BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	50	12	25.0	13.5-41.5	9	28.0	14.2-47.6	23	35.2	22.4-50.6	2	2.5	0.6-10.0	4	9.3	2.6-28.1
GENDER
Male	15	3	13.4	3.3-40.9	6	49.0	21.0-77.6	4	19.9	6.5-46.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	17.8	3.3-57.5
Female	35	9	32.0	16.7-52.5	3	15.3	5.1-37.9	19	44.5	27.8-62.5	2	4.1	1.0-15.5	2	4.2	1.0-15.9
RACE
White	38	11	29.7	15.5-49.4	6	24.5	10.0-48.8	15	30.5	17.2-48.1	2	3.2	0.8-12.7	4	11.9	3.4-34.5
Other	12	1	8.3	1.1-41.7	3	40.1	14.9-71.9	8	51.6	23.3-78.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	4	46.0	17.6-77.2	1	6.7	0.9-36.7	4	27.3	8.9-59.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	20.0	3.0-66.7
45+	40	8	16.5	7.6-32.1	8	36.6	19.1-58.6	19	38.4	23.2-56.2	2	3.5	0.8-13.7	3	5.0	1.5-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	9	29.3	13.9-51.6	7	36.5	17.2-61.3	11	23.6	11.5-42.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.6	2.0-40.8
Some College +	21	3	17.4	5.3-44.5	2	13.2	3.0-42.7	12	55.5	32.8-76.2	2	6.9	1.6-25.0	2	6.9	1.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	27	6	27.9	11.9-52.4	5	24.5	10.3-48.0	13	31.9	17.1-51.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.7	4.0-45.3
$50,000+	9	2	13.7	2.6-48.9	4	63.5	27.1-89.1	3	22.9	5.6-59.7	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 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
-Alamance County	50	12	25.0	13.5-41.5	9	28.0	14.2-47.6	23	35.2	22.4-50.6	2	2.5	0.6-10.0	4	9.3	2.6-28.1
GENDER
Male	15	3	13.4	3.3-40.9	6	49.0	21.0-77.6	4	19.9	6.5-46.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	17.8	3.3-57.5
Female	35	9	32.0	16.7-52.5	3	15.3	5.1-37.9	19	44.5	27.8-62.5	2	4.1	1.0-15.5	2	4.2	1.0-15.9
RACE
White	38	11	29.7	15.5-49.4	6	24.5	10.0-48.8	15	30.5	17.2-48.1	2	3.2	0.8-12.7	4	11.9	3.4-34.5
Other	12	1	8.3	1.1-41.7	3	40.1	14.9-71.9	8	51.6	23.3-78.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	10	4	46.0	17.6-77.2	1	6.7	0.9-36.7	4	27.3	8.9-59.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	20.0	3.0-66.7
45+	40	8	16.5	7.6-32.1	8	36.6	19.1-58.6	19	38.4	23.2-56.2	2	3.5	0.8-13.7	3	5.0	1.5-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	9	29.3	13.9-51.6	7	36.5	17.2-61.3	11	23.6	11.5-42.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.6	2.0-40.8
Some College +	21	3	17.4	5.3-44.5	2	13.2	3.0-42.7	12	55.5	32.8-76.2	2	6.9	1.6-25.0	2	6.9	1.6-25.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	27	6	27.9	11.9-52.4	5	24.5	10.3-48.0	13	31.9	17.1-51.7	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.7	4.0-45.3
$50,000+	9	2	13.7	2.6-48.9	4	63.5	27.1-89.1	3	22.9	5.6-59.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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'?