BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	62	7	7.8	3.5-16.8	16	32.6	19.4-49.4	31	47.2	33.0-61.8	2	3.7	0.9-14.1	6	8.7	3.8-18.7
GENDER
Male	23	0	0.0	. - .	7	40.4	18.5-66.8	12	44.0	22.9-67.6	1	4.9	0.7-28.1	3	10.8	3.3-30.0
Female	39	7	14.5	6.5-29.3	9	26.1	13.4-44.6	19	49.9	32.9-66.9	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	3	6.9	2.1-20.2
RACE
White	41	3	5.0	1.4-16.6	14	42.6	25.1-62.1	20	43.4	26.8-61.6	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.0	3.3-22.5
Other	20	4	14.7	5.0-35.8	2	11.7	2.4-41.5	11	58.4	34.2-79.2	2	12.5	3.0-39.3	1	2.8	0.4-17.8
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	1	36.5	3.5-90.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	60	7	8.2	3.6-17.5	15	31.2	17.9-48.6	30	47.7	33.1-62.6	2	3.9	0.9-14.7	6	9.1	3.9-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	2	4.2	1.0-16.4	4	34.4	11.2-68.7	12	48.4	23.2-74.4	1	4.2	0.6-25.4	2	8.8	2.0-31.0
Some College +	40	5	10.0	3.9-23.3	11	30.4	17.2-48.0	19	47.3	31.0-64.2	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	4	8.7	3.1-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	27	2	4.0	1.0-15.1	6	24.9	10.5-48.3	14	51.9	31.2-72.0	1	6.0	0.8-32.2	4	13.3	4.8-31.8
$50,000+	24	4	11.8	4.0-29.9	9	45.9	23.8-69.7	11	42.3	22.1-65.5	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
-Mecklenburg County	62	7	7.8	3.5-16.8	16	32.6	19.4-49.4	31	47.2	33.0-61.8	2	3.7	0.9-14.1	6	8.7	3.8-18.7
GENDER
Male	23	0	0.0	. - .	7	40.4	18.5-66.8	12	44.0	22.9-67.6	1	4.9	0.7-28.1	3	10.8	3.3-30.0
Female	39	7	14.5	6.5-29.3	9	26.1	13.4-44.6	19	49.9	32.9-66.9	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	3	6.9	2.1-20.2
RACE
White	41	3	5.0	1.4-16.6	14	42.6	25.1-62.1	20	43.4	26.8-61.6	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.0	3.3-22.5
Other	20	4	14.7	5.0-35.8	2	11.7	2.4-41.5	11	58.4	34.2-79.2	2	12.5	3.0-39.3	1	2.8	0.4-17.8
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	1	36.5	3.5-90.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	60	7	8.2	3.6-17.5	15	31.2	17.9-48.6	30	47.7	33.1-62.6	2	3.9	0.9-14.7	6	9.1	3.9-19.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	2	4.2	1.0-16.4	4	34.4	11.2-68.7	12	48.4	23.2-74.4	1	4.2	0.6-25.4	2	8.8	2.0-31.0
Some College +	40	5	10.0	3.9-23.3	11	30.4	17.2-48.0	19	47.3	31.0-64.2	1	3.5	0.5-21.1	4	8.7	3.1-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	27	2	4.0	1.0-15.1	6	24.9	10.5-48.3	14	51.9	31.2-72.0	1	6.0	0.8-32.2	4	13.3	4.8-31.8
$50,000+	24	4	11.8	4.0-29.9	9	45.9	23.8-69.7	11	42.3	22.1-65.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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'?