BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	48	7	20.6	8.8-41.0	15	26.5	15.5-41.5	19	41.1	26.2-57.9	3	6.5	1.8-20.4	4	5.4	1.9-14.3
GENDER
Male	21	4	27.3	9.8-56.5	6	19.0	7.8-39.3	8	42.2	21.4-66.2	2	9.5	2.2-32.5	1	2.0	0.3-13.3
Female	27	3	11.0	3.1-32.1	9	37.2	20.0-58.4	11	39.5	22.2-60.0	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	3	10.2	3.1-28.6
RACE
White	44	6	15.5	6.5-32.4	15	31.7	19.1-47.8	16	38.6	24.1-55.5	3	7.7	2.2-23.7	4	6.4	2.3-16.8
Other	4	1	46.3	7.6-90.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	53.7	9.9-92.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	1	30.9	4.4-81.2	1	25.0	3.3-76.5	1	20.2	2.6-71.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	23.9	3.1-75.3
45+	44	6	19.6	7.7-41.8	14	26.6	15.2-42.4	18	43.0	27.1-60.6	3	7.0	2.0-22.1	3	3.7	1.2-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	27	5	26.9	9.9-55.1	8	24.0	11.1-44.3	9	36.4	18.0-59.9	2	7.2	1.4-29.5	3	5.6	1.7-16.8
Some College +	21	2	10.7	2.7-34.3	7	30.5	14.3-53.5	10	48.4	27.3-70.0	1	5.4	0.7-29.9	1	5.1	0.7-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	4	17.3	5.0-45.4	10	25.3	12.9-43.8	14	43.4	25.3-63.3	2	7.9	1.9-27.7	3	6.1	1.8-18.4
$50,000+	7	1	13.4	1.8-57.3	2	24.4	5.5-63.9	4	62.2	25.1-89.0	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 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
-Gaston County	48	7	20.6	8.8-41.0	15	26.5	15.5-41.5	19	41.1	26.2-57.9	3	6.5	1.8-20.4	4	5.4	1.9-14.3
GENDER
Male	21	4	27.3	9.8-56.5	6	19.0	7.8-39.3	8	42.2	21.4-66.2	2	9.5	2.2-32.5	1	2.0	0.3-13.3
Female	27	3	11.0	3.1-32.1	9	37.2	20.0-58.4	11	39.5	22.2-60.0	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	3	10.2	3.1-28.6
RACE
White	44	6	15.5	6.5-32.4	15	31.7	19.1-47.8	16	38.6	24.1-55.5	3	7.7	2.2-23.7	4	6.4	2.3-16.8
Other	4	1	46.3	7.6-90.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	53.7	9.9-92.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	1	30.9	4.4-81.2	1	25.0	3.3-76.5	1	20.2	2.6-71.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	23.9	3.1-75.3
45+	44	6	19.6	7.7-41.8	14	26.6	15.2-42.4	18	43.0	27.1-60.6	3	7.0	2.0-22.1	3	3.7	1.2-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	27	5	26.9	9.9-55.1	8	24.0	11.1-44.3	9	36.4	18.0-59.9	2	7.2	1.4-29.5	3	5.6	1.7-16.8
Some College +	21	2	10.7	2.7-34.3	7	30.5	14.3-53.5	10	48.4	27.3-70.0	1	5.4	0.7-29.9	1	5.1	0.7-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	4	17.3	5.0-45.4	10	25.3	12.9-43.8	14	43.4	25.3-63.3	2	7.9	1.9-27.7	3	6.1	1.8-18.4
$50,000+	7	1	13.4	1.8-57.3	2	24.4	5.5-63.9	4	62.2	25.1-89.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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'?