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

	Total Respond.^	1 time	2 times	3-4 times	5+ times	Never
North Carolina	1,614	241	15.0	12.9-17.4	361	23.9	21.3-26.8	762	45.7	42.7-48.8	124	7.3	5.8- 9.0	126	8.1	6.6- 9.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	38	5	11.7	4.6-27.0	9	29.8	15.9-48.8	19	48.8	32.1-65.8	2	3.6	0.7-15.7	3	6.1	1.7-19.5
GENDER
Male	17	1	7.1	1.0-37.0	7	46.6	23.6-71.2	8	44.4	22.3-69.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.8	0.2-12.1
Female	21	4	16.5	5.7-39.2	2	12.5	2.9-40.3	11	53.3	30.5-74.7	2	7.3	1.5-29.0	2	10.5	2.5-35.3
RACE
White	36	5	12.4	4.8-28.4	9	31.6	17.0-51.1	17	45.6	28.9-63.4	2	3.8	0.8-16.6	3	6.5	1.8-20.6
Other	2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	2	26.3	6.5-64.8	3	45.0	15.4-78.7	1	12.6	1.7-54.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.1	3.1-53.8
45+	30	3	6.5	2.0-19.0	6	24.3	10.9-45.8	18	61.8	41.8-78.5	2	4.9	1.0-20.7	1	2.5	0.3-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	22	3	7.7	2.3-22.4	5	27.4	11.3-52.7	10	50.8	29.1-72.1	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	3	9.8	2.7-29.8
Some College +	16	2	18.4	4.7-50.6	4	33.8	13.2-63.0	9	45.5	22.3-70.8	1	2.3	0.3-15.3	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	30	4	10.4	3.6-26.7	6	27.2	12.5-49.4	16	51.2	32.2-69.8	2	4.6	1.0-19.7	2	6.6	1.6-24.3
$50,000+	5	1	35.6	5.7-83.4	1	19.6	2.5-69.8	2	35.9	7.8-78.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.9	1.1-47.3

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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 time			2 times			3-4 times			5+ times			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	1,614	241	15.0	12.9-17.4	361	23.9	21.3-26.8	762	45.7	42.7-48.8	124	7.3	5.8- 9.0	126	8.1	6.6- 9.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	38	5	11.7	4.6-27.0	9	29.8	15.9-48.8	19	48.8	32.1-65.8	2	3.6	0.7-15.7	3	6.1	1.7-19.5
GENDER
Male	17	1	7.1	1.0-37.0	7	46.6	23.6-71.2	8	44.4	22.3-69.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.8	0.2-12.1
Female	21	4	16.5	5.7-39.2	2	12.5	2.9-40.3	11	53.3	30.5-74.7	2	7.3	1.5-29.0	2	10.5	2.5-35.3
RACE
White	36	5	12.4	4.8-28.4	9	31.6	17.0-51.1	17	45.6	28.9-63.4	2	3.8	0.8-16.6	3	6.5	1.8-20.6
Other	2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	2	26.3	6.5-64.8	3	45.0	15.4-78.7	1	12.6	1.7-54.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.1	3.1-53.8
45+	30	3	6.5	2.0-19.0	6	24.3	10.9-45.8	18	61.8	41.8-78.5	2	4.9	1.0-20.7	1	2.5	0.3-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	22	3	7.7	2.3-22.4	5	27.4	11.3-52.7	10	50.8	29.1-72.1	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	3	9.8	2.7-29.8
Some College +	16	2	18.4	4.7-50.6	4	33.8	13.2-63.0	9	45.5	22.3-70.8	1	2.3	0.3-15.3	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	30	4	10.4	3.6-26.7	6	27.2	12.5-49.4	16	51.2	32.2-69.8	2	4.6	1.0-19.7	2	6.6	1.6-24.3
$50,000+	5	1	35.6	5.7-83.4	1	19.6	2.5-69.8	2	35.9	7.8-78.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.9	1.1-47.3

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

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'?