BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	334	226	60.8	53.5-67.6	108	39.2	32.4-46.5
GENDER
Male	117	70	52.5	40.5-64.2	47	47.5	35.8-59.5
Female	217	156	68.1	60.3-75.1	61	31.9	24.9-39.7
RACE
White	307	209	61.8	54.2-68.8	98	38.2	31.2-45.8
Other	26	16	50.0	26.4-73.5	10	50.0	26.5-73.6
AGE
18-44	116	68	52.5	40.9-63.8	48	47.5	36.2-59.1
45+	215	156	69.7	62.0-76.4	59	30.3	23.6-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	90	51.6	41.5-61.7	58	48.4	38.3-58.5
Some College +	183	134	67.9	57.5-76.8	49	32.1	23.2-42.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	142	55.8	46.9-64.4	79	44.2	35.6-53.1
$50,000+	76	59	76.5	62.5-86.3	17	23.5	13.7-37.5

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes.

^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.

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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	334	226	60.8	53.5-67.6	108	39.2	32.4-46.5
GENDER
Male	117	70	52.5	40.5-64.2	47	47.5	35.8-59.5
Female	217	156	68.1	60.3-75.1	61	31.9	24.9-39.7
RACE
White	307	209	61.8	54.2-68.8	98	38.2	31.2-45.8
Other	26	16	50.0	26.4-73.5	10	50.0	26.5-73.6
AGE
18-44	116	68	52.5	40.9-63.8	48	47.5	36.2-59.1
45+	215	156	69.7	62.0-76.4	59	30.3	23.6-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	148	90	51.6	41.5-61.7	58	48.4	38.3-58.5
Some College +	183	134	67.9	57.5-76.8	49	32.1	23.2-42.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	142	55.8	46.9-64.4	79	44.2	35.6-53.1
$50,000+	76	59	76.5	62.5-86.3	17	23.5	13.7-37.5