BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (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'?)

	Total Respond.^	1 time	2 times	3-4 times	5+ times	Never
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
-Forsyth County	50	3	4.1	1.0-15.5	14	29.9	17.6-46.0	28	57.6	42.1-71.8	4	6.6	2.4-16.9	1	1.8	0.3-11.9
GENDER
Male	14	0	0.0	. - .	5	43.9	19.9-71.2	7	45.7	21.6-72.1	2	10.4	2.4-35.1	0	0.0	. - .
Female	36	3	6.6	1.6-23.5	9	21.4	10.8-37.8	21	64.9	47.3-79.2	2	4.2	1.0-15.9	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
RACE
White	32	1	4.7	0.7-26.6	12	36.1	20.7-55.1	18	55.2	36.6-72.4	1	4.0	0.6-23.4	0	0.0	. - .
Other	18	2	3.2	0.6-14.6	2	20.7	5.5-54.0	10	61.2	34.9-82.3	3	10.3	3.1-29.4	1	4.5	0.6-26.5
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	80.2	25.0-98.0	1	19.8	2.0-75.0	0	0.0	. - .
45+	46	2	4.0	0.9-16.7	14	31.8	18.8-48.4	26	56.5	40.5-71.2	3	5.8	1.8-17.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	24	1	5.0	0.7-28.3	4	17.8	6.0-42.5	16	68.2	45.5-84.6	3	9.0	2.7-26.1	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	26	2	2.9	0.6-13.1	10	45.0	25.6-66.1	12	44.4	25.4-65.1	1	3.5	0.5-21.5	1	4.1	0.6-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	3	6.6	1.6-23.8	8	30.1	14.4-52.3	16	57.8	37.1-76.0	2	5.6	1.2-21.6	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	12	0	0.0	. - .	3	29.2	9.7-61.3	7	55.4	27.0-80.6	1	7.1	1.0-37.6	1	8.3	1.1-41.5

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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 time			2 times			3-4 times			5+ times			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	1,614	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
-Forsyth County	50	3	4.1	1.0-15.5	14	29.9	17.6-46.0	28	57.6	42.1-71.8	4	6.6	2.4-16.9	1	1.8	0.3-11.9
GENDER
Male	14	0	0.0	. - .	5	43.9	19.9-71.2	7	45.7	21.6-72.1	2	10.4	2.4-35.1	0	0.0	. - .
Female	36	3	6.6	1.6-23.5	9	21.4	10.8-37.8	21	64.9	47.3-79.2	2	4.2	1.0-15.9	1	2.9	0.4-18.2
RACE
White	32	1	4.7	0.7-26.6	12	36.1	20.7-55.1	18	55.2	36.6-72.4	1	4.0	0.6-23.4	0	0.0	. - .
Other	18	2	3.2	0.6-14.6	2	20.7	5.5-54.0	10	61.2	34.9-82.3	3	10.3	3.1-29.4	1	4.5	0.6-26.5
AGE
18-44	3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	80.2	25.0-98.0	1	19.8	2.0-75.0	0	0.0	. - .
45+	46	2	4.0	0.9-16.7	14	31.8	18.8-48.4	26	56.5	40.5-71.2	3	5.8	1.8-17.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	24	1	5.0	0.7-28.3	4	17.8	6.0-42.5	16	68.2	45.5-84.6	3	9.0	2.7-26.1	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	26	2	2.9	0.6-13.1	10	45.0	25.6-66.1	12	44.4	25.4-65.1	1	3.5	0.5-21.5	1	4.1	0.6-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	3	6.6	1.6-23.8	8	30.1	14.4-52.3	16	57.8	37.1-76.0	2	5.6	1.2-21.6	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	12	0	0.0	. - .	3	29.2	9.7-61.3	7	55.4	27.0-80.6	1	7.1	1.0-37.6	1	8.3	1.1-41.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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'?