BRFSS 2005 - Orange 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
-Orange County	30	17	51.6	29.6-73.0	5	25.4	8.1-56.6	3	9.1	2.6-26.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.6	4	12.6	4.3-31.7
GENDER
Male	9	5	57.1	24.7-84.4	2	18.9	4.4-54.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	24.0	5.9-61.5
Female	21	12	48.5	22.3-75.5	3	29.0	6.7-69.9	3	14.2	4.0-39.6	1	2.2	0.3-14.8	2	6.1	1.4-23.1
RACE
White	17	10	58.4	33.3-79.8	2	12.8	3.1-39.8	2	14.2	3.6-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	14.6	4.3-39.3
Other	12	7	45.2	14.7-79.8	2	37.9	8.1-80.8	1	3.3	0.4-22.2	1	3.1	0.4-21.2	1	10.6	1.4-50.4
AGE
18-44	5	2	48.6	13.2-85.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	24.2	3.4-74.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	27.1	5.8-69.2
45+	25	15	52.1	27.6-75.6	5	29.6	9.7-62.3	2	6.5	1.4-26.1	1	1.6	0.2-11.2	2	10.1	2.5-33.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	3	22.4	4.3-65.1	1	49.5	10.2-89.4	2	15.8	2.6-56.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.4	1.4-58.3
Some College +	23	14	65.0	42.3-82.5	4	14.3	4.9-35.1	1	6.0	0.8-32.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.5	3	12.7	3.7-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	7	40.5	15.9-71.0	1	26.8	4.5-73.9	2	8.6	1.8-33.0	1	2.4	0.3-16.5	4	21.7	6.8-51.1
$50,000+	6	5	81.6	32.6-97.6	1	18.4	2.4-67.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	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
-Orange County	30	17	51.6	29.6-73.0	5	25.4	8.1-56.6	3	9.1	2.6-26.8	1	1.4	0.2- 9.6	4	12.6	4.3-31.7
GENDER
Male	9	5	57.1	24.7-84.4	2	18.9	4.4-54.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	24.0	5.9-61.5
Female	21	12	48.5	22.3-75.5	3	29.0	6.7-69.9	3	14.2	4.0-39.6	1	2.2	0.3-14.8	2	6.1	1.4-23.1
RACE
White	17	10	58.4	33.3-79.8	2	12.8	3.1-39.8	2	14.2	3.6-42.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	14.6	4.3-39.3
Other	12	7	45.2	14.7-79.8	2	37.9	8.1-80.8	1	3.3	0.4-22.2	1	3.1	0.4-21.2	1	10.6	1.4-50.4
AGE
18-44	5	2	48.6	13.2-85.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	24.2	3.4-74.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	27.1	5.8-69.2
45+	25	15	52.1	27.6-75.6	5	29.6	9.7-62.3	2	6.5	1.4-26.1	1	1.6	0.2-11.2	2	10.1	2.5-33.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	7	3	22.4	4.3-65.1	1	49.5	10.2-89.4	2	15.8	2.6-56.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.4	1.4-58.3
Some College +	23	14	65.0	42.3-82.5	4	14.3	4.9-35.1	1	6.0	0.8-32.3	1	2.0	0.3-13.5	3	12.7	3.7-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	15	7	40.5	15.9-71.0	1	26.8	4.5-73.9	2	8.6	1.8-33.0	1	2.4	0.3-16.5	4	21.7	6.8-51.1
$50,000+	6	5	81.6	32.6-97.6	1	18.4	2.4-67.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Diabetes

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