BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	46	29	56.0	38.9-71.8	9	26.5	13.3-45.8	3	6.9	1.7-24.0	2	6.8	1.7-23.3	3	3.8	1.1-11.9
GENDER
Male	23	12	45.5	25.0-67.6	6	35.5	16.4-60.8	3	11.1	2.8-35.6	1	6.1	0.9-32.6	1	1.8	0.2-12.2
Female	23	17	73.5	50.2-88.4	3	11.4	3.5-31.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.0	1.2-39.5	2	7.1	1.6-26.1
RACE
White	31	17	50.4	31.1-69.6	6	24.7	10.4-48.0	3	9.9	2.5-32.1	2	9.7	2.4-31.3	3	5.4	1.6-16.6
Other	15	12	69.3	33.7-90.9	3	30.7	9.1-66.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	45.1	6.9-90.1	1	54.9	9.9-93.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	43	27	57.3	39.6-73.3	8	23.1	10.9-42.5	3	7.8	1.9-26.3	2	7.6	1.9-25.6	3	4.2	1.3-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	22	16	59.5	32.5-81.7	4	34.1	13.1-64.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.5-23.9
Some College +	24	13	53.2	31.6-73.7	5	20.2	7.9-42.9	3	12.6	3.2-38.8	2	12.4	3.2-37.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	18	58.4	36.7-77.2	5	20.9	7.8-45.4	3	11.3	2.8-35.5	1	6.1	0.9-32.7	2	3.3	0.8-12.7
$50,000+	12	7	43.8	17.9-73.6	4	45.9	18.0-76.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.2	1.4-47.6	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 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
-Onslow County	46	29	56.0	38.9-71.8	9	26.5	13.3-45.8	3	6.9	1.7-24.0	2	6.8	1.7-23.3	3	3.8	1.1-11.9
GENDER
Male	23	12	45.5	25.0-67.6	6	35.5	16.4-60.8	3	11.1	2.8-35.6	1	6.1	0.9-32.6	1	1.8	0.2-12.2
Female	23	17	73.5	50.2-88.4	3	11.4	3.5-31.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	8.0	1.2-39.5	2	7.1	1.6-26.1
RACE
White	31	17	50.4	31.1-69.6	6	24.7	10.4-48.0	3	9.9	2.5-32.1	2	9.7	2.4-31.3	3	5.4	1.6-16.6
Other	15	12	69.3	33.7-90.9	3	30.7	9.1-66.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	45.1	6.9-90.1	1	54.9	9.9-93.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	43	27	57.3	39.6-73.3	8	23.1	10.9-42.5	3	7.8	1.9-26.3	2	7.6	1.9-25.6	3	4.2	1.3-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	22	16	59.5	32.5-81.7	4	34.1	13.1-64.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.4	1.5-23.9
Some College +	24	13	53.2	31.6-73.7	5	20.2	7.9-42.9	3	12.6	3.2-38.8	2	12.4	3.2-37.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	18	58.4	36.7-77.2	5	20.9	7.8-45.4	3	11.3	2.8-35.5	1	6.1	0.9-32.7	2	3.3	0.8-12.7
$50,000+	12	7	43.8	17.9-73.6	4	45.9	18.0-76.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	10.2	1.4-47.6	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Diabetes

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