BRFSS 2005 - Northeastern Partnership**: (In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit due to hypoglycemia or low blood sugar?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,838	93	5.7	4.3- 7.4	1,745	94.3	92.6-95.7
-Northeastern Partnership	185	13	7.8	4.2-13.9	172	92.2	86.1-95.8
GENDER
Male	55	5	9.7	3.8-22.7	50	90.3	77.3-96.2
Female	130	8	6.6	3.0-13.9	122	93.4	86.1-97.0
RACE
White	76	2	3.6	0.7-16.6	74	96.4	83.4-99.3
African American	107	11	10.9	5.7-19.9	96	89.1	80.1-94.3
Other Minorities	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	182	13	8.0	4.3-14.2	169	92.0	85.8-95.7
AGE
18-24	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
35-44	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
45-54	41	3	8.2	2.6-22.7	38	91.8	77.3-97.4
55-64	56	3	3.0	0.9- 9.2	53	97.0	90.8-99.1
65-74	49	5	13.2	5.0-30.5	44	86.8	69.5-95.0
75+	31	1	2.0	0.3-13.3	30	98.0	86.7-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	65	7	10.9	4.8-23.1	58	89.1	76.9-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	73	4	5.6	1.7-17.0	69	94.4	83.0-98.3
Some Post-H.S.	27	2	11.9	2.9-38.0	25	88.1	62.0-97.1
College Graduate	20	0	0.0	. - .	20	100	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	54	5	7.9	2.9-19.5	49	92.1	80.5-97.1
$15,000- 24,999	34	3	11.4	3.2-33.2	31	88.6	66.8-96.8
$25,000- 34,999	23	4	19.2	6.6-44.3	19	80.8	55.7-93.4
$35,000- 49,999	10	0	0.0	. - .	10	100	. - .
$50,000-74,999	14	0	0.0	. - .	14	100	. - .
$75,000+	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	123	12	11.1	5.9-20.0	111	88.9	80.0-94.1
No	55	1	1.7	0.2-11.5	54	98.3	88.5-99.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	23	0	0.0	. - .	23	100	. - .
Non-Veteran	160	13	9.1	4.9-16.1	147	90.9	83.9-95.1

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Diabetes Control

In the last year, have you had a hospitalization or emergency visit due to hypoglycemia or low blood sugar?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,838	93	5.7	4.3- 7.4	1,745	94.3	92.6-95.7
-Northeastern Partnership	185	13	7.8	4.2-13.9	172	92.2	86.1-95.8
GENDER
Male	55	5	9.7	3.8-22.7	50	90.3	77.3-96.2
Female	130	8	6.6	3.0-13.9	122	93.4	86.1-97.0
RACE
White	76	2	3.6	0.7-16.6	74	96.4	83.4-99.3
African American	107	11	10.9	5.7-19.9	96	89.1	80.1-94.3
Other Minorities	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic	3	0	0.0	. - .	3	100	. - .
Non-Hispanic	182	13	8.0	4.3-14.2	169	92.0	85.8-95.7
AGE
18-24	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .
35-44	5	0	0.0	. - .	5	100	. - .
45-54	41	3	8.2	2.6-22.7	38	91.8	77.3-97.4
55-64	56	3	3.0	0.9- 9.2	53	97.0	90.8-99.1
65-74	49	5	13.2	5.0-30.5	44	86.8	69.5-95.0
75+	31	1	2.0	0.3-13.3	30	98.0	86.7-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	65	7	10.9	4.8-23.1	58	89.1	76.9-95.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	73	4	5.6	1.7-17.0	69	94.4	83.0-98.3
Some Post-H.S.	27	2	11.9	2.9-38.0	25	88.1	62.0-97.1
College Graduate	20	0	0.0	. - .	20	100	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	54	5	7.9	2.9-19.5	49	92.1	80.5-97.1
$15,000- 24,999	34	3	11.4	3.2-33.2	31	88.6	66.8-96.8
$25,000- 34,999	23	4	19.2	6.6-44.3	19	80.8	55.7-93.4
$35,000- 49,999	10	0	0.0	. - .	10	100	. - .
$50,000-74,999	14	0	0.0	. - .	14	100	. - .
$75,000+	6	0	0.0	. - .	6	100	. - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	123	12	11.1	5.9-20.0	111	88.9	80.0-94.1
No	55	1	1.7	0.2-11.5	54	98.3	88.5-99.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	23	0	0.0	. - .	23	100	. - .
Non-Veteran	160	13	9.1	4.9-16.1	147	90.9	83.9-95.1