BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Have you ever had a blood test for high sugar or diabetes?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	637	430	64.1	58.6-69.2	207	35.9	30.8-41.4
GENDER
Male	222	145	58.1	48.9-66.7	77	41.9	33.3-51.1
Female	415	285	68.9	62.8-74.5	130	31.1	25.5-37.2
RACE
White	565	386	65.5	59.8-70.8	179	34.5	29.2-40.2
Other	72	44	54.3	36.9-70.7	28	45.7	29.3-63.1
AGE
18-44	230	129	52.4	43.6-61.0	101	47.6	39.0-56.4
45+	404	299	76.8	71.6-81.2	105	23.2	18.8-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	305	189	57.7	49.5-65.5	116	42.3	34.5-50.5
Some College +	332	241	71.1	64.4-77.0	91	28.9	23.0-35.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	399	253	58.2	51.5-64.6	146	41.8	35.4-48.5
$50,000+	142	109	73.7	59.8-84.1	33	26.3	15.9-40.2

*This question was asked only of respondents who reported NOT having diabetes.

^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.

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

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,314	9,540	61.5	60.4-62.7	4,774	38.5	37.3-39.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	637	430	64.1	58.6-69.2	207	35.9	30.8-41.4
GENDER
Male	222	145	58.1	48.9-66.7	77	41.9	33.3-51.1
Female	415	285	68.9	62.8-74.5	130	31.1	25.5-37.2
RACE
White	565	386	65.5	59.8-70.8	179	34.5	29.2-40.2
Other	72	44	54.3	36.9-70.7	28	45.7	29.3-63.1
AGE
18-44	230	129	52.4	43.6-61.0	101	47.6	39.0-56.4
45+	404	299	76.8	71.6-81.2	105	23.2	18.8-28.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	305	189	57.7	49.5-65.5	116	42.3	34.5-50.5
Some College +	332	241	71.1	64.4-77.0	91	28.9	23.0-35.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	399	253	58.2	51.5-64.6	146	41.8	35.4-48.5
$50,000+	142	109	73.7	59.8-84.1	33	26.3	15.9-40.2