BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	102	67	62.2	50.3-72.8	25	25.3	16.9-36.2	6	5.1	2.2-11.6	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.3	2.4-19.9
GENDER
Male	30	15	51.2	31.2-70.7	9	27.8	14.0-47.7	3	7.3	2.2-21.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.7	3.9-38.6
Female	72	52	70.9	57.9-81.2	16	23.4	14.2-36.0	3	3.4	1.1-10.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.6
RACE
White	32	20	62.4	42.6-78.7	9	28.6	14.6-48.3	3	9.1	2.6-27.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	70	47	62.2	47.5-74.9	16	24.1	14.3-37.6	3	3.7	1.1-11.2	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.1	3.4-26.4
AGE
18-44	5	5	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	97	62	59.8	47.5-70.9	25	27.0	18.0-38.4	6	5.5	2.3-12.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.8	2.6-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	50	58.3	44.4-71.0	19	26.3	16.4-39.4	4	5.4	2.0-14.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.9	3.3-26.0
Some College +	25	17	73.2	51.6-87.5	6	22.5	9.6-44.2	2	4.3	1.0-17.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	68	47	65.3	50.1-77.9	15	23.2	13.5-36.9	3	3.3	1.0- 9.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.3	2.2-26.3
$50,000+	7	4	59.6	22.8-88.1	1	17.4	2.4-64.3	2	23.0	4.7-64.6	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 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
-Northeast Partnership I	102	67	62.2	50.3-72.8	25	25.3	16.9-36.2	6	5.1	2.2-11.6	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.3	2.4-19.9
GENDER
Male	30	15	51.2	31.2-70.7	9	27.8	14.0-47.7	3	7.3	2.2-21.6	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.7	3.9-38.6
Female	72	52	70.9	57.9-81.2	16	23.4	14.2-36.0	3	3.4	1.1-10.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.6
RACE
White	32	20	62.4	42.6-78.7	9	28.6	14.6-48.3	3	9.1	2.6-27.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	70	47	62.2	47.5-74.9	16	24.1	14.3-37.6	3	3.7	1.1-11.2	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.1	3.4-26.4
AGE
18-44	5	5	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	97	62	59.8	47.5-70.9	25	27.0	18.0-38.4	6	5.5	2.3-12.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.8	2.6-21.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	77	50	58.3	44.4-71.0	19	26.3	16.4-39.4	4	5.4	2.0-14.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	9.9	3.3-26.0
Some College +	25	17	73.2	51.6-87.5	6	22.5	9.6-44.2	2	4.3	1.0-17.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	68	47	65.3	50.1-77.9	15	23.2	13.5-36.9	3	3.3	1.0- 9.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.3	2.2-26.3
$50,000+	7	4	59.6	22.8-88.1	1	17.4	2.4-64.3	2	23.0	4.7-64.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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