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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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 II 71 17 24.1 15.0-36.3 54 75.9 63.7-85.0
GENDER
Male 22 4 19.4 7.2-42.5 18 80.6 57.5-92.8
Female 49 13 27.2 16.0-42.3 36 72.8 57.7-84.0
RACE
White 34 6 15.2 6.6-31.5 28 84.8 68.5-93.4
Other 37 11 31.2 17.6-49.1 26 68.8 50.9-82.4
AGE
18-44 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
45+ 70 17 24.3 15.1-36.6 53 75.7 63.4-84.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 54 10 18.4 9.7-32.1 44 81.6 67.9-90.3
Some College + 17 7 43.8 21.7-68.6 10 56.2 31.4-78.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 11 22.4 12.1-37.7 34 77.6 62.3-87.9
$50,000+ 11 2 24.1 6.3-59.9 9 75.9 40.1-93.7

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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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