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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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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
-Mecklenburg County 68 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 65 96.5 89.3-98.9
GENDER
Male 24 1 3.3 0.5-20.6 23 96.7 79.4-99.5
Female 44 2 3.7 0.9-13.8 42 96.3 86.2-99.1
RACE
White 45 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 44 98.5 90.0-99.8
Other 22 2 8.4 2.0-29.0 20 91.6 71.0-98.0
AGE
18-44 2 1 36.5 3.5-90.2 1 63.5 9.8-96.5
45+ 66 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 64 97.8 91.6-99.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 2 6.4 1.5-23.5 24 93.6 76.5-98.5
Some College + 41 0 0.0 . - . 41 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 32 3 8.8 2.8-24.7 29 91.2 75.3-97.2
$50,000+ 24 0 0.0 . - . 24 100 . - .

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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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