BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	53	29	45.9	31.1-61.5	16	30.7	18.0-47.3	5	11.0	4.3-25.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	12.3	3.4-35.9
GENDER
Male	17	10	42.9	19.6-70.0	4	23.2	6.7-56.0	1	6.5	0.9-35.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	27.5	6.9-65.8
Female	36	19	47.8	30.6-65.6	12	35.6	20.2-54.7	4	14.0	4.9-34.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-16.8
RACE
White	40	21	42.8	26.4-60.9	11	26.8	13.3-46.6	5	14.4	5.6-32.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	16.1	4.5-43.6
Other	13	8	56.2	27.8-81.1	5	43.8	18.9-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	2	16.8	3.9-50.2	6	58.7	26.5-84.9	1	13.7	1.9-56.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.9	1.5-49.7
45+	43	27	56.8	38.1-73.7	10	20.3	10.2-36.5	4	10.0	3.6-25.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.9	2.7-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	30	17	47.2	27.0-68.3	8	27.2	11.9-51.0	3	10.3	2.8-31.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.3	3.2-50.0
Some College +	22	11	40.8	22.2-62.4	8	38.3	19.5-61.3	2	12.9	3.3-39.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.0	1.2-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	14	44.0	24.9-65.0	9	35.0	16.9-58.6	3	12.2	3.4-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.9	2.1-30.6
$50,000+	9	4	20.8	5.7-53.3	2	22.9	4.9-63.3	2	21.3	4.7-60.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	34.9	6.2-81.4

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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
-Alamance County	53	29	45.9	31.1-61.5	16	30.7	18.0-47.3	5	11.0	4.3-25.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	12.3	3.4-35.9
GENDER
Male	17	10	42.9	19.6-70.0	4	23.2	6.7-56.0	1	6.5	0.9-35.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	27.5	6.9-65.8
Female	36	19	47.8	30.6-65.6	12	35.6	20.2-54.7	4	14.0	4.9-34.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-16.8
RACE
White	40	21	42.8	26.4-60.9	11	26.8	13.3-46.6	5	14.4	5.6-32.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	16.1	4.5-43.6
Other	13	8	56.2	27.8-81.1	5	43.8	18.9-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	2	16.8	3.9-50.2	6	58.7	26.5-84.9	1	13.7	1.9-56.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.9	1.5-49.7
45+	43	27	56.8	38.1-73.7	10	20.3	10.2-36.5	4	10.0	3.6-25.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.9	2.7-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	30	17	47.2	27.0-68.3	8	27.2	11.9-51.0	3	10.3	2.8-31.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.3	3.2-50.0
Some College +	22	11	40.8	22.2-62.4	8	38.3	19.5-61.3	2	12.9	3.3-39.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.0	1.2-39.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	14	44.0	24.9-65.0	9	35.0	16.9-58.6	3	12.2	3.4-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.9	2.1-30.6
$50,000+	9	4	20.8	5.7-53.3	2	22.9	4.9-63.3	2	21.3	4.7-60.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	34.9	6.2-81.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Diabetes

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