BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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
-Northeast Partnership I	81	13	16.4	8.4-29.6	14	19.8	11.3-32.3	42	50.3	37.4-63.1	8	9.4	4.6-18.3	4	4.2	1.3-12.3
GENDER
Male	22	2	14.1	2.8-47.8	6	26.8	11.4-50.8	12	51.9	28.8-74.2	1	2.2	0.3-14.3	1	5.1	0.7-29.0
Female	59	11	18.0	9.5-31.4	8	15.2	7.0-29.9	30	49.2	34.8-63.7	7	14.1	6.6-27.3	3	3.5	1.0-11.4
RACE
White	26	4	14.1	4.6-35.6	4	19.5	7.4-42.4	12	47.2	27.0-68.3	3	11.4	3.6-30.6	3	7.8	2.3-23.8
Other	55	9	17.3	7.7-34.5	10	19.9	10.0-35.7	30	51.4	35.6-66.9	5	8.6	3.4-20.0	1	2.8	0.4-17.3
AGE
18-44	5	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.9	0.9-44.3	3	77.7	34.5-95.8	1	14.5	1.7-61.8	0	0.0	. - .
45+	76	13	17.9	9.2-31.8	13	20.8	11.7-34.1	39	47.9	34.7-61.4	7	8.9	4.1-18.3	4	4.5	1.4-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	59	8	16.5	7.0-34.1	10	19.6	9.8-35.2	31	48.3	33.1-63.9	7	10.5	4.9-21.2	3	5.0	1.4-16.5
Some College +	22	5	16.2	5.9-37.2	4	20.2	7.5-44.3	11	55.2	32.8-75.6	1	6.5	0.9-34.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	9	17.3	7.4-35.2	10	18.0	8.9-33.0	29	50.8	34.9-66.5	6	11.0	4.8-23.4	1	3.0	0.4-18.3
$50,000+	7	0	0.0	. - .	2	37.7	10.1-76.6	4	56.7	20.7-86.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.6	0.7-33.4

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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
-Northeast Partnership I	81	13	16.4	8.4-29.6	14	19.8	11.3-32.3	42	50.3	37.4-63.1	8	9.4	4.6-18.3	4	4.2	1.3-12.3
GENDER
Male	22	2	14.1	2.8-47.8	6	26.8	11.4-50.8	12	51.9	28.8-74.2	1	2.2	0.3-14.3	1	5.1	0.7-29.0
Female	59	11	18.0	9.5-31.4	8	15.2	7.0-29.9	30	49.2	34.8-63.7	7	14.1	6.6-27.3	3	3.5	1.0-11.4
RACE
White	26	4	14.1	4.6-35.6	4	19.5	7.4-42.4	12	47.2	27.0-68.3	3	11.4	3.6-30.6	3	7.8	2.3-23.8
Other	55	9	17.3	7.7-34.5	10	19.9	10.0-35.7	30	51.4	35.6-66.9	5	8.6	3.4-20.0	1	2.8	0.4-17.3
AGE
18-44	5	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.9	0.9-44.3	3	77.7	34.5-95.8	1	14.5	1.7-61.8	0	0.0	. - .
45+	76	13	17.9	9.2-31.8	13	20.8	11.7-34.1	39	47.9	34.7-61.4	7	8.9	4.1-18.3	4	4.5	1.4-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	59	8	16.5	7.0-34.1	10	19.6	9.8-35.2	31	48.3	33.1-63.9	7	10.5	4.9-21.2	3	5.0	1.4-16.5
Some College +	22	5	16.2	5.9-37.2	4	20.2	7.5-44.3	11	55.2	32.8-75.6	1	6.5	0.9-34.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	9	17.3	7.4-35.2	10	18.0	8.9-33.0	29	50.8	34.9-66.5	6	11.0	4.8-23.4	1	3.0	0.4-18.3
$50,000+	7	0	0.0	. - .	2	37.7	10.1-76.6	4	56.7	20.7-86.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.6	0.7-33.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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'?