BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	60	9	16.4	8.4-29.8	11	18.3	9.9-31.3	29	46.2	33.2-59.8	6	9.7	4.2-20.7	5	9.3	3.7-21.5
GENDER
Male	15	3	22.2	6.7-52.9	3	14.7	4.2-40.5	7	50.1	25.5-74.6	2	13.0	3.1-40.9	0	0.0	. - .
Female	45	6	13.8	6.1-28.4	8	19.9	9.8-36.2	22	44.4	29.9-60.0	4	8.2	3.0-20.8	5	13.6	5.5-29.8
RACE
White	28	3	14.7	4.4-39.2	5	13.0	5.2-29.0	18	64.1	43.2-80.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.2	2.0-28.2
Other	32	6	17.8	7.8-35.7	6	22.5	10.2-42.6	11	31.8	17.6-50.6	6	17.5	7.7-35.1	3	10.2	3.0-29.5
AGE
18-44	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	59	9	16.6	8.4-30.0	11	18.4	10.0-31.6	28	45.7	32.7-59.4	6	9.8	4.3-20.9	5	9.4	3.8-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	7	17.1	7.8-33.5	7	16.8	7.7-32.7	22	48.7	33.2-64.4	3	6.6	1.9-20.3	4	10.8	3.9-26.8
Some College +	17	2	14.7	3.6-44.2	4	22.3	7.9-49.0	7	39.6	18.7-65.3	3	18.0	5.8-43.9	1	5.4	0.7-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	7	22.5	10.6-41.6	8	23.4	11.5-41.9	14	35.8	21.2-53.6	4	13.1	4.9-30.4	2	5.2	1.1-21.6
$50,000+	10	2	18.7	4.1-55.2	1	13.3	1.9-55.2	6	60.2	28.3-85.3	1	7.8	1.0-40.3	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 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 II	60	9	16.4	8.4-29.8	11	18.3	9.9-31.3	29	46.2	33.2-59.8	6	9.7	4.2-20.7	5	9.3	3.7-21.5
GENDER
Male	15	3	22.2	6.7-52.9	3	14.7	4.2-40.5	7	50.1	25.5-74.6	2	13.0	3.1-40.9	0	0.0	. - .
Female	45	6	13.8	6.1-28.4	8	19.9	9.8-36.2	22	44.4	29.9-60.0	4	8.2	3.0-20.8	5	13.6	5.5-29.8
RACE
White	28	3	14.7	4.4-39.2	5	13.0	5.2-29.0	18	64.1	43.2-80.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	8.2	2.0-28.2
Other	32	6	17.8	7.8-35.7	6	22.5	10.2-42.6	11	31.8	17.6-50.6	6	17.5	7.7-35.1	3	10.2	3.0-29.5
AGE
18-44	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	59	9	16.6	8.4-30.0	11	18.4	10.0-31.6	28	45.7	32.7-59.4	6	9.8	4.3-20.9	5	9.4	3.8-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	7	17.1	7.8-33.5	7	16.8	7.7-32.7	22	48.7	33.2-64.4	3	6.6	1.9-20.3	4	10.8	3.9-26.8
Some College +	17	2	14.7	3.6-44.2	4	22.3	7.9-49.0	7	39.6	18.7-65.3	3	18.0	5.8-43.9	1	5.4	0.7-30.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	7	22.5	10.6-41.6	8	23.4	11.5-41.9	14	35.8	21.2-53.6	4	13.1	4.9-30.4	2	5.2	1.1-21.6
$50,000+	10	2	18.7	4.1-55.2	1	13.3	1.9-55.2	6	60.2	28.3-85.3	1	7.8	1.0-40.3	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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'?