BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	50	29	50.9	34.1-67.5	11	19.1	9.5-34.9	3	7.2	2.2-21.2	3	10.7	3.0-31.5	4	12.1	4.4-29.2
GENDER
Male	19	10	48.4	24.5-73.1	4	18.6	6.1-44.3	1	5.3	0.7-29.9	2	14.8	3.2-47.7	2	12.9	3.1-40.4
Female	31	19	54.0	34.2-72.7	7	19.9	8.6-39.6	2	9.8	2.3-33.6	1	5.2	0.7-29.0	2	11.1	2.7-36.3
RACE
White	27	13	41.8	24.0-61.9	7	27.9	12.7-50.9	2	7.9	1.8-28.9	2	7.9	2.0-26.9	3	14.4	4.6-37.2
Other	23	16	61.5	32.6-84.0	4	8.9	2.8-24.7	1	6.4	0.9-34.7	1	13.9	2.0-55.5	1	9.4	1.3-44.9
AGE
18-44	3	1	27.9	3.3-81.4	1	26.6	3.1-80.4	1	45.5	7.1-90.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	47	28	52.4	34.8-69.5	10	18.6	8.8-35.2	2	4.6	1.0-18.2	3	11.4	3.2-33.2	4	13.0	4.7-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	15	48.9	26.8-71.4	6	20.2	7.8-43.3	1	4.6	0.6-26.6	1	10.0	1.4-45.5	3	16.4	5.2-41.0
Some College +	24	14	54.5	32.7-74.6	5	17.2	6.6-38.0	2	11.9	2.8-39.3	2	11.9	3.0-37.0	1	4.5	0.6-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	19	50.8	30.3-71.0	7	17.4	6.8-37.9	2	8.0	2.0-27.3	2	11.4	2.5-39.5	3	12.4	3.7-34.1
$50,000+	9	5	52.4	21.3-81.8	3	38.5	12.9-72.7	1	9.1	1.2-44.7	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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	50	29	50.9	34.1-67.5	11	19.1	9.5-34.9	3	7.2	2.2-21.2	3	10.7	3.0-31.5	4	12.1	4.4-29.2
GENDER
Male	19	10	48.4	24.5-73.1	4	18.6	6.1-44.3	1	5.3	0.7-29.9	2	14.8	3.2-47.7	2	12.9	3.1-40.4
Female	31	19	54.0	34.2-72.7	7	19.9	8.6-39.6	2	9.8	2.3-33.6	1	5.2	0.7-29.0	2	11.1	2.7-36.3
RACE
White	27	13	41.8	24.0-61.9	7	27.9	12.7-50.9	2	7.9	1.8-28.9	2	7.9	2.0-26.9	3	14.4	4.6-37.2
Other	23	16	61.5	32.6-84.0	4	8.9	2.8-24.7	1	6.4	0.9-34.7	1	13.9	2.0-55.5	1	9.4	1.3-44.9
AGE
18-44	3	1	27.9	3.3-81.4	1	26.6	3.1-80.4	1	45.5	7.1-90.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	47	28	52.4	34.8-69.5	10	18.6	8.8-35.2	2	4.6	1.0-18.2	3	11.4	3.2-33.2	4	13.0	4.7-30.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	15	48.9	26.8-71.4	6	20.2	7.8-43.3	1	4.6	0.6-26.6	1	10.0	1.4-45.5	3	16.4	5.2-41.0
Some College +	24	14	54.5	32.7-74.6	5	17.2	6.6-38.0	2	11.9	2.8-39.3	2	11.9	3.0-37.0	1	4.5	0.6-25.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	19	50.8	30.3-71.0	7	17.4	6.8-37.9	2	8.0	2.0-27.3	2	11.4	2.5-39.5	3	12.4	3.7-34.1
$50,000+	9	5	52.4	21.3-81.8	3	38.5	12.9-72.7	1	9.1	1.2-44.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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