BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	57	39	66.6	52.0-78.6	8	15.2	7.5-28.4	3	6.3	1.9-18.7	2	5.0	1.1-19.0	5	6.9	2.8-16.3
GENDER
Male	17	9	55.4	31.1-77.4	5	28.6	12.0-54.1	1	2.9	0.4-18.3	1	8.6	1.2-41.6	1	4.5	0.6-26.6
Female	40	30	73.9	56.7-86.0	3	6.4	2.0-19.0	2	8.6	2.2-28.2	1	2.6	0.4-16.5	4	8.5	3.0-21.5
RACE
White	34	21	58.7	40.1-75.1	5	14.8	6.0-32.1	3	11.3	3.5-30.9	2	8.9	2.1-31.0	3	6.3	1.9-18.9
Other	23	18	76.6	53.4-90.3	3	15.7	5.0-39.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	7.7	1.9-26.7
AGE
18-44	4	2	58.3	14.5-92.1	2	41.7	7.9-85.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	52	36	67.1	51.8-79.4	6	13.4	6.0-27.3	3	6.8	2.1-19.9	2	5.3	1.2-20.3	5	7.4	3.0-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	27	18	64.4	43.4-81.1	4	15.6	5.9-35.5	2	9.5	2.4-30.9	2	9.1	2.1-31.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.8
Some College +	30	21	69.2	49.2-83.9	4	14.7	5.2-35.2	1	2.5	0.3-15.9	0	0.0	. - .	4	13.6	5.0-31.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	25	65.4	46.6-80.4	4	12.9	4.9-30.0	2	7.8	2.0-26.3	2	7.5	1.7-27.1	3	6.4	1.9-19.2
$50,000+	12	6	51.8	24.4-78.2	3	28.6	9.0-61.9	1	5.8	0.8-32.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.8	3.2-43.2

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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
-Forsyth County	57	39	66.6	52.0-78.6	8	15.2	7.5-28.4	3	6.3	1.9-18.7	2	5.0	1.1-19.0	5	6.9	2.8-16.3
GENDER
Male	17	9	55.4	31.1-77.4	5	28.6	12.0-54.1	1	2.9	0.4-18.3	1	8.6	1.2-41.6	1	4.5	0.6-26.6
Female	40	30	73.9	56.7-86.0	3	6.4	2.0-19.0	2	8.6	2.2-28.2	1	2.6	0.4-16.5	4	8.5	3.0-21.5
RACE
White	34	21	58.7	40.1-75.1	5	14.8	6.0-32.1	3	11.3	3.5-30.9	2	8.9	2.1-31.0	3	6.3	1.9-18.9
Other	23	18	76.6	53.4-90.3	3	15.7	5.0-39.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	7.7	1.9-26.7
AGE
18-44	4	2	58.3	14.5-92.1	2	41.7	7.9-85.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	52	36	67.1	51.8-79.4	6	13.4	6.0-27.3	3	6.8	2.1-19.9	2	5.3	1.2-20.3	5	7.4	3.0-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	27	18	64.4	43.4-81.1	4	15.6	5.9-35.5	2	9.5	2.4-30.9	2	9.1	2.1-31.7	1	1.4	0.2- 9.8
Some College +	30	21	69.2	49.2-83.9	4	14.7	5.2-35.2	1	2.5	0.3-15.9	0	0.0	. - .	4	13.6	5.0-31.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	25	65.4	46.6-80.4	4	12.9	4.9-30.0	2	7.8	2.0-26.3	2	7.5	1.7-27.1	3	6.4	1.9-19.2
$50,000+	12	6	51.8	24.4-78.2	3	28.6	9.0-61.9	1	5.8	0.8-32.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.8	3.2-43.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Diabetes

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