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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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'?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 time 2 times 3-4 times 5+ times Never
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
-Guilford County 47 6 18.9 7.3-40.8 12 23.5 12.2-40.3 25 50.1 33.4-66.7 2 3.5 0.8-13.9 2 4.0 1.0-15.0
GENDER
Male 23 5 29.6 11.3-58.2 5 19.4 6.6-45.1 11 43.7 22.7-67.3 1 3.7 0.5-22.4 1 3.6 0.5-22.2
Female 24 1 2.2 0.3-14.6 7 29.8 14.0-52.5 14 60.0 38.2-78.4 1 3.3 0.5-20.6 1 4.6 0.6-26.7
RACE
White 34 4 12.9 4.7-30.8 9 23.7 12.1-41.1 17 50.4 33.0-67.7 2 6.1 1.5-22.2 2 6.9 1.7-24.0
Other 13 2 27.1 6.3-67.2 3 23.2 6.2-58.0 8 49.7 21.1-78.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 1 40.1 6.6-86.4 1 26.7 3.5-78.5 3 33.2 7.1-76.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 42 5 13.0 5.3-28.7 11 22.6 12.1-38.1 22 54.7 38.3-70.3 2 4.5 1.1-17.1 2 5.1 1.3-18.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 19 4 37.2 13.5-69.3 5 18.1 6.5-41.1 9 39.4 17.1-67.2 1 5.3 0.7-30.2 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 28 2 5.4 1.2-21.6 7 27.4 12.0-51.1 16 58.0 36.9-76.5 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 2 7.0 1.7-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 4 29.0 9.6-61.1 6 17.9 7.3-37.6 14 46.1 24.7-68.9 2 7.1 1.6-26.0 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 8 0 0.0 . - . 3 26.2 7.0-62.7 4 64.8 30.0-88.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.1 1.2-45.2

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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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