BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	74	52	69.8	56.8-80.3	17	22.4	13.5-34.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	4	6.4	2.3-16.8
GENDER
Male	24	17	72.8	49.9-87.8	6	23.9	10.0-47.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.4-20.3	0	0.0	. - .
Female	50	35	67.6	52.0-80.1	11	21.2	11.6-35.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.2	4.1-27.3
RACE
White	56	40	67.5	52.5-79.7	12	23.4	13.1-38.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-12.2	3	7.2	2.2-20.8
Other	17	11	74.9	48.0-90.6	5	20.8	7.2-46.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.3	0.6-26.3
AGE
18-44	7	5	78.2	40.2-95.0	1	9.4	1.2-46.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.5	1.7-54.6
45+	67	47	68.8	54.8-80.0	16	24.0	14.2-37.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.6	0.2-10.4	3	5.7	1.7-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	35	65.7	49.6-78.8	10	22.5	11.8-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	4	9.7	3.5-24.2
Some College +	24	17	77.9	56.9-90.5	7	22.1	9.5-43.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	38	71.8	56.9-83.0	12	18.7	10.3-31.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-12.8	3	7.5	2.3-21.8
$50,000+	8	4	49.7	18.0-81.7	4	50.3	18.3-82.0	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
-Rowan County	74	52	69.8	56.8-80.3	17	22.4	13.5-34.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	4	6.4	2.3-16.8
GENDER
Male	24	17	72.8	49.9-87.8	6	23.9	10.0-47.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.3	0.4-20.3	0	0.0	. - .
Female	50	35	67.6	52.0-80.1	11	21.2	11.6-35.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	4	11.2	4.1-27.3
RACE
White	56	40	67.5	52.5-79.7	12	23.4	13.1-38.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.9	0.3-12.2	3	7.2	2.2-20.8
Other	17	11	74.9	48.0-90.6	5	20.8	7.2-46.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.3	0.6-26.3
AGE
18-44	7	5	78.2	40.2-95.0	1	9.4	1.2-46.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	12.5	1.7-54.6
45+	67	47	68.8	54.8-80.0	16	24.0	14.2-37.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.6	0.2-10.4	3	5.7	1.7-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	50	35	65.7	49.6-78.8	10	22.5	11.8-38.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.1	0.3-13.6	4	9.7	3.5-24.2
Some College +	24	17	77.9	56.9-90.5	7	22.1	9.5-43.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	38	71.8	56.9-83.0	12	18.7	10.3-31.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.0	0.3-12.8	3	7.5	2.3-21.8
$50,000+	8	4	49.7	18.0-81.7	4	50.3	18.3-82.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Diabetes

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