BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	46	30	59.8	41.7-75.6	10	23.6	11.8-41.6	3	9.0	2.2-30.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.5	2.2-22.6
GENDER
Male	19	13	66.8	39.9-85.9	3	19.8	6.0-49.1	1	3.6	0.5-22.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.7	2.0-36.6
Female	27	17	53.4	30.7-74.9	7	27.1	11.5-51.6	2	14.0	2.7-49.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.5	0.8-30.5
RACE
White	34	23	62.6	41.2-80.0	7	25.1	10.9-48.0	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.9	3.2-31.0
Other	12	7	53.5	23.3-81.4	3	20.3	5.8-51.0	2	26.2	5.9-66.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	82.2	27.0-98.3	1	17.8	1.7-73.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	43	28	56.7	38.5-73.3	9	24.4	11.9-43.7	3	10.3	2.5-33.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.5	2.5-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	19	53.4	31.5-74.0	7	27.9	12.3-51.5	1	9.3	1.4-43.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.5	2.3-31.3
Some College +	17	11	73.6	48.6-89.2	3	14.6	4.3-39.5	2	8.4	1.9-30.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.4-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	34	23	61.2	39.8-78.9	7	23.8	10.5-45.6	3	11.4	2.8-36.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.6	0.5-21.8
$50,000+	6	3	53.8	18.2-85.9	2	36.2	9.1-76.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.0	1.3-49.0

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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 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	46	30	59.8	41.7-75.6	10	23.6	11.8-41.6	3	9.0	2.2-30.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.5	2.2-22.6
GENDER
Male	19	13	66.8	39.9-85.9	3	19.8	6.0-49.1	1	3.6	0.5-22.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.7	2.0-36.6
Female	27	17	53.4	30.7-74.9	7	27.1	11.5-51.6	2	14.0	2.7-49.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.5	0.8-30.5
RACE
White	34	23	62.6	41.2-80.0	7	25.1	10.9-48.0	1	1.4	0.2- 9.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.9	3.2-31.0
Other	12	7	53.5	23.3-81.4	3	20.3	5.8-51.0	2	26.2	5.9-66.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	82.2	27.0-98.3	1	17.8	1.7-73.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	43	28	56.7	38.5-73.3	9	24.4	11.9-43.7	3	10.3	2.5-33.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.5	2.5-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	29	19	53.4	31.5-74.0	7	27.9	12.3-51.5	1	9.3	1.4-43.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	9.5	2.3-31.3
Some College +	17	11	73.6	48.6-89.2	3	14.6	4.3-39.5	2	8.4	1.9-30.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.4-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	34	23	61.2	39.8-78.9	7	23.8	10.5-45.6	3	11.4	2.8-36.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.6	0.5-21.8
$50,000+	6	3	53.8	18.2-85.9	2	36.2	9.1-76.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.0	1.3-49.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Diabetes

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