BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	36	5	12.3	5.0-27.3	7	23.5	10.8-43.6	15	43.4	26.7-61.7	4	6.9	2.5-18.1	5	13.9	5.6-30.5
GENDER
Male	13	0	0.0	. - .	4	33.7	12.6-64.2	6	50.8	24.4-76.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.5	4.6-41.0
Female	23	5	24.7	10.4-48.1	3	13.1	3.8-36.6	9	35.9	18.4-58.2	4	14.0	5.0-33.3	2	12.4	3.0-39.5
RACE
White	24	4	14.4	5.2-34.2	4	25.2	9.6-51.5	9	35.6	18.2-57.8	4	10.3	3.6-26.0	3	14.5	4.6-37.4
Other	12	1	7.9	1.1-40.8	3	19.9	5.4-52.0	6	59.4	29.3-83.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.7	3.0-41.1
AGE
18-44	4	0	0.0	. - .	2	37.8	6.8-83.6	1	47.5	8.4-89.9	1	14.7	1.6-64.0	0	0.0	. - .
45+	32	5	13.7	5.5-30.1	5	21.8	8.9-44.2	14	42.9	25.5-62.2	3	6.0	1.8-18.2	5	15.5	6.3-33.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	1	5.8	0.8-32.2	4	33.2	12.8-62.6	8	45.2	21.9-70.7	2	6.5	1.5-24.1	2	9.4	2.2-31.8
Some College +	18	4	18.5	6.6-42.4	3	15.3	4.0-44.0	6	40.1	18.6-66.3	2	7.6	1.8-27.2	3	18.5	5.8-45.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	4	16.8	6.0-38.8	2	15.1	3.8-44.9	9	47.7	25.6-70.6	3	8.5	2.6-24.5	3	12.0	3.8-32.0
$50,000+	11	1	8.2	1.1-41.7	4	32.7	10.9-65.8	3	33.8	11.5-66.8	1	6.1	0.8-34.0	2	19.1	4.7-53.0

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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
-New Hanover County	36	5	12.3	5.0-27.3	7	23.5	10.8-43.6	15	43.4	26.7-61.7	4	6.9	2.5-18.1	5	13.9	5.6-30.5
GENDER
Male	13	0	0.0	. - .	4	33.7	12.6-64.2	6	50.8	24.4-76.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.5	4.6-41.0
Female	23	5	24.7	10.4-48.1	3	13.1	3.8-36.6	9	35.9	18.4-58.2	4	14.0	5.0-33.3	2	12.4	3.0-39.5
RACE
White	24	4	14.4	5.2-34.2	4	25.2	9.6-51.5	9	35.6	18.2-57.8	4	10.3	3.6-26.0	3	14.5	4.6-37.4
Other	12	1	7.9	1.1-40.8	3	19.9	5.4-52.0	6	59.4	29.3-83.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.7	3.0-41.1
AGE
18-44	4	0	0.0	. - .	2	37.8	6.8-83.6	1	47.5	8.4-89.9	1	14.7	1.6-64.0	0	0.0	. - .
45+	32	5	13.7	5.5-30.1	5	21.8	8.9-44.2	14	42.9	25.5-62.2	3	6.0	1.8-18.2	5	15.5	6.3-33.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	1	5.8	0.8-32.2	4	33.2	12.8-62.6	8	45.2	21.9-70.7	2	6.5	1.5-24.1	2	9.4	2.2-31.8
Some College +	18	4	18.5	6.6-42.4	3	15.3	4.0-44.0	6	40.1	18.6-66.3	2	7.6	1.8-27.2	3	18.5	5.8-45.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	4	16.8	6.0-38.8	2	15.1	3.8-44.9	9	47.7	25.6-70.6	3	8.5	2.6-24.5	3	12.0	3.8-32.0
$50,000+	11	1	8.2	1.1-41.7	4	32.7	10.9-65.8	3	33.8	11.5-66.8	1	6.1	0.8-34.0	2	19.1	4.7-53.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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'?