BRFSS 2005 - Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties: (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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	54	36	70.3	55.5-81.8	13	22.0	12.4-36.0	2	4.5	1.1-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.2	1.0-10.3
GENDER
Male	16	10	71.8	46.1-88.3	5	24.5	9.5-50.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.7	0.5-22.8
Female	38	26	69.1	50.9-82.8	8	20.0	9.6-37.0	2	8.0	1.9-27.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.9	0.7-11.1
RACE
White	45	29	68.0	51.3-81.0	12	25.8	14.2-42.2	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.1	1.2-12.9
Other	9	7	79.0	41.1-95.3	1	7.4	1.0-40.0	1	13.6	1.8-56.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	3	79.5	27.8-97.5	1	20.5	2.5-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	50	33	69.3	53.6-81.5	12	22.1	12.1-36.9	2	5.0	1.2-18.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.6	1.0-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	23	63.9	45.6-79.0	11	26.6	14.2-44.2	2	6.2	1.5-22.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.3	0.7-13.4
Some College +	15	12	86.0	60.4-96.1	2	10.6	2.3-37.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.4-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	23	74.0	55.8-86.5	6	16.5	7.1-33.6	1	3.3	0.5-20.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.2	1.8-19.2
$50,000+	11	8	77.4	45.7-93.3	3	22.6	6.7-54.3	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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	54	36	70.3	55.5-81.8	13	22.0	12.4-36.0	2	4.5	1.1-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.2	1.0-10.3
GENDER
Male	16	10	71.8	46.1-88.3	5	24.5	9.5-50.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.7	0.5-22.8
Female	38	26	69.1	50.9-82.8	8	20.0	9.6-37.0	2	8.0	1.9-27.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.9	0.7-11.1
RACE
White	45	29	68.0	51.3-81.0	12	25.8	14.2-42.2	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	4.1	1.2-12.9
Other	9	7	79.0	41.1-95.3	1	7.4	1.0-40.0	1	13.6	1.8-56.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	3	79.5	27.8-97.5	1	20.5	2.5-72.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	50	33	69.3	53.6-81.5	12	22.1	12.1-36.9	2	5.0	1.2-18.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.6	1.0-11.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	38	23	63.9	45.6-79.0	11	26.6	14.2-44.2	2	6.2	1.5-22.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.3	0.7-13.4
Some College +	15	12	86.0	60.4-96.1	2	10.6	2.3-37.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.4-21.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	23	74.0	55.8-86.5	6	16.5	7.1-33.6	1	3.3	0.5-20.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.2	1.8-19.2
$50,000+	11	8	77.4	45.7-93.3	3	22.6	6.7-54.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Diabetes

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