BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	78	45	51.2	37.0-65.2	17	24.7	13.6-40.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	6	9.6	4.0-21.0	9	14.4	6.2-30.2
GENDER
Male	30	14	41.8	22.9-63.6	11	41.2	21.7-63.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	2	4.9	1.1-19.2	2	11.9	2.4-42.9
Female	48	31	61.6	43.5-77.0	6	6.3	2.4-15.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	14.8	5.3-34.8	7	17.3	7.2-36.2
RACE
White	69	41	54.2	39.5-68.2	13	20.2	10.9-34.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	6	10.6	4.5-23.0	8	14.8	6.1-32.0
Other	9	4	22.9	4.5-65.0	4	66.3	21.5-93.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.8	1.1-56.1
AGE
18-44	9	3	35.4	9.4-74.4	3	7.6	1.8-27.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.4	1.6-55.8	2	44.6	10.9-84.1
45+	69	42	53.8	38.6-68.3	14	27.4	15.0-44.7	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0	5	9.1	3.5-21.8	7	9.6	3.8-21.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	23	49.8	30.4-69.3	11	28.0	13.5-49.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.7	1.9-20.9	5	15.5	4.1-44.0
Some College +	36	22	52.5	32.7-71.6	6	21.5	7.7-47.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	3	12.2	3.9-32.5	4	13.5	4.7-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	31	50.3	33.7-66.8	12	24.4	12.7-41.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	3	6.5	2.0-19.4	7	18.6	7.3-39.8
$50,000+	11	5	38.7	13.3-72.3	4	39.2	10.9-77.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	22.1	5.1-60.1	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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	78	45	51.2	37.0-65.2	17	24.7	13.6-40.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.8	6	9.6	4.0-21.0	9	14.4	6.2-30.2
GENDER
Male	30	14	41.8	22.9-63.6	11	41.2	21.7-63.9	1	0.2	0.0- 1.6	2	4.9	1.1-19.2	2	11.9	2.4-42.9
Female	48	31	61.6	43.5-77.0	6	6.3	2.4-15.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	14.8	5.3-34.8	7	17.3	7.2-36.2
RACE
White	69	41	54.2	39.5-68.2	13	20.2	10.9-34.4	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	6	10.6	4.5-23.0	8	14.8	6.1-32.0
Other	9	4	22.9	4.5-65.0	4	66.3	21.5-93.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.8	1.1-56.1
AGE
18-44	9	3	35.4	9.4-74.4	3	7.6	1.8-27.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.4	1.6-55.8	2	44.6	10.9-84.1
45+	69	42	53.8	38.6-68.3	14	27.4	15.0-44.7	1	0.1	0.0- 1.0	5	9.1	3.5-21.8	7	9.6	3.8-21.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	42	23	49.8	30.4-69.3	11	28.0	13.5-49.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.7	1.9-20.9	5	15.5	4.1-44.0
Some College +	36	22	52.5	32.7-71.6	6	21.5	7.7-47.5	1	0.2	0.0- 1.7	3	12.2	3.9-32.5	4	13.5	4.7-33.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	31	50.3	33.7-66.8	12	24.4	12.7-41.7	1	0.2	0.0- 1.2	3	6.5	2.0-19.4	7	18.6	7.3-39.8
$50,000+	11	5	38.7	13.3-72.3	4	39.2	10.9-77.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	22.1	5.1-60.1	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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