BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	63	45	65.1	49.4-78.1	11	19.8	10.1-35.0	1	4.0	0.6-23.3	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7	5	10.5	4.1-24.4
GENDER
Male	25	15	55.4	33.4-75.4	6	24.2	9.9-48.3	1	7.1	1.0-36.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.2	4.0-35.7
Female	38	30	77.5	59.1-89.1	5	14.0	5.6-31.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.3	2	7.0	1.5-27.5
RACE
White	24	19	76.4	50.6-91.1	3	11.6	3.5-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-13.1	1	10.0	1.5-45.5
Other	39	26	59.2	39.7-76.2	8	24.0	11.0-44.8	1	6.1	0.9-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.7	3.7-27.5
AGE
18-44	11	8	70.7	36.0-91.2	2	14.9	3.3-47.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.4	2.1-57.4
45+	52	37	64.0	46.5-78.4	9	20.7	9.9-38.3	1	4.8	0.7-26.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	4	9.7	3.3-25.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	32	67.1	48.0-81.8	7	20.5	9.0-40.3	1	5.5	0.8-29.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	3	6.0	1.7-19.1
Some College +	19	13	59.7	32.7-81.9	4	17.7	6.0-42.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	22.6	6.1-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	39	68.8	53.2-81.1	10	17.2	9.0-30.3	1	4.8	0.7-26.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	4	8.4	2.9-22.0
$50,000+	5	3	34.4	7.4-77.5	1	40.0	6.6-86.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.5	3.3-77.4

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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
-Robeson County	63	45	65.1	49.4-78.1	11	19.8	10.1-35.0	1	4.0	0.6-23.3	1	0.7	0.1- 4.7	5	10.5	4.1-24.4
GENDER
Male	25	15	55.4	33.4-75.4	6	24.2	9.9-48.3	1	7.1	1.0-36.5	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.2	4.0-35.7
Female	38	30	77.5	59.1-89.1	5	14.0	5.6-31.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.3	2	7.0	1.5-27.5
RACE
White	24	19	76.4	50.6-91.1	3	11.6	3.5-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-13.1	1	10.0	1.5-45.5
Other	39	26	59.2	39.7-76.2	8	24.0	11.0-44.8	1	6.1	0.9-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	4	10.7	3.7-27.5
AGE
18-44	11	8	70.7	36.0-91.2	2	14.9	3.3-47.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.4	2.1-57.4
45+	52	37	64.0	46.5-78.4	9	20.7	9.9-38.3	1	4.8	0.7-26.9	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	4	9.7	3.3-25.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	32	67.1	48.0-81.8	7	20.5	9.0-40.3	1	5.5	0.8-29.9	1	0.9	0.1- 6.4	3	6.0	1.7-19.1
Some College +	19	13	59.7	32.7-81.9	4	17.7	6.0-42.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	22.6	6.1-56.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	39	68.8	53.2-81.1	10	17.2	9.0-30.3	1	4.8	0.7-26.8	1	0.8	0.1- 5.6	4	8.4	2.9-22.0
$50,000+	5	3	34.4	7.4-77.5	1	40.0	6.6-86.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.5	3.3-77.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Diabetes

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