BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	37	20	51.2	33.2-68.9	7	14.3	6.4-29.0	5	20.8	8.0-44.1	0	0.0	. - .	5	13.7	5.3-30.9
GENDER
Male	12	7	52.8	23.3-80.5	1	4.0	0.5-25.1	3	33.1	10.0-68.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.0	1.4-46.9
Female	25	13	49.8	29.9-69.8	6	22.9	10.0-44.4	2	10.4	2.6-33.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	16.8	6.0-38.8
RACE
White	18	9	51.2	28.0-73.9	4	19.8	7.0-44.8	3	18.7	5.9-45.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.2	2.3-35.8
Other	19	11	51.2	25.7-76.1	3	9.3	2.8-26.8	2	22.7	5.3-60.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	16.8	4.9-44.6
AGE
18-44	3	1	47.2	7.5-90.8	1	27.4	3.2-81.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.3	2.9-79.4
45+	34	19	51.8	32.9-70.3	6	12.3	5.3-26.0	5	24.0	9.5-48.9	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.9	4.0-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	10	58.8	33.7-80.1	3	13.3	4.0-36.0	2	17.4	4.5-48.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.4	2.4-35.4
Some College +	20	10	46.0	23.2-70.7	4	15.0	5.0-37.0	3	23.1	6.3-57.0	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.9	4.7-42.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	17	10	63.4	36.6-83.8	4	15.6	5.4-37.1	1	6.7	0.9-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	14.4	3.1-47.2
$50,000+	12	6	39.8	15.5-70.4	2	13.6	2.9-45.0	3	38.0	12.1-73.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.7	1.2-43.3

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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
-Durham County	37	20	51.2	33.2-68.9	7	14.3	6.4-29.0	5	20.8	8.0-44.1	0	0.0	. - .	5	13.7	5.3-30.9
GENDER
Male	12	7	52.8	23.3-80.5	1	4.0	0.5-25.1	3	33.1	10.0-68.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.0	1.4-46.9
Female	25	13	49.8	29.9-69.8	6	22.9	10.0-44.4	2	10.4	2.6-33.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	16.8	6.0-38.8
RACE
White	18	9	51.2	28.0-73.9	4	19.8	7.0-44.8	3	18.7	5.9-45.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.2	2.3-35.8
Other	19	11	51.2	25.7-76.1	3	9.3	2.8-26.8	2	22.7	5.3-60.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	16.8	4.9-44.6
AGE
18-44	3	1	47.2	7.5-90.8	1	27.4	3.2-81.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.3	2.9-79.4
45+	34	19	51.8	32.9-70.3	6	12.3	5.3-26.0	5	24.0	9.5-48.9	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.9	4.0-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	10	58.8	33.7-80.1	3	13.3	4.0-36.0	2	17.4	4.5-48.8	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.4	2.4-35.4
Some College +	20	10	46.0	23.2-70.7	4	15.0	5.0-37.0	3	23.1	6.3-57.0	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.9	4.7-42.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	17	10	63.4	36.6-83.8	4	15.6	5.4-37.1	1	6.7	0.9-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	14.4	3.1-47.2
$50,000+	12	6	39.8	15.5-70.4	2	13.6	2.9-45.0	3	38.0	12.1-73.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.7	1.2-43.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Diabetes

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