BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	68	13	26.3	14.1-43.8	12	15.3	7.2-29.6	36	50.1	35.2-65.0	2	4.1	1.0-15.2	5	4.2	1.6-10.9
GENDER
Male	25	6	31.8	12.4-60.5	5	16.9	5.0-43.9	12	44.1	22.5-68.1	1	5.0	0.7-28.5	1	2.2	0.3-14.7
Female	43	7	21.3	9.5-41.1	7	13.7	5.6-29.8	24	55.6	37.7-72.2	1	3.2	0.4-19.6	4	6.1	2.0-17.3
RACE
White	59	12	22.0	11.8-37.2	9	16.1	7.3-32.0	34	55.9	40.4-70.3	2	4.6	1.1-17.0	2	1.4	0.2- 7.5
Other	9	1	58.5	14.5-92.1	3	8.8	1.5-37.3	2	7.2	1.2-34.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	25.6	4.7-70.4
AGE
18-44	8	2	23.5	4.7-65.8	2	22.0	3.7-67.2	3	42.6	12.8-79.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.8	1.6-53.3
45+	60	11	26.7	13.5-45.8	10	14.4	6.2-30.0	33	51.0	34.9-66.9	2	4.5	1.1-16.9	4	3.3	1.1- 9.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	36	7	16.0	6.7-33.6	7	26.3	11.1-50.5	15	39.3	21.5-60.5	2	9.0	2.2-30.1	5	9.4	3.5-23.0
Some College +	32	6	34.9	16.0-60.0	5	6.1	2.0-17.4	21	59.0	35.9-78.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	47	8	22.2	10.6-40.8	10	21.5	9.8-40.9	22	43.5	27.1-61.4	2	6.3	1.5-22.3	5	6.6	2.4-16.5
$50,000+	11	2	36.4	9.1-76.6	2	5.6	0.9-27.9	7	58.0	21.8-87.3	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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	68	13	26.3	14.1-43.8	12	15.3	7.2-29.6	36	50.1	35.2-65.0	2	4.1	1.0-15.2	5	4.2	1.6-10.9
GENDER
Male	25	6	31.8	12.4-60.5	5	16.9	5.0-43.9	12	44.1	22.5-68.1	1	5.0	0.7-28.5	1	2.2	0.3-14.7
Female	43	7	21.3	9.5-41.1	7	13.7	5.6-29.8	24	55.6	37.7-72.2	1	3.2	0.4-19.6	4	6.1	2.0-17.3
RACE
White	59	12	22.0	11.8-37.2	9	16.1	7.3-32.0	34	55.9	40.4-70.3	2	4.6	1.1-17.0	2	1.4	0.2- 7.5
Other	9	1	58.5	14.5-92.1	3	8.8	1.5-37.3	2	7.2	1.2-34.2	0	0.0	. - .	3	25.6	4.7-70.4
AGE
18-44	8	2	23.5	4.7-65.8	2	22.0	3.7-67.2	3	42.6	12.8-79.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	11.8	1.6-53.3
45+	60	11	26.7	13.5-45.8	10	14.4	6.2-30.0	33	51.0	34.9-66.9	2	4.5	1.1-16.9	4	3.3	1.1- 9.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	36	7	16.0	6.7-33.6	7	26.3	11.1-50.5	15	39.3	21.5-60.5	2	9.0	2.2-30.1	5	9.4	3.5-23.0
Some College +	32	6	34.9	16.0-60.0	5	6.1	2.0-17.4	21	59.0	35.9-78.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	47	8	22.2	10.6-40.8	10	21.5	9.8-40.9	22	43.5	27.1-61.4	2	6.3	1.5-22.3	5	6.6	2.4-16.5
$50,000+	11	2	36.4	9.1-76.6	2	5.6	0.9-27.9	7	58.0	21.8-87.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

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

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'?