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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson 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
-Robeson County 45 6 15.2 6.4-32.1 2 6.1 1.4-22.7 31 69.6 52.6-82.6 5 8.0 3.2-18.8 1 1.1 0.1- 7.3
GENDER
Male 16 3 21.6 6.9-50.8 1 8.1 1.1-40.5 9 58.8 32.4-81.0 3 11.5 3.5-32.0 0 0.0 . - .
Female 29 3 8.6 2.7-24.5 1 4.1 0.6-24.0 22 80.7 63.0-91.1 2 4.4 1.1-16.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.1
RACE
White 18 4 21.6 7.3-49.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 75.8 49.1-91.0 1 2.6 0.4-17.2 0 0.0 . - .
Other 27 2 10.5 2.3-36.5 2 10.6 2.5-35.7 18 65.1 42.3-82.6 4 11.9 4.2-29.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.4
AGE
18-44 9 4 62.5 29.1-87.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 37.5 12.9-70.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 36 2 3.4 0.8-13.5 2 7.6 1.8-27.4 26 77.6 60.3-88.8 5 10.0 3.9-23.2 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 2 9.5 2.1-33.8 0 0.0 . - . 20 76.3 55.6-89.2 5 12.6 4.9-28.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
Some College + 17 4 25.2 8.6-54.6 2 16.8 4.0-49.6 11 58.0 30.8-81.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 6 17.1 7.2-35.4 2 6.9 1.6-25.1 27 67.0 48.9-81.2 4 7.8 2.8-19.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
$50,000+ 3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 100 . - . 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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