BRFSS 2005 - Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties: (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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	73	54	77.0	64.5-86.0	13	15.7	8.3-27.6	2	2.0	0.5- 7.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	5.3	1.8-14.9
GENDER
Male	30	23	81.0	61.4-91.9	5	15.3	5.6-35.6	2	3.8	0.9-14.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	43	31	72.4	55.2-84.9	8	16.2	7.5-31.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.4	3.9-29.2
RACE
White	44	33	76.5	59.2-87.9	9	19.9	9.4-37.5	2	3.6	0.9-13.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	29	21	77.6	57.7-89.8	4	10.1	3.3-27.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	12.3	4.0-31.7
AGE
18-44	11	8	76.3	42.5-93.3	1	3.6	0.5-23.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	20.1	4.8-55.6
45+	62	46	77.2	63.3-86.9	12	18.6	9.8-32.6	2	2.5	0.6- 9.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.7	0.4- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	35	82.6	67.5-91.6	7	11.7	5.1-24.6	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.9	0.6-22.8
Some College +	29	19	69.2	47.5-84.8	6	21.3	8.4-44.2	1	2.3	0.3-15.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.2	2.0-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	42	77.0	63.2-86.7	9	13.1	6.3-25.2	2	2.7	0.7-10.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.2	2.4-19.6
$50,000+	11	7	68.1	33.0-90.2	4	31.9	9.8-67.0	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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	73	54	77.0	64.5-86.0	13	15.7	8.3-27.6	2	2.0	0.5- 7.8	0	0.0	. - .	4	5.3	1.8-14.9
GENDER
Male	30	23	81.0	61.4-91.9	5	15.3	5.6-35.6	2	3.8	0.9-14.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	43	31	72.4	55.2-84.9	8	16.2	7.5-31.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.4	3.9-29.2
RACE
White	44	33	76.5	59.2-87.9	9	19.9	9.4-37.5	2	3.6	0.9-13.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	29	21	77.6	57.7-89.8	4	10.1	3.3-27.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	12.3	4.0-31.7
AGE
18-44	11	8	76.3	42.5-93.3	1	3.6	0.5-23.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	20.1	4.8-55.6
45+	62	46	77.2	63.3-86.9	12	18.6	9.8-32.6	2	2.5	0.6- 9.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	1.7	0.4- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	35	82.6	67.5-91.6	7	11.7	5.1-24.6	1	1.8	0.2-11.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.9	0.6-22.8
Some College +	29	19	69.2	47.5-84.8	6	21.3	8.4-44.2	1	2.3	0.3-15.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	7.2	2.0-23.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	57	42	77.0	63.2-86.7	9	13.1	6.3-25.2	2	2.7	0.7-10.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	7.2	2.4-19.6
$50,000+	11	7	68.1	33.0-90.2	4	31.9	9.8-67.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

Diabetes

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