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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Diabetes

A test for hemoglobin 'A one C' measures the average level of blood sugar over the past three months. About how many times in the past 12 months has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional checked you for hemoglobin 'A one C'?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 time 2 times 3-4 times 5+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,614 241 15.0 12.9-17.4 361 23.9 21.3-26.8 762 45.7 42.7-48.8 124 7.3 5.8- 9.0 126 8.1 6.6- 9.8
-Durham County 35 4 10.3 3.7-25.8 12 34.2 19.1-53.5 11 29.4 15.8-48.1 3 6.1 1.8-18.4 5 19.9 7.3-44.0
GENDER
Male 10 1 9.1 1.2-44.8 4 36.9 12.5-70.6 2 16.4 3.7-49.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 37.6 11.6-73.5
Female 25 3 11.3 3.6-30.3 8 32.2 16.3-53.7 9 38.9 20.8-60.8 3 10.6 3.3-29.4 2 7.0 1.7-25.1
RACE
White 16 1 8.4 1.2-41.2 3 19.7 6.1-48.0 7 51.8 27.4-75.3 2 7.1 1.7-25.6 3 13.0 3.9-35.3
Other 19 3 12.0 3.6-33.3 9 46.5 22.6-72.0 4 10.5 3.5-27.5 1 5.2 0.7-29.9 2 25.8 6.8-62.2
AGE
18-44 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.2 7.5-90.8 2 52.8 9.2-92.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 32 4 12.0 4.3-29.4 11 32.1 17.4-51.5 9 25.6 12.6-45.1 3 7.1 2.1-21.0 5 23.2 8.7-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 15 2 10.4 2.5-34.8 6 44.6 21.2-70.6 3 25.0 7.9-56.3 1 4.2 0.6-25.0 3 15.8 4.8-41.0
Some College + 20 2 10.3 2.4-34.4 6 28.0 11.2-54.5 8 32.1 14.6-56.7 2 7.3 1.7-26.6 2 22.4 5.8-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 3 16.8 5.1-43.4 5 36.8 14.1-67.3 3 19.0 5.0-51.4 2 11.4 2.6-38.4 2 16.0 3.4-50.6
$50,000+ 12 1 9.1 1.2-44.4 4 27.3 9.0-58.6 6 41.6 16.7-71.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.1 3.5-69.0

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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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