BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	54	37	73.0	59.0-83.6	10	18.0	9.4-31.8	2	2.1	0.5- 8.2	1	2.3	0.3-14.5	4	4.6	1.7-12.1
GENDER
Male	19	10	60.2	36.1-80.2	5	23.4	8.9-48.8	1	3.4	0.5-20.9	1	6.7	0.9-35.4	2	6.3	1.5-22.9
Female	35	27	79.6	62.1-90.2	5	15.3	6.1-33.1	1	1.5	0.2- 9.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.7	0.9-14.6
RACE
White	44	30	74.2	58.6-85.4	8	17.0	8.0-32.5	2	2.5	0.6- 9.8	1	2.7	0.4-17.0	3	3.6	1.1-10.9
Other	10	7	67.0	33.4-89.1	2	23.3	5.9-59.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.7	1.3-46.4
AGE
18-44	4	2	64.9	20.4-93.0	1	20.8	2.6-72.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.3	1.7-61.8
45+	50	35	74.0	59.3-84.8	9	17.7	8.8-32.2	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	1	2.6	0.4-16.1	3	3.4	1.1-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	26	76.1	60.0-87.1	7	15.4	7.1-30.3	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	1	3.2	0.5-19.8	2	3.9	0.9-14.7
Some College +	17	11	65.7	38.2-85.6	3	24.2	7.6-55.4	1	3.8	0.5-23.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.3	1.5-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	37	26	75.9	59.5-87.1	6	13.4	5.7-28.3	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	1	3.4	0.5-20.7	2	4.1	1.0-15.4
$50,000+	9	5	55.7	22.8-84.2	2	34.1	9.4-72.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.2	2.3-35.8

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	54	37	73.0	59.0-83.6	10	18.0	9.4-31.8	2	2.1	0.5- 8.2	1	2.3	0.3-14.5	4	4.6	1.7-12.1
GENDER
Male	19	10	60.2	36.1-80.2	5	23.4	8.9-48.8	1	3.4	0.5-20.9	1	6.7	0.9-35.4	2	6.3	1.5-22.9
Female	35	27	79.6	62.1-90.2	5	15.3	6.1-33.1	1	1.5	0.2- 9.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.7	0.9-14.6
RACE
White	44	30	74.2	58.6-85.4	8	17.0	8.0-32.5	2	2.5	0.6- 9.8	1	2.7	0.4-17.0	3	3.6	1.1-10.9
Other	10	7	67.0	33.4-89.1	2	23.3	5.9-59.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.7	1.3-46.4
AGE
18-44	4	2	64.9	20.4-93.0	1	20.8	2.6-72.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.3	1.7-61.8
45+	50	35	74.0	59.3-84.8	9	17.7	8.8-32.2	2	2.4	0.6- 9.2	1	2.6	0.4-16.1	3	3.4	1.1-10.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	26	76.1	60.0-87.1	7	15.4	7.1-30.3	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	1	3.2	0.5-19.8	2	3.9	0.9-14.7
Some College +	17	11	65.7	38.2-85.6	3	24.2	7.6-55.4	1	3.8	0.5-23.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.3	1.5-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	37	26	75.9	59.5-87.1	6	13.4	5.7-28.3	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	1	3.4	0.5-20.7	2	4.1	1.0-15.4
$50,000+	9	5	55.7	22.8-84.2	2	34.1	9.4-72.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.2	2.3-35.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Diabetes

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