BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	69	48	71.2	58.6-81.1	15	19.9	11.8-31.7	1	1.9	0.3-12.0	1	0.8	0.1- 5.8	4	6.2	2.3-15.8
GENDER
Male	22	13	68.3	46.7-84.1	6	23.7	10.4-45.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	2	5.9	1.4-21.6
Female	47	35	73.2	57.3-84.7	9	17.3	8.6-31.7	1	3.1	0.4-19.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.6-22.0
RACE
White	32	21	64.9	45.7-80.2	7	22.1	10.4-40.9	1	4.3	0.6-24.9	1	2.0	0.3-12.9	2	6.8	1.6-24.4
Other	37	27	76.0	58.9-87.5	8	18.3	8.6-34.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.8	1.4-20.9
AGE
18-44	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	68	47	71.0	58.3-81.0	15	20.1	11.9-31.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9	4	6.3	2.3-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	37	72.5	58.7-83.1	11	16.3	8.7-28.4	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	1	1.1	0.1- 7.3	4	7.8	2.9-19.5
Some College +	15	11	65.9	36.6-86.6	4	34.1	13.4-63.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	35	81.1	66.1-90.5	5	9.2	3.5-21.9	1	2.9	0.4-17.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.8	2.1-19.8
$50,000+	11	5	40.2	16.0-70.4	5	54.8	25.9-80.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.9	0.7-29.1	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 II	69	48	71.2	58.6-81.1	15	19.9	11.8-31.7	1	1.9	0.3-12.0	1	0.8	0.1- 5.8	4	6.2	2.3-15.8
GENDER
Male	22	13	68.3	46.7-84.1	6	23.7	10.4-45.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.8	2	5.9	1.4-21.6
Female	47	35	73.2	57.3-84.7	9	17.3	8.6-31.7	1	3.1	0.4-19.0	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.6-22.0
RACE
White	32	21	64.9	45.7-80.2	7	22.1	10.4-40.9	1	4.3	0.6-24.9	1	2.0	0.3-12.9	2	6.8	1.6-24.4
Other	37	27	76.0	58.9-87.5	8	18.3	8.6-34.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.8	1.4-20.9
AGE
18-44	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	68	47	71.0	58.3-81.0	15	20.1	11.9-31.9	1	1.9	0.3-12.1	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9	4	6.3	2.3-15.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	54	37	72.5	58.7-83.1	11	16.3	8.7-28.4	1	2.3	0.3-14.8	1	1.1	0.1- 7.3	4	7.8	2.9-19.5
Some College +	15	11	65.9	36.6-86.6	4	34.1	13.4-63.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	44	35	81.1	66.1-90.5	5	9.2	3.5-21.9	1	2.9	0.4-17.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	6.8	2.1-19.8
$50,000+	11	5	40.2	16.0-70.4	5	54.8	25.9-80.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.9	0.7-29.1	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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