BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	38	4	12.1	4.3-29.5	9	14.2	6.6-27.9	17	48.7	30.4-67.4	6	14.9	5.8-32.9	2	10.2	2.3-34.9
GENDER
Male	15	2	16.0	3.9-47.2	3	15.0	4.3-41.2	7	47.4	21.3-75.0	3	21.6	6.1-53.9	0	0.0	. - .
Female	23	2	8.7	1.9-31.7	6	13.5	5.4-30.0	10	49.8	26.5-73.2	3	9.0	2.7-26.3	2	19.0	4.6-53.4
RACE
White	29	4	17.0	6.1-39.2	6	10.5	4.3-23.5	14	55.0	33.6-74.7	4	13.3	3.9-36.6	1	4.2	0.6-24.6
Other	9	0	0.0	. - .	3	23.3	6.1-58.6	3	33.2	9.0-71.3	2	18.7	4.1-55.0	1	24.9	3.9-73.3
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	1	17.7	1.7-72.9	2	82.3	27.1-98.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	35	4	14.0	5.1-33.2	8	13.6	6.1-27.9	15	43.4	25.8-62.8	6	17.2	6.9-37.0	2	11.8	2.8-38.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	3	12.3	3.6-34.4	4	7.9	2.6-21.8	10	44.6	23.2-68.2	6	20.9	8.1-44.2	2	14.3	3.3-44.9
Some College +	13	1	11.6	1.6-50.9	5	29.6	10.6-59.9	7	58.8	29.1-83.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	2	8.1	2.0-27.8	8	16.3	7.2-32.9	11	47.2	26.5-68.9	5	15.8	5.5-37.4	2	12.5	2.9-40.8
$50,000+	5	1	14.8	1.9-61.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	85.2	38.9-98.1	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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	38	4	12.1	4.3-29.5	9	14.2	6.6-27.9	17	48.7	30.4-67.4	6	14.9	5.8-32.9	2	10.2	2.3-34.9
GENDER
Male	15	2	16.0	3.9-47.2	3	15.0	4.3-41.2	7	47.4	21.3-75.0	3	21.6	6.1-53.9	0	0.0	. - .
Female	23	2	8.7	1.9-31.7	6	13.5	5.4-30.0	10	49.8	26.5-73.2	3	9.0	2.7-26.3	2	19.0	4.6-53.4
RACE
White	29	4	17.0	6.1-39.2	6	10.5	4.3-23.5	14	55.0	33.6-74.7	4	13.3	3.9-36.6	1	4.2	0.6-24.6
Other	9	0	0.0	. - .	3	23.3	6.1-58.6	3	33.2	9.0-71.3	2	18.7	4.1-55.0	1	24.9	3.9-73.3
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	1	17.7	1.7-72.9	2	82.3	27.1-98.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	35	4	14.0	5.1-33.2	8	13.6	6.1-27.9	15	43.4	25.8-62.8	6	17.2	6.9-37.0	2	11.8	2.8-38.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	25	3	12.3	3.6-34.4	4	7.9	2.6-21.8	10	44.6	23.2-68.2	6	20.9	8.1-44.2	2	14.3	3.3-44.9
Some College +	13	1	11.6	1.6-50.9	5	29.6	10.6-59.9	7	58.8	29.1-83.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	2	8.1	2.0-27.8	8	16.3	7.2-32.9	11	47.2	26.5-68.9	5	15.8	5.5-37.4	2	12.5	2.9-40.8
$50,000+	5	1	14.8	1.9-61.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	85.2	38.9-98.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

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

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'?