.1

1.1-40.9

Other Minorities

63.0

24.8-89.8

35.5

9.2-75.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

1.5

0.2-10.6

AGE

18-24

100

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

25-34

0.0

. - .

67.6

14.6-96.2

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

32.4

3.8-85.4

35-44

58.6

26.9-84.5

35.9

12.3-69.1

1.7

0.2-12.0

0.0

. - .

3.9

0.5-24.5

45-54

73.4

45.8-90.0

22.6

7.3-52.1

0.0

. - .

2.5

0.3-16.4

1.5

0.2-10.2

55-64

58.7

39.8-75.2

10.3

4.6-21.6

10.8

2.8-34.3

1.1

0.2- 5.6

19.1

8.6-37.0

65-74

60.9

40.2-78.4

28.6

13.1-51.6

1.0

0.2- 4.6

0.2

0.0- 1.7

9.3

2.9-26.0

75+

54.0

35.9-71.2

25.9

12.3-46.7

12.5

5.3-26.7

0.0

. - .

7.5

2.2-22.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

57.6

40.9-72.7

23.3

12.0-40.3

7.8

1.8-27.6

1.6

0.3- 8.6

9.6

3.9-21.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

64.0

44.7-79.6

14.4

5.2-34.4

6.8

1.2-29.5

0.2

0.0- 1.2

14.6

6.4-30.1

Some Post-H.S.

64.5

41.7-82.2

25.8

10.6-50.7

2.7

0.6-11.2

1.6

0.2-10.7

5.4

0.8-29.8

College Graduate

50.0

31.2-68.9

33.8

18.4-53.6

5.3

1.5-17.4

0.0

. - .

10.9

3.0-32.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

65.6

45.2-81.5

21.6

9.6-41.8

6.6

1.2-29.6

0.0

. - .

6.2

2.0-17.6

$15,000- 24,999

73.9

53.9-87.3

12.1

4.9-26.8

3.8

1.2-11.6

2.3

0.4-11.9

7.9

1.4-33.8

$25,000- 34,999

45.9

20.5-73.6

30.9

9.8-64.7

2.6

0.3-17.1

4.2

0.6-25.7

16.5

2.9-56.4

$35,000- 49,999

49.5

21.2-78.2

36.5

10.9-72.9

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

14.0

3.9-39.2

$50,000-74,999

74.8

39.2-93.2

25.2

6.8-60.8

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

46.1

15.1-80.4

19.3

5.6-49.1

11.2

2.0-43.7

0.0

. - .

23.4

4.2-68.0

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***

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

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

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Western 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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