BRFSS 2005 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	38	26	71.4	52.7-84.8	9	24.0	11.7-42.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.1	0.2- 7.9	2	3.5	0.7-14.9
GENDER
Male	13	8	67.6	36.5-88.3	5	32.4	11.7-63.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	25	18	74.7	52.0-88.9	4	16.8	5.9-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-14.0	2	6.5	1.4-25.6
RACE
White	17	10	58.5	30.8-81.8	6	35.8	14.5-64.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.7	0.8-31.9
Other	21	16	81.8	58.9-93.4	3	14.4	4.4-38.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	1	1.7	0.2-11.9
AGE
18-44	7	5	72.5	26.3-95.1	1	23.0	3.1-73.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.5	0.5-29.6	0	0.0	. - .
45+	31	21	71.0	51.1-85.2	8	24.3	11.6-44.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.7	1.0-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	20	14	75.1	49.9-90.1	5	23.0	8.7-48.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-13.2
Some College +	18	12	67.8	39.9-86.9	4	24.9	8.4-54.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-15.1	1	5.0	0.7-29.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	26	19	71.9	47.7-87.8	4	20.4	7.0-46.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-12.7	2	5.8	1.2-23.3
$50,000+	6	4	71.2	27.6-94.1	2	28.8	5.9-72.4	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
-Pitt County	38	26	71.4	52.7-84.8	9	24.0	11.7-42.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.1	0.2- 7.9	2	3.5	0.7-14.9
GENDER
Male	13	8	67.6	36.5-88.3	5	32.4	11.7-63.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	25	18	74.7	52.0-88.9	4	16.8	5.9-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-14.0	2	6.5	1.4-25.6
RACE
White	17	10	58.5	30.8-81.8	6	35.8	14.5-64.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.7	0.8-31.9
Other	21	16	81.8	58.9-93.4	3	14.4	4.4-38.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	1	1.7	0.2-11.9
AGE
18-44	7	5	72.5	26.3-95.1	1	23.0	3.1-73.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.5	0.5-29.6	0	0.0	. - .
45+	31	21	71.0	51.1-85.2	8	24.3	11.6-44.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.7	1.0-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	20	14	75.1	49.9-90.1	5	23.0	8.7-48.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-13.2
Some College +	18	12	67.8	39.9-86.9	4	24.9	8.4-54.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-15.1	1	5.0	0.7-29.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	26	19	71.9	47.7-87.8	4	20.4	7.0-46.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-12.7	2	5.8	1.2-23.3
$50,000+	6	4	71.2	27.6-94.1	2	28.8	5.9-72.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

Diabetes

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