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

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In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit due to hypoglycemia or low blood sugar?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,838 93 5.7 4.3- 7.4 1,745 94.3 92.6-95.7
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 78 2 2.5 0.6- 9.5 76 97.5 90.5-99.4
GENDER
Male 31 2 4.6 1.1-17.4 29 95.4 82.6-98.9
Female 47 0 0.0 . - . 47 100 . - .
RACE
White 69 2 2.7 0.7-10.4 67 97.3 89.6-99.3
Other 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 0 0.0 . - . 9 100 . - .
45+ 69 2 2.9 0.7-10.9 67 97.1 89.1-99.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 1 2.6 0.4-16.5 41 97.4 83.5-99.6
Some College + 36 1 2.3 0.3-15.0 35 97.7 85.0-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 52 96.4 86.4-99.1
$50,000+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 11 100 . - .

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*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.

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