BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (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'?)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	1,259	174	14.9	12.5-17.7	302	24.4	21.5-27.6	599	45.6	42.1-49.1	77	6.0	4.6- 7.8	107	9.0	7.2-11.3
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	31	2	2.8	0.7-11.0	9	34.8	18.8-55.2	15	46.0	27.7-65.4	3	8.9	2.7-25.4	2	7.4	1.5-30.0
Buncombe	34	7	24.3	11.3-44.7	9	25.7	12.8-44.8	15	36.7	21.3-55.2	1	6.1	0.9-32.5	2	7.3	1.6-28.2
Cabarrus	30	4	10.6	3.8-26.1	5	17.1	6.4-38.4	17	56.2	36.6-74.0	0	0.0	. - .	4	16.2	6.1-36.4
Catawba	30	3	6.8	1.9-21.1	7	25.3	11.4-47.1	18	60.1	39.6-77.5	1	5.2	0.7-29.0	1	2.6	0.4-16.6
Cumberland	46	8	15.2	7.3-28.9	6	16.4	7.3-33.0	24	52.3	36.7-67.4	4	8.6	3.1-21.6	4	7.5	2.6-19.4
Davidson	26	2	8.9	2.0-31.6	3	11.0	3.1-32.0	16	60.9	39.3-78.9	2	6.3	1.5-23.4	3	12.9	4.0-34.6
Durham	22	5	27.3	11.0-53.4	6	25.3	10.1-50.7	7	27.0	12.2-49.7	2	11.9	2.4-42.7	2	8.4	1.8-32.0
Forsyth	29	5	16.2	6.5-35.0	9	38.2	20.5-59.8	7	19.6	8.6-38.7	4	7.8	2.8-20.1	4	18.1	6.7-40.8
Gaston	43	6	15.9	6.8-32.9	11	25.7	14.0-42.4	21	50.7	33.9-67.4	2	3.9	0.8-16.6	3	3.8	1.2-11.7
Guilford	33	2	7.9	2.0-26.5	12	32.3	17.5-51.8	15	47.9	30.1-66.2	2	5.3	1.1-21.3	2	6.7	1.6-23.6
Iredell	37	5	12.9	5.1-28.8	9	26.9	13.9-45.6	17	48.1	31.2-65.5	2	2.8	0.7-11.2	4	9.2	3.1-24.5
Johnston	39	3	9.6	3.0-27.2	8	15.1	6.7-30.4	22	51.1	31.3-70.7	1	1.6	0.2-11.0	5	22.5	8.6-47.4
Mecklenburg	40	7	15.2	6.7-30.7	8	24.6	10.3-48.2	20	52.0	33.6-69.9	4	6.5	2.2-17.5	1	1.8	0.2-11.6
New Hanover	23	1	8.0	1.1-39.7	6	35.9	16.1-62.0	11	40.4	21.2-63.1	1	1.7	0.2-11.7	4	14.0	4.7-35.1
Onslow	34	11	34.7	18.8-55.0	12	28.4	15.0-47.2	9	27.4	14.0-46.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.5	2.4-31.0
Orange	29	5	12.8	4.9-29.4	5	15.8	6.0-35.2	13	45.0	25.5-66.1	3	19.2	6.4-45.2	3	7.3	2.2-21.2
Pitt	26	4	16.7	6.1-38.2	10	36.7	19.8-57.6	8	31.1	15.1-53.4	4	15.5	5.7-36.0	0	0.0	. - .
Randolph	27	3	8.7	2.4-26.9	5	23.9	9.4-48.8	17	62.1	38.8-80.9	1	2.6	0.4-16.9	1	2.6	0.4-16.9
Robeson	37	7	14.1	6.4-28.3	6	22.5	10.3-42.4	21	59.7	41.8-75.3	2	2.2	0.5- 8.6	1	1.5	0.2-10.1
Rowan	39	3	7.7	2.3-23.0	13	35.7	20.1-55.0	18	46.1	29.5-63.7	1	1.2	0.2- 8.5	4	9.3	3.2-23.9
Union	33	3	8.4	2.7-23.4	10	31.8	16.0-53.2	17	52.4	33.3-70.8	1	2.0	0.3-13.3	2	5.4	1.1-22.2
Wake	38	4	10.5	3.5-27.4	9	23.3	11.9-40.6	20	53.4	36.0-69.9	3	6.7	2.1-19.8	2	6.0	1.4-22.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	26	3	16.3	4.7-43.5	6	27.5	12.6-50.1	12	37.8	20.9-58.2	2	8.5	1.8-31.7	3	9.8	3.0-27.7
Northeast Partnership II	64	7	17.1	8.1-32.5	17	27.0	16.5-40.8	35	46.6	33.5-60.3	2	3.5	0.8-13.0	3	5.8	1.7-18.1
Northeast Partnership I	42	2	4.6	1.1-16.9	9	19.0	9.2-35.2	23	49.7	32.0-67.4	4	10.7	3.6-27.8	4	16.0	5.2-39.9
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	39	7	19.3	8.9-36.9	7	22.1	9.6-43.0	20	41.8	25.7-59.9	3	10.6	2.5-35.9	2	6.2	1.2-26.4
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	46	5	7.2	2.8-17.4	16	31.5	18.5-48.1	19	39.0	23.4-57.3	1	3.5	0.5-20.9	5	18.8	7.9-38.6
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	35	5	19.0	7.8-39.3	4	8.1	2.6-22.6	15	42.0	25.6-60.5	5	18.4	7.4-38.9	6	12.4	5.1-27.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	43	9	24.9	13.0-42.4	13	29.3	17.1-45.5	18	40.1	25.9-56.2	1	1.1	0.2- 7.8	2	4.6	1.1-16.7
Chatham/Lee/Moore	27	2	8.0	2.0-27.6	5	14.6	5.5-33.4	12	38.8	21.4-59.7	3	15.1	3.9-43.8	5	23.5	9.5-47.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	53	9	17.6	8.5-32.8	12	28.6	16.8-44.5	23	37.4	24.6-52.3	4	8.9	3.1-22.7	5	7.5	2.8-18.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	29	2	7.7	1.8-27.5	5	17.4	7.0-37.1	15	52.7	33.6-71.1	2	7.0	1.5-26.8	5	15.2	5.9-33.9
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	28	2	5.7	1.2-22.7	7	23.9	11.0-44.5	15	54.7	34.6-73.3	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	3	14.3	4.3-38.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	39	9	22.6	11.7-39.4	8	24.8	12.4-43.3	18	45.3	29.1-62.6	1	2.0	0.3-13.3	3	5.2	1.4-17.4
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	62	12	25.7	13.1-44.3	15	19.1	10.0-33.4	26	44.1	28.4-61.0	4	2.7	0.7- 9.6	5	8.4	2.9-21.8
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	112	10	12.2	6.3-22.1	28	24.7	16.8-34.7	59	46.0	35.7-56.7	6	5.8	2.4-13.1	9	11.3	5.5-21.9
No	1,147	164	15.2	12.6-18.1	274	24.4	21.3-27.7	540	45.5	41.9-49.2	71	6.0	4.6- 7.9	98	8.9	7.0-11.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	463	65	14.4	11.1-18.6	109	24.7	19.8-30.3	219	43.3	37.8-48.9	30	7.1	4.7-10.8	40	10.5	7.3-14.8
Piedmont	649	82	12.7	9.9-16.2	158	25.4	21.5-29.8	314	47.6	42.8-52.4	40	6.2	4.3- 8.8	55	8.1	5.9-11.0
Western NC	147	27	22.5	14.6-33.2	35	20.9	14.3-29.6	66	44.3	34.4-54.7	7	3.2	1.2- 8.3	12	9.0	4.7-16.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	95	19	25.8	15.3-40.2	24	21.4	13.2-32.8	40	40.8	28.5-54.4	5	3.7	1.2-11.3	7	8.2	3.4-18.5
Northwest	222	27	12.7	8.4-18.8	54	24.7	18.4-32.3	107	47.6	39.8-55.5	12	3.8	2.1- 7.0	22	11.1	6.9-17.6
Charlotte	183	26	14.9	9.7-22.2	43	25.1	18.2-33.5	92	50.7	41.9-59.5	8	3.9	1.8- 8.3	14	5.4	3.0- 9.5
Greensboro	142	13	6.8	3.1-14.2	35	26.7	18.3-37.2	68	47.0	36.7-57.5	13	9.9	5.3-17.6	13	9.6	5.1-17.4
Southern Regional	150	25	15.2	9.9-22.7	26	19.1	12.8-27.5	73	48.2	38.9-57.7	14	11.3	6.3-19.5	12	6.2	3.2-11.3
Coastal	51	6	14.8	6.4-30.6	12	24.9	13.4-41.3	22	38.4	25.0-53.9	3	4.9	1.4-16.1	8	17.0	7.4-34.4
Wake	160	23	15.6	9.8-24.0	38	22.0	15.1-31.0	79	47.7	38.0-57.7	7	5.1	2.1-11.8	13	9.5	5.1-17.2
Area L	63	8	17.6	8.6-32.6	10	19.4	9.6-35.3	32	42.6	29.0-57.5	8	15.0	6.4-31.3	5	5.4	2.2-12.8
Eastern	179	27	15.1	9.9-22.3	56	28.8	21.7-37.1	78	41.2	32.9-50.0	7	3.5	1.5- 7.9	11	11.5	6.1-20.7

Total
Respond.^

1 time

2 times

3-4 times

5+ times

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,259

174

14.9

12.5-17.7

302

24.4

21.5-27.6

599

45.6

42.1-49.1

6.0

4.6- 7.8

107

9.0

7.2-11.3

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

2.8

0.7-11.0

34.8

18.8-55.2

46.0

27.7-65.4

8.9

2.7-25.4

7.4

1.5-30.0

Buncombe

24.3

11.3-44.7

25.7

12.8-44.8

36.7

21.3-55.2

6.1

0.9-32.5

7.3

1.6-28.2

Cabarrus

10.6

3.8-26.1

17.1

6.4-38.4

56.2

36.6-74.0

0.0

. - .

16.2

6.1-36.4

Catawba

6.8

1.9-21.1

25.3

11.4-47.1

60.1

39.6-77.5

5.2

0.7-29.0

2.6

0.4-16.6

Cumberland

15.2

7.3-28.9

16.4

7.3-33.0

52.3

36.7-67.4

8.6

3.1-21.6

7.5

2.6-19.4

Davidson

8.9

2.0-31.6

11.0

3.1-32.0

60.9

39.3-78.9

6.3

1.5-23.4

12.9

4.0-34.6

Durham

27.3

11.0-53.4

25.3

10.1-50.7

27.0

12.2-49.7

11.9

2.4-42.7

8.4

1.8-32.0

Forsyth

16.2

6.5-35.0

38.2

20.5-59.8

19.6

8.6-38.7

7.8

2.8-20.1

18.1

6.7-40.8

Gaston

15.9

6.8-32.9

25.7

14.0-42.4

50.7

33.9-67.4

3.9

0.8-16.6

3.8

1.2-11.7

Guilford

7.9

2.0-26.5

32.3

17.5-51.8

47.9

30.1-66.2

5.3

1.1-21.3

6.7

1.6-23.6

Iredell

12.9

5.1-28.8

26.9

13.9-45.6

48.1

31.2-65.5

2.8

0.7-11.2

9.2

3.1-24.5

Johnston

9.6

3.0-27.2

15.1

6.7-30.4

51.1

31.3-70.7

1.6

0.2-11.0

22.5

8.6-47.4

Mecklenburg

15.2

6.7-30.7

24.6

10.3-48.2

52.0

33.6-69.9

6.5

2.2-17.5

1.8

0.2-11.6

New Hanover

8.0

1.1-39.7

35.9

16.1-62.0

40.4

21.2-63.1

1.7

0.2-11.7

14.0

4.7-35.1

Onslow

34.7

18.8-55.0

28.4

15.0-47.2

27.4

14.0-46.7

0.0

. - .

9.5

2.4-31.0

Orange

12.8

4.9-29.4

15.8

6.0-35.2

45.0

25.5-66.1

19.2

6.4-45.2

7.3

2.2-21.2

Pitt

16.7

6.1-38.2

36.7

19.8-57.6

31.1

15.1-53.4

15.5

5.7-36.0

0.0

. - .

Randolph

8.7

2.4-26.9

23.9

9.4-48.8

62.1

38.8-80.9

2.6

0.4-16.9

2.6

0.4-16.9

Robeson

14.1

6.4-28.3

22.5

10.3-42.4

59.7

41.8-75.3

2.2

0.5- 8.6

1.5

0.2-10.1

Rowan

7.7

2.3-23.0

35.7

20.1-55.0

46.1

29.5-63.7

1.2

0.2- 8.5

9.3

3.2-23.9

Union

8.4

2.7-23.4

31.8

16.0-53.2

52.4

33.3-70.8

2.0

0.3-13.3

5.4

1.1-22.2

Wake

10.5

3.5-27.4

23.3

11.9-40.6

53.4

36.0-69.9

6.7

2.1-19.8

6.0

1.4-22.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

16.3

4.7-43.5

27.5

12.6-50.1

37.8

20.9-58.2

8.5

1.8-31.7

9.8

3.0-27.7

Northeast Partnership II

17.1

8.1-32.5

27.0

16.5-40.8

46.6

33.5-60.3

3.5

0.8-13.0

5.8

1.7-18.1

Northeast Partnership I

4.6

1.1-16.9

19.0

9.2-35.2

49.7

32.0-67.4

10.7

3.6-27.8

16.0

5.2-39.9

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

19.3

8.9-36.9

22.1

9.6-43.0

41.8

25.7-59.9

10.6

2.5-35.9

6.2

1.2-26.4

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

7.2

2.8-17.4

31.5

18.5-48.1

39.0

23.4-57.3

3.5

0.5-20.9

18.8

7.9-38.6

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

19.0

7.8-39.3

8.1

2.6-22.6

42.0

25.6-60.5

18.4

7.4-38.9

12.4

5.1-27.2

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

24.9

13.0-42.4

29.3

17.1-45.5

40.1

25.9-56.2

1.1

0.2- 7.8

4.6

1.1-16.7

Chatham/Lee/Moore

8.0

2.0-27.6

14.6

5.5-33.4

38.8

21.4-59.7

15.1

3.9-43.8

23.5

9.5-47.4

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

17.6

8.5-32.8

28.6

16.8-44.5

37.4

24.6-52.3

8.9

3.1-22.7

7.5

2.8-18.5

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

7.7

1.8-27.5

17.4

7.0-37.1

52.7

33.6-71.1

7.0

1.5-26.8

15.2

5.9-33.9

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

5.7

1.2-22.7

23.9

11.0-44.5

54.7

34.6-73.3

1.4

0.2- 9.3

14.3

4.3-38.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

22.6

11.7-39.4

24.8

12.4-43.3

45.3

29.1-62.6

2.0

0.3-13.3

5.2

1.4-17.4

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

25.7

13.1-44.3

19.1

10.0-33.4

44.1

28.4-61.0

2.7

0.7- 9.6

8.4

2.9-21.8

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

112

12.2

6.3-22.1

24.7

16.8-34.7

46.0

35.7-56.7

5.8

2.4-13.1

11.3

5.5-21.9

1,147

164

15.2

12.6-18.1

274

24.4

21.3-27.7

540

45.5

41.9-49.2

6.0

4.6- 7.9

8.9

7.0-11.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

463

14.4

11.1-18.6

109

24.7

19.8-30.3

219

43.3

37.8-48.9

7.1

4.7-10.8

10.5

7.3-14.8

Piedmont

649

12.7

9.9-16.2

158

25.4

21.5-29.8

314

47.6

42.8-52.4

6.2

4.3- 8.8

8.1

5.9-11.0

Western NC

147

22.5

14.6-33.2

20.9

14.3-29.6

44.3

34.4-54.7

3.2

1.2- 8.3

9.0

4.7-16.5

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

25.8

15.3-40.2

21.4

13.2-32.8

40.8

28.5-54.4

3.7

1.2-11.3

8.2

3.4-18.5

Northwest

222

12.7

8.4-18.8

24.7

18.4-32.3

107

47.6

39.8-55.5

3.8

2.1- 7.0

11.1

6.9-17.6

Charlotte

183

14.9

9.7-22.2

25.1

18.2-33.5

50.7

41.9-59.5

3.9

1.8- 8.3

5.4

3.0- 9.5

Greensboro

142

6.8

3.1-14.2

26.7

18.3-37.2

47.0

36.7-57.5

9.9

5.3-17.6

9.6

5.1-17.4

Southern Regional

150

15.2

9.9-22.7

19.1

12.8-27.5

48.2

38.9-57.7

11.3

6.3-19.5

6.2

3.2-11.3

Coastal

14.8

6.4-30.6

24.9

13.4-41.3

38.4

25.0-53.9

4.9

1.4-16.1

17.0

7.4-34.4

Wake

160

15.6

9.8-24.0

22.0

15.1-31.0

47.7

38.0-57.7

5.1

2.1-11.8

9.5

5.1-17.2

Area L

17.6

8.6-32.6

19.4

9.6-35.3

42.6

29.0-57.5

15.0

6.4-31.3

5.4

2.2-12.8

Eastern

179

15.1

9.9-22.3

28.8

21.7-37.1

41.2

32.9-50.0

3.5

1.5- 7.9

11.5

6.1-20.7

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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