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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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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
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
-Northeast Partnership I 102 19 15.9 9.4-25.7 83 84.1 74.3-90.6
GENDER
Male 30 4 8.6 3.0-22.2 26 91.4 77.8-97.0
Female 72 15 21.7 12.1-35.7 57 78.3 64.3-87.9
RACE
White 32 3 7.8 2.3-23.1 29 92.2 76.9-97.7
Other 70 16 19.0 10.6-31.7 54 81.0 68.3-89.4
AGE
18-44 5 3 63.2 19.6-92.3 2 36.8 7.7-80.4
45+ 97 16 12.8 7.3-21.6 81 87.2 78.4-92.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 15 15.7 8.8-26.5 62 84.3 73.5-91.2
Some College + 25 4 16.5 5.0-42.6 21 83.5 57.4-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 15 17.5 9.6-29.9 53 82.5 70.1-90.4
$50,000+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .

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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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