BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	38	22	55.0	37.2-71.6	8	20.3	9.5-38.1	5	12.3	4.6-28.7	1	6.1	0.9-32.2	2	6.4	1.6-22.9
GENDER
Male	13	8	53.4	26.1-78.9	3	24.1	7.5-55.6	1	9.9	1.4-46.0	1	12.6	1.8-52.8	0	0.0	. - .
Female	25	14	56.4	35.6-75.2	5	16.6	6.7-35.6	4	14.5	5.2-34.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.4	3.1-38.5
RACE
White	26	17	56.9	35.3-76.2	4	19.7	7.1-44.0	3	8.9	2.7-25.7	1	8.9	1.3-41.9	1	5.7	0.8-31.1
Other	12	5	50.8	21.8-79.3	4	21.6	7.1-49.6	2	19.7	4.1-58.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.9	1.1-40.8
AGE
18-44	4	1	23.8	2.8-77.0	2	62.2	16.4-93.2	1	14.0	1.6-62.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	34	21	58.4	39.3-75.3	6	15.6	6.4-33.3	4	12.1	4.1-30.4	1	6.8	1.0-34.8	2	7.1	1.7-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	13	73.5	42.9-91.1	1	4.5	0.6-26.5	2	8.5	1.9-31.1	1	13.5	2.0-54.6	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	20	9	40.9	20.8-64.7	6	31.3	13.5-57.2	3	15.8	4.5-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.0	2.9-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	13	56.1	33.1-76.7	5	23.5	9.2-48.3	3	15.8	4.6-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.6	0.6-26.6
$50,000+	11	5	47.5	20.3-76.3	2	16.1	3.3-52.1	2	9.8	2.2-34.6	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	1	10.4	1.4-48.0

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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
-New Hanover County	38	22	55.0	37.2-71.6	8	20.3	9.5-38.1	5	12.3	4.6-28.7	1	6.1	0.9-32.2	2	6.4	1.6-22.9
GENDER
Male	13	8	53.4	26.1-78.9	3	24.1	7.5-55.6	1	9.9	1.4-46.0	1	12.6	1.8-52.8	0	0.0	. - .
Female	25	14	56.4	35.6-75.2	5	16.6	6.7-35.6	4	14.5	5.2-34.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.4	3.1-38.5
RACE
White	26	17	56.9	35.3-76.2	4	19.7	7.1-44.0	3	8.9	2.7-25.7	1	8.9	1.3-41.9	1	5.7	0.8-31.1
Other	12	5	50.8	21.8-79.3	4	21.6	7.1-49.6	2	19.7	4.1-58.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.9	1.1-40.8
AGE
18-44	4	1	23.8	2.8-77.0	2	62.2	16.4-93.2	1	14.0	1.6-62.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	34	21	58.4	39.3-75.3	6	15.6	6.4-33.3	4	12.1	4.1-30.4	1	6.8	1.0-34.8	2	7.1	1.7-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	13	73.5	42.9-91.1	1	4.5	0.6-26.5	2	8.5	1.9-31.1	1	13.5	2.0-54.6	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	20	9	40.9	20.8-64.7	6	31.3	13.5-57.2	3	15.8	4.5-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.0	2.9-38.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	13	56.1	33.1-76.7	5	23.5	9.2-48.3	3	15.8	4.6-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.6	0.6-26.6
$50,000+	11	5	47.5	20.3-76.3	2	16.1	3.3-52.1	2	9.8	2.2-34.6	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	1	10.4	1.4-48.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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