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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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'?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 time 2 times 3-4 times 5+ times Never
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
-Pitt County 38 7 25.0 11.1-47.2 12 22.8 11.8-39.4 13 31.1 16.5-50.7 4 16.2 4.9-42.1 2 5.0 1.0-22.1
GENDER
Male 14 3 23.6 7.0-56.1 2 8.2 1.7-31.7 6 34.8 13.6-64.2 2 25.1 5.7-65.0 1 8.3 1.1-41.7
Female 24 4 26.3 8.4-58.2 10 36.6 17.8-60.6 7 27.5 10.8-54.5 2 7.7 1.6-29.3 1 1.8 0.2-12.4
RACE
White 17 3 33.0 10.9-66.6 4 18.5 6.1-44.5 9 42.4 18.9-70.0 1 6.0 0.8-33.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other 21 4 18.9 5.8-46.8 8 26.0 11.1-49.7 4 22.3 7.4-51.0 3 23.9 6.2-59.9 2 8.8 1.7-35.3
AGE
18-44 8 2 31.2 5.9-76.6 2 10.5 2.1-39.5 2 40.3 10.5-79.5 1 3.9 0.5-25.7 1 14.0 1.8-58.8
45+ 30 5 22.5 8.9-46.2 10 27.7 13.7-48.2 11 27.3 13.7-47.0 3 21.2 6.1-52.5 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 20 4 28.0 10.0-57.7 7 22.0 8.7-45.6 6 21.0 8.0-44.8 1 19.1 3.0-64.2 2 9.9 1.9-38.5
Some College + 18 3 22.0 5.5-58.0 5 23.5 9.0-49.0 7 41.2 18.2-68.9 3 13.2 3.8-37.0 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 5 25.8 10.1-51.7 10 31.5 15.6-53.4 8 34.4 15.7-59.6 2 6.7 1.4-26.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.9
$50,000+ 6 1 41.4 7.5-86.1 2 22.6 4.1-66.8 3 36.0 8.4-77.5 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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