BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, and meter) due to lack of money?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,845	349	20.3	17.9-22.9	1,496	79.7	77.1-82.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	49	11	29.4	15.6-48.3	38	70.6	51.7-84.4
GENDER
Male	19	4	36.2	14.2-66.0	15	63.8	34.0-85.8
Female	30	7	23.6	10.7-44.3	23	76.4	55.7-89.3
RACE
White	35	8	35.7	17.8-58.7	27	64.3	41.3-82.2
Other	13	3	16.9	5.0-43.8	10	83.1	56.2-95.0
AGE
18-44	3	1	64.6	14.2-95.3	2	35.4	4.7-85.8
45+	46	10	24.8	13.0-42.1	36	75.2	57.9-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	32	7	32.0	14.8-56.1	25	68.0	43.9-85.2
Some College +	17	4	23.5	8.2-51.2	13	76.5	48.8-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	10	35.0	18.2-56.6	26	65.0	43.4-81.8
$50,000+	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .

*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes

^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.

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

Diabetes Control

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, and meter) due to lack of money?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,845	349	20.3	17.9-22.9	1,496	79.7	77.1-82.1
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	49	11	29.4	15.6-48.3	38	70.6	51.7-84.4
GENDER
Male	19	4	36.2	14.2-66.0	15	63.8	34.0-85.8
Female	30	7	23.6	10.7-44.3	23	76.4	55.7-89.3
RACE
White	35	8	35.7	17.8-58.7	27	64.3	41.3-82.2
Other	13	3	16.9	5.0-43.8	10	83.1	56.2-95.0
AGE
18-44	3	1	64.6	14.2-95.3	2	35.4	4.7-85.8
45+	46	10	24.8	13.0-42.1	36	75.2	57.9-87.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	32	7	32.0	14.8-56.1	25	68.0	43.9-85.2
Some College +	17	4	23.5	8.2-51.2	13	76.5	48.8-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	10	35.0	18.2-56.6	26	65.0	43.4-81.8
$50,000+	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .