BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	56	35	55.9	40.4-70.3	11	21.9	11.0-38.8	6	14.4	6.3-29.6	1	1.1	0.1- 7.2	3	6.8	1.6-24.4
GENDER
Male	27	13	42.8	24.8-62.9	7	20.8	9.6-39.5	6	27.2	12.3-49.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.2	1.3-42.9
Female	29	22	70.6	43.6-88.1	4	23.0	7.1-53.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.2	0.3-14.6	2	4.1	1.0-15.7
RACE
White	48	32	61.0	43.6-75.9	9	23.0	10.8-42.4	5	13.5	5.4-30.1	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7
Other	8	3	32.2	9.2-69.1	2	16.8	3.7-51.5	1	18.4	2.6-65.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	32.6	6.8-76.1
AGE
18-44	4	1	13.0	1.5-59.8	1	43.7	7.4-88.4	2	43.3	8.5-86.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	51	33	63.3	47.7-76.6	10	18.1	9.6-31.4	4	9.2	3.2-23.6	1	1.3	0.2- 8.5	3	8.1	2.0-28.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	41	28	62.6	43.0-78.8	7	19.7	7.8-41.7	2	7.2	1.7-25.5	1	1.4	0.2- 9.5	3	9.1	2.2-30.9
Some College +	15	7	35.8	16.0-62.0	4	28.4	10.7-56.6	4	35.8	13.9-65.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	41	25	52.0	34.4-69.1	8	22.1	9.6-43.2	5	17.0	7.0-35.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.9	2.1-30.5
$50,000+	4	2	56.8	15.5-90.4	1	21.6	2.8-72.8	1	21.6	2.8-72.8	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
-Catawba County	56	35	55.9	40.4-70.3	11	21.9	11.0-38.8	6	14.4	6.3-29.6	1	1.1	0.1- 7.2	3	6.8	1.6-24.4
GENDER
Male	27	13	42.8	24.8-62.9	7	20.8	9.6-39.5	6	27.2	12.3-49.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.2	1.3-42.9
Female	29	22	70.6	43.6-88.1	4	23.0	7.1-53.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.2	0.3-14.6	2	4.1	1.0-15.7
RACE
White	48	32	61.0	43.6-75.9	9	23.0	10.8-42.4	5	13.5	5.4-30.1	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7	1	1.3	0.2- 8.7
Other	8	3	32.2	9.2-69.1	2	16.8	3.7-51.5	1	18.4	2.6-65.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	32.6	6.8-76.1
AGE
18-44	4	1	13.0	1.5-59.8	1	43.7	7.4-88.4	2	43.3	8.5-86.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	51	33	63.3	47.7-76.6	10	18.1	9.6-31.4	4	9.2	3.2-23.6	1	1.3	0.2- 8.5	3	8.1	2.0-28.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	41	28	62.6	43.0-78.8	7	19.7	7.8-41.7	2	7.2	1.7-25.5	1	1.4	0.2- 9.5	3	9.1	2.2-30.9
Some College +	15	7	35.8	16.0-62.0	4	28.4	10.7-56.6	4	35.8	13.9-65.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	41	25	52.0	34.4-69.1	8	22.1	9.6-43.2	5	17.0	7.0-35.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.9	2.1-30.5
$50,000+	4	2	56.8	15.5-90.4	1	21.6	2.8-72.8	1	21.6	2.8-72.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Diabetes

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