BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (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.)

	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	1,819	1,162	62.2	59.3-65.0	411	22.7	20.3-25.2	92	5.8	4.5- 7.3	31	2.3	1.5- 3.4	123	7.1	5.7- 8.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	40	23	61.7	44.7-76.3	13	27.9	15.8-44.4	1	3.6	0.5-21.6	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	2	5.1	1.2-19.2
GENDER
Male	18	12	67.4	41.8-85.6	5	25.5	10.1-51.0	1	7.1	1.0-36.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	22	11	55.9	33.4-76.2	8	30.4	14.4-53.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.5	0.5-21.3	2	10.3	2.4-34.7
RACE
White	38	21	59.4	41.9-74.8	13	29.6	16.7-46.7	1	3.8	0.5-22.7	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	2	5.4	1.3-20.2
Other	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	4	57.7	23.9-85.5	3	29.7	8.3-66.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.7	1.7-54.7
45+	32	19	63.1	44.0-78.9	10	27.3	14.2-45.9	1	4.9	0.7-27.5	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	1	2.4	0.3-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	14	66.7	44.7-83.2	6	21.8	9.3-43.0	1	5.9	0.8-31.9	1	2.8	0.4-17.6	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
Some College +	17	9	53.7	28.6-77.1	7	37.7	17.0-64.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.6	1.2-41.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	32	20	64.7	45.4-80.1	8	22.1	10.5-40.6	1	4.6	0.7-26.3	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	2	6.4	1.5-23.7
$50,000+	5	1	17.9	2.3-67.3	4	82.1	32.7-97.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): 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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	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day			1 or more times/week			1 or more times/month			1 or more times/year			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,819	1,162	62.2	59.3-65.0	411	22.7	20.3-25.2	92	5.8	4.5- 7.3	31	2.3	1.5- 3.4	123	7.1	5.7- 8.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	40	23	61.7	44.7-76.3	13	27.9	15.8-44.4	1	3.6	0.5-21.6	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	2	5.1	1.2-19.2
GENDER
Male	18	12	67.4	41.8-85.6	5	25.5	10.1-51.0	1	7.1	1.0-36.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	22	11	55.9	33.4-76.2	8	30.4	14.4-53.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.5	0.5-21.3	2	10.3	2.4-34.7
RACE
White	38	21	59.4	41.9-74.8	13	29.6	16.7-46.7	1	3.8	0.5-22.7	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	2	5.4	1.3-20.2
Other	2	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	4	57.7	23.9-85.5	3	29.7	8.3-66.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.7	1.7-54.7
45+	32	19	63.1	44.0-78.9	10	27.3	14.2-45.9	1	4.9	0.7-27.5	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	1	2.4	0.3-15.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	14	66.7	44.7-83.2	6	21.8	9.3-43.0	1	5.9	0.8-31.9	1	2.8	0.4-17.6	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
Some College +	17	9	53.7	28.6-77.1	7	37.7	17.0-64.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.6	1.2-41.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	32	20	64.7	45.4-80.1	8	22.1	10.5-40.6	1	4.6	0.7-26.3	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	2	6.4	1.5-23.7
$50,000+	5	1	17.9	2.3-67.3	4	82.1	32.7-97.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Diabetes

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