BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	60	37	57.4	41.9-71.6	18	24.9	15.0-38.3	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	16.1	5.8-37.2
GENDER
Male	25	16	47.8	26.9-69.6	5	20.1	8.0-42.3	1	3.1	0.4-19.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	28.9	10.5-58.5
Female	35	21	67.9	50.2-81.5	13	30.1	16.9-47.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6
RACE
White	53	32	59.5	43.7-73.6	17	27.4	16.5-42.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.3	0	0.0	. - .	3	11.2	3.3-31.7
Other	7	5	43.6	10.2-84.1	1	8.0	0.9-45.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	48.5	10.1-88.7
AGE
18-44	5	3	41.0	10.1-81.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	59.0	19.0-89.9
45+	55	34	61.3	46.1-74.5	18	30.7	19.1-45.4	1	2.0	0.3-13.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.0	1.2-24.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	27	55.0	37.1-71.7	13	21.3	11.7-35.7	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	21.5	8.0-46.2
Some College +	15	10	64.7	35.4-86.0	5	35.3	14.0-64.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	40	26	56.8	37.3-74.4	9	17.6	8.2-33.9	1	2.4	0.3-15.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	23.2	8.7-48.8
$50,000+	8	6	72.9	33.9-93.4	2	27.1	6.6-66.1	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
-Davidson County	60	37	57.4	41.9-71.6	18	24.9	15.0-38.3	1	1.6	0.2-10.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	16.1	5.8-37.2
GENDER
Male	25	16	47.8	26.9-69.6	5	20.1	8.0-42.3	1	3.1	0.4-19.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	28.9	10.5-58.5
Female	35	21	67.9	50.2-81.5	13	30.1	16.9-47.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6
RACE
White	53	32	59.5	43.7-73.6	17	27.4	16.5-42.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.3	0	0.0	. - .	3	11.2	3.3-31.7
Other	7	5	43.6	10.2-84.1	1	8.0	0.9-45.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	48.5	10.1-88.7
AGE
18-44	5	3	41.0	10.1-81.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	59.0	19.0-89.9
45+	55	34	61.3	46.1-74.5	18	30.7	19.1-45.4	1	2.0	0.3-13.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.0	1.2-24.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	45	27	55.0	37.1-71.7	13	21.3	11.7-35.7	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	21.5	8.0-46.2
Some College +	15	10	64.7	35.4-86.0	5	35.3	14.0-64.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	40	26	56.8	37.3-74.4	9	17.6	8.2-33.9	1	2.4	0.3-15.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	23.2	8.7-48.8
$50,000+	8	6	72.9	33.9-93.4	2	27.1	6.6-66.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson County

Diabetes

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