BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	28	7	25.9	11.8-47.6	5	20.7	7.5-45.6	9	34.3	17.6-56.0	2	3.4	0.8-13.2	5	15.7	5.9-35.5
GENDER
Male	12	3	27.3	8.7-59.7	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	6	40.3	16.6-69.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.2	3.8-48.2
Female	16	4	23.9	8.7-50.9	4	27.2	9.9-56.1	3	25.6	8.2-57.0	2	8.2	1.9-29.0	3	15.1	4.5-39.8
RACE
White	21	6	30.3	13.2-55.3	3	11.9	3.5-33.9	7	36.8	17.6-61.2	2	4.5	1.1-17.3	3	16.5	5.2-41.7
Other	7	1	12.6	1.6-56.7	2	47.4	11.8-85.9	2	26.7	5.0-71.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.4	2.6-46.7
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	2	88.9	40.9-98.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.1	1.1-59.1
45+	25	7	30.8	14.4-53.9	3	7.9	2.4-23.4	9	40.7	21.7-63.0	2	4.0	1.0-15.5	4	16.6	5.8-39.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	13	2	16.0	3.8-47.8	3	31.6	8.4-69.8	2	20.7	5.1-56.1	2	8.1	1.8-29.7	4	23.6	7.8-53.2
Some College +	14	4	31.3	11.5-61.5	2	13.3	3.2-41.8	7	45.1	20.7-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.3	1.5-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	20	5	26.2	10.2-52.4	2	8.2	1.9-28.5	7	40.2	19.2-65.5	2	5.3	1.2-20.0	4	20.1	6.8-46.6
$50,000+	3	1	43.1	6.4-89.3	1	31.6	3.9-84.0	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	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
-Buncombe County	28	7	25.9	11.8-47.6	5	20.7	7.5-45.6	9	34.3	17.6-56.0	2	3.4	0.8-13.2	5	15.7	5.9-35.5
GENDER
Male	12	3	27.3	8.7-59.7	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	6	40.3	16.6-69.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.2	3.8-48.2
Female	16	4	23.9	8.7-50.9	4	27.2	9.9-56.1	3	25.6	8.2-57.0	2	8.2	1.9-29.0	3	15.1	4.5-39.8
RACE
White	21	6	30.3	13.2-55.3	3	11.9	3.5-33.9	7	36.8	17.6-61.2	2	4.5	1.1-17.3	3	16.5	5.2-41.7
Other	7	1	12.6	1.6-56.7	2	47.4	11.8-85.9	2	26.7	5.0-71.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.4	2.6-46.7
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	2	88.9	40.9-98.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.1	1.1-59.1
45+	25	7	30.8	14.4-53.9	3	7.9	2.4-23.4	9	40.7	21.7-63.0	2	4.0	1.0-15.5	4	16.6	5.8-39.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	13	2	16.0	3.8-47.8	3	31.6	8.4-69.8	2	20.7	5.1-56.1	2	8.1	1.8-29.7	4	23.6	7.8-53.2
Some College +	14	4	31.3	11.5-61.5	2	13.3	3.2-41.8	7	45.1	20.7-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.3	1.5-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	20	5	26.2	10.2-52.4	2	8.2	1.9-28.5	7	40.2	19.2-65.5	2	5.3	1.2-20.0	4	20.1	6.8-46.6
$50,000+	3	1	43.1	6.4-89.3	1	31.6	3.9-84.0	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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'?