BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	69	15	18.7	10.7-30.6	54	81.3	69.4-89.3
GENDER
Male	24	2	4.8	1.1-18.2	22	95.2	81.8-98.9
Female	45	13	29.3	16.6-46.1	32	70.7	53.9-83.4
RACE
White	46	6	10.1	4.0-23.0	40	89.9	77.0-96.0
Other	22	8	34.9	16.7-58.8	14	65.1	41.2-83.3
AGE
18-44	2	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	1	36.5	3.5-90.2
45+	67	14	16.9	9.5-28.3	53	83.1	71.7-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	5	15.0	5.5-34.8	21	85.0	65.2-94.5
Some College +	42	10	21.5	11.0-37.7	32	78.5	62.3-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	12	38.7	22.0-58.5	21	61.3	41.5-78.0
$50,000+	24	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	23	98.4	89.3-99.8

*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: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County	69	15	18.7	10.7-30.6	54	81.3	69.4-89.3
GENDER
Male	24	2	4.8	1.1-18.2	22	95.2	81.8-98.9
Female	45	13	29.3	16.6-46.1	32	70.7	53.9-83.4
RACE
White	46	6	10.1	4.0-23.0	40	89.9	77.0-96.0
Other	22	8	34.9	16.7-58.8	14	65.1	41.2-83.3
AGE
18-44	2	1	63.5	9.8-96.5	1	36.5	3.5-90.2
45+	67	14	16.9	9.5-28.3	53	83.1	71.7-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	5	15.0	5.5-34.8	21	85.0	65.2-94.5
Some College +	42	10	21.5	11.0-37.7	32	78.5	62.3-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	33	12	38.7	22.0-58.5	21	61.3	41.5-78.0
$50,000+	24	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	23	98.4	89.3-99.8