BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	31	23	65.9	44.0-82.7	5	27.6	12.1-51.4	2	4.4	1.0-16.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6
GENDER
Male	13	9	59.1	29.3-83.4	4	40.9	16.6-70.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	18	14	75.2	47.9-90.9	1	9.7	1.4-45.1	2	10.2	2.4-34.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.8	0.7-28.0
RACE
White	23	17	68.8	44.9-85.7	4	24.8	9.7-50.3	1	3.6	0.5-22.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-17.4
Other	8	6	56.8	16.2-89.9	1	36.5	6.4-83.0	1	6.7	0.8-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	2	25.6	4.2-72.8	2	66.1	21.8-93.2	1	8.2	0.9-46.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	26	21	75.7	52.1-89.9	3	18.3	6.1-43.7	1	3.4	0.5-20.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.6	0.4-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	16	12	64.7	32.6-87.4	2	26.0	6.5-64.0	2	9.3	2.1-32.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	14	10	66.2	36.2-87.1	3	29.8	10.2-61.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.0	0.5-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	18	79.9	54.2-93.1	2	14.3	3.5-43.1	1	2.5	0.3-16.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.4-20.3
$50,000+	3	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	2	74.6	20.9-97.0	0	0.0	. - .	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 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
-Buncombe County	31	23	65.9	44.0-82.7	5	27.6	12.1-51.4	2	4.4	1.0-16.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6
GENDER
Male	13	9	59.1	29.3-83.4	4	40.9	16.6-70.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	18	14	75.2	47.9-90.9	1	9.7	1.4-45.1	2	10.2	2.4-34.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.8	0.7-28.0
RACE
White	23	17	68.8	44.9-85.7	4	24.8	9.7-50.3	1	3.6	0.5-22.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-17.4
Other	8	6	56.8	16.2-89.9	1	36.5	6.4-83.0	1	6.7	0.8-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	2	25.6	4.2-72.8	2	66.1	21.8-93.2	1	8.2	0.9-46.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	26	21	75.7	52.1-89.9	3	18.3	6.1-43.7	1	3.4	0.5-20.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.6	0.4-16.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	16	12	64.7	32.6-87.4	2	26.0	6.5-64.0	2	9.3	2.1-32.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	14	10	66.2	36.2-87.1	3	29.8	10.2-61.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.0	0.5-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	18	79.9	54.2-93.1	2	14.3	3.5-43.1	1	2.5	0.3-16.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.4-20.3
$50,000+	3	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	2	74.6	20.9-97.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Diabetes

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