BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	39	20	51.9	35.0-68.4	11	29.8	16.6-47.4	3	4.3	1.3-13.5	2	4.2	0.9-18.5	3	9.8	2.7-30.2
GENDER
Male	17	9	50.4	26.4-74.1	5	30.2	12.3-57.1	1	2.5	0.3-16.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.9	4.0-49.9
Female	22	11	53.5	31.5-74.2	6	29.3	13.4-52.6	2	6.1	1.3-23.6	2	8.7	1.8-33.3	1	2.5	0.3-16.2
RACE
White	26	14	59.7	39.4-77.1	7	27.1	13.1-47.8	3	7.0	2.1-21.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.3	1.4-23.7
Other	12	5	35.7	13.3-66.7	4	36.2	13.2-68.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	11.6	2.3-42.7	1	16.4	2.4-60.8
AGE
18-44	5	3	57.9	18.0-89.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	15.0	1.9-61.4	1	27.1	4.0-76.9
45+	34	17	50.2	32.6-67.7	11	38.2	22.3-57.2	3	5.5	1.6-16.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	2	4.9	1.1-19.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	14	6	45.7	20.8-72.9	6	48.5	22.9-75.0	1	2.8	0.4-18.5	1	2.9	0.4-18.9	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	25	14	54.8	33.6-74.4	5	21.0	8.4-43.3	2	4.9	1.2-18.8	1	4.9	0.7-27.7	3	14.4	4.0-40.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	10	41.4	21.7-64.4	7	34.5	16.6-58.2	1	2.4	0.3-15.9	2	8.0	1.6-31.5	2	13.6	2.7-47.1
$50,000+	12	7	66.5	37.6-86.7	3	19.8	6.0-49.1	1	6.1	0.8-33.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.6	1.0-39.3

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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
-Cumberland County	39	20	51.9	35.0-68.4	11	29.8	16.6-47.4	3	4.3	1.3-13.5	2	4.2	0.9-18.5	3	9.8	2.7-30.2
GENDER
Male	17	9	50.4	26.4-74.1	5	30.2	12.3-57.1	1	2.5	0.3-16.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	16.9	4.0-49.9
Female	22	11	53.5	31.5-74.2	6	29.3	13.4-52.6	2	6.1	1.3-23.6	2	8.7	1.8-33.3	1	2.5	0.3-16.2
RACE
White	26	14	59.7	39.4-77.1	7	27.1	13.1-47.8	3	7.0	2.1-21.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.3	1.4-23.7
Other	12	5	35.7	13.3-66.7	4	36.2	13.2-68.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	11.6	2.3-42.7	1	16.4	2.4-60.8
AGE
18-44	5	3	57.9	18.0-89.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	15.0	1.9-61.4	1	27.1	4.0-76.9
45+	34	17	50.2	32.6-67.7	11	38.2	22.3-57.2	3	5.5	1.6-16.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	2	4.9	1.1-19.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	14	6	45.7	20.8-72.9	6	48.5	22.9-75.0	1	2.8	0.4-18.5	1	2.9	0.4-18.9	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	25	14	54.8	33.6-74.4	5	21.0	8.4-43.3	2	4.9	1.2-18.8	1	4.9	0.7-27.7	3	14.4	4.0-40.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	10	41.4	21.7-64.4	7	34.5	16.6-58.2	1	2.4	0.3-15.9	2	8.0	1.6-31.5	2	13.6	2.7-47.1
$50,000+	12	7	66.5	37.6-86.7	3	19.8	6.0-49.1	1	6.1	0.8-33.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.6	1.0-39.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cumberland County

Diabetes

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