BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	69	40	59.1	45.2-71.6	20	25.7	15.9-38.8	5	9.3	3.8-21.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	3	4.1	1.1-13.5
GENDER
Male	24	15	60.7	37.2-80.1	4	17.3	5.8-41.7	3	12.3	3.7-33.7	1	4.3	0.6-25.4	1	5.3	0.7-29.9
Female	45	25	57.8	41.3-72.7	16	32.1	19.2-48.4	2	7.0	1.7-24.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.1	0.7-12.3
RACE
White	46	26	55.0	37.7-71.1	13	26.1	14.2-43.0	4	11.3	4.1-27.3	1	2.7	0.4-16.9	2	4.9	1.1-19.1
Other	22	14	71.6	49.0-86.9	6	21.0	8.5-43.2	1	5.1	0.7-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.8
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	1	36.5	3.5-90.2	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	67	40	61.5	47.4-73.9	19	25.3	15.3-38.7	4	7.1	2.6-17.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.5	3	4.2	1.2-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	17	73.2	50.6-87.9	7	20.3	8.2-42.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.8	0.7-27.7	1	1.7	0.2-11.7
Some College +	42	23	51.0	34.7-67.0	12	27.9	15.4-45.2	5	15.4	6.4-32.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.7	1.3-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	19	62.9	43.7-78.7	11	26.7	14.0-44.8	1	6.1	0.9-32.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.4	1.0-16.8
$50,000+	24	14	54.8	31.8-76.0	4	19.5	6.9-44.2	4	15.9	5.7-37.3	1	4.3	0.6-25.6	1	5.4	0.7-30.1

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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
-Mecklenburg County	69	40	59.1	45.2-71.6	20	25.7	15.9-38.8	5	9.3	3.8-21.0	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	3	4.1	1.1-13.5
GENDER
Male	24	15	60.7	37.2-80.1	4	17.3	5.8-41.7	3	12.3	3.7-33.7	1	4.3	0.6-25.4	1	5.3	0.7-29.9
Female	45	25	57.8	41.3-72.7	16	32.1	19.2-48.4	2	7.0	1.7-24.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.1	0.7-12.3
RACE
White	46	26	55.0	37.7-71.1	13	26.1	14.2-43.0	4	11.3	4.1-27.3	1	2.7	0.4-16.9	2	4.9	1.1-19.1
Other	22	14	71.6	49.0-86.9	6	21.0	8.5-43.2	1	5.1	0.7-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.8
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	1	36.5	3.5-90.2	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	67	40	61.5	47.4-73.9	19	25.3	15.3-38.7	4	7.1	2.6-17.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.5	3	4.2	1.2-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	17	73.2	50.6-87.9	7	20.3	8.2-42.0	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.8	0.7-27.7	1	1.7	0.2-11.7
Some College +	42	23	51.0	34.7-67.0	12	27.9	15.4-45.2	5	15.4	6.4-32.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.7	1.3-21.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	19	62.9	43.7-78.7	11	26.7	14.0-44.8	1	6.1	0.9-32.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.4	1.0-16.8
$50,000+	24	14	54.8	31.8-76.0	4	19.5	6.9-44.2	4	15.9	5.7-37.3	1	4.3	0.6-25.6	1	5.4	0.7-30.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Diabetes

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