BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	53	31	58.1	41.8-72.8	15	27.9	16.1-43.9	5	11.0	4.0-26.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.0	0.7-12.2
GENDER
Male	25	12	52.6	30.3-73.9	9	31.0	14.7-53.9	3	14.9	4.5-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.5
Female	28	19	67.0	46.1-82.8	6	22.9	10.0-44.3	2	4.8	1.1-18.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.2	0.7-29.1
RACE
White	39	21	56.3	38.6-72.5	13	32.6	18.7-50.3	3	6.2	1.8-19.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.9	1.1-19.2
Other	14	10	60.9	30.4-84.8	2	20.9	5.2-55.8	2	18.2	4.3-52.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	4	73.3	21.5-96.5	1	26.7	3.5-78.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	48	27	54.7	38.4-70.0	14	28.2	16.4-44.0	5	13.5	5.0-31.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.6	0.8-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	14	59.1	33.9-80.3	6	24.0	9.7-48.2	2	14.8	3.4-46.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-14.3
Some College +	30	17	57.4	36.5-75.9	9	31.0	15.2-53.0	3	8.0	2.2-25.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.6	0.5-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	18	70.1	48.8-85.2	7	23.8	10.6-45.2	2	4.0	0.9-15.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-13.5
$50,000+	9	7	84.7	49.0-97.0	1	4.0	0.5-25.3	1	11.3	1.5-51.6	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
-Guilford County	53	31	58.1	41.8-72.8	15	27.9	16.1-43.9	5	11.0	4.0-26.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.0	0.7-12.2
GENDER
Male	25	12	52.6	30.3-73.9	9	31.0	14.7-53.9	3	14.9	4.5-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.5
Female	28	19	67.0	46.1-82.8	6	22.9	10.0-44.3	2	4.8	1.1-18.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.2	0.7-29.1
RACE
White	39	21	56.3	38.6-72.5	13	32.6	18.7-50.3	3	6.2	1.8-19.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.9	1.1-19.2
Other	14	10	60.9	30.4-84.8	2	20.9	5.2-55.8	2	18.2	4.3-52.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	4	73.3	21.5-96.5	1	26.7	3.5-78.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	48	27	54.7	38.4-70.0	14	28.2	16.4-44.0	5	13.5	5.0-31.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.6	0.8-14.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	14	59.1	33.9-80.3	6	24.0	9.7-48.2	2	14.8	3.4-46.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-14.3
Some College +	30	17	57.4	36.5-75.9	9	31.0	15.2-53.0	3	8.0	2.2-25.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.6	0.5-21.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	28	18	70.1	48.8-85.2	7	23.8	10.6-45.2	2	4.0	0.9-15.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-13.5
$50,000+	9	7	84.7	49.0-97.0	1	4.0	0.5-25.3	1	11.3	1.5-51.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Diabetes

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