BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	52	34	64.5	48.1-78.1	13	27.7	15.5-44.4	1	3.1	0.4-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	4.7	1.6-13.3
GENDER
Male	24	16	63.3	39.6-81.9	6	30.8	13.8-55.3	1	5.1	0.7-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.8	0.1- 5.9
Female	28	18	66.4	46.5-81.8	7	22.9	10.8-42.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.7	3.3-29.7
RACE
White	47	32	68.4	51.8-81.3	10	22.2	11.3-38.8	1	3.7	0.5-22.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	5.7	1.9-15.9
Other	5	2	46.9	9.4-88.3	3	53.1	11.7-90.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	2	45.0	11.9-83.2	2	34.4	8.0-76.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	20.6	2.8-70.1
45+	47	32	66.7	48.9-80.7	11	27.0	14.2-45.1	1	3.4	0.5-20.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.0	0.9- 9.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	22	70.1	47.5-85.9	6	22.6	9.1-46.1	1	4.8	0.7-27.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.5	0.5-10.7
Some College +	21	12	54.8	32.4-75.4	7	36.6	17.8-60.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.6	2.0-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	24	64.2	44.3-80.2	10	29.9	15.4-50.1	1	4.3	0.6-25.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.3
$50,000+	7	5	75.7	36.2-94.5	1	10.9	1.4-51.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	13.4	1.8-57.2

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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
-Gaston County	52	34	64.5	48.1-78.1	13	27.7	15.5-44.4	1	3.1	0.4-18.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	4.7	1.6-13.3
GENDER
Male	24	16	63.3	39.6-81.9	6	30.8	13.8-55.3	1	5.1	0.7-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	0.8	0.1- 5.9
Female	28	18	66.4	46.5-81.8	7	22.9	10.8-42.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	10.7	3.3-29.7
RACE
White	47	32	68.4	51.8-81.3	10	22.2	11.3-38.8	1	3.7	0.5-22.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	5.7	1.9-15.9
Other	5	2	46.9	9.4-88.3	3	53.1	11.7-90.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	2	45.0	11.9-83.2	2	34.4	8.0-76.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	20.6	2.8-70.1
45+	47	32	66.7	48.9-80.7	11	27.0	14.2-45.1	1	3.4	0.5-20.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	3.0	0.9- 9.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	22	70.1	47.5-85.9	6	22.6	9.1-46.1	1	4.8	0.7-27.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.5	0.5-10.7
Some College +	21	12	54.8	32.4-75.4	7	36.6	17.8-60.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.6	2.0-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	36	24	64.2	44.3-80.2	10	29.9	15.4-50.1	1	4.3	0.6-25.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.3
$50,000+	7	5	75.7	36.2-94.5	1	10.9	1.4-51.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	13.4	1.8-57.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Diabetes

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