BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, and meter) due to lack of money?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,845	349	20.3	17.9-22.9	1,496	79.7	77.1-82.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	79	17	23.3	12.7-38.8	62	76.7	61.2-87.3
GENDER
Male	31	5	22.4	7.9-49.3	26	77.6	50.7-92.1
Female	48	12	24.2	12.4-41.8	36	75.8	58.2-87.6
RACE
White	70	14	17.7	9.2-31.1	56	82.3	68.9-90.8
Other	9	3	76.4	35.4-95.0	6	23.6	5.0-64.6
AGE
18-44	9	3	23.2	5.5-61.3	6	76.8	38.7-94.5
45+	70	14	23.3	11.9-40.6	56	76.7	59.4-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	10	19.8	8.5-39.7	33	80.2	60.3-91.5
Some College +	36	7	26.6	11.2-51.0	29	73.4	49.0-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	15	25.8	14.1-42.3	40	74.2	57.7-85.9
$50,000+	11	1	27.9	4.6-75.7	10	72.1	24.3-95.4

*Asked of all respondents with doctor-diagnosed 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)**

Diabetes Control

During the past 12 months, was there any time that you did not have testing supplies (strips, lancets, and meter) due to lack of money?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,845	349	20.3	17.9-22.9	1,496	79.7	77.1-82.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	79	17	23.3	12.7-38.8	62	76.7	61.2-87.3
GENDER
Male	31	5	22.4	7.9-49.3	26	77.6	50.7-92.1
Female	48	12	24.2	12.4-41.8	36	75.8	58.2-87.6
RACE
White	70	14	17.7	9.2-31.1	56	82.3	68.9-90.8
Other	9	3	76.4	35.4-95.0	6	23.6	5.0-64.6
AGE
18-44	9	3	23.2	5.5-61.3	6	76.8	38.7-94.5
45+	70	14	23.3	11.9-40.6	56	76.7	59.4-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	10	19.8	8.5-39.7	33	80.2	60.3-91.5
Some College +	36	7	26.6	11.2-51.0	29	73.4	49.0-88.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	15	25.8	14.1-42.3	40	74.2	57.7-85.9
$50,000+	11	1	27.9	4.6-75.7	10	72.1	24.3-95.4