BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (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'?)

	Total Respond.^	1 time	2 times	3-4 times	5+ times	Never
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
-Rowan County	66	15	24.2	14.4-37.7	12	15.2	8.2-26.3	28	44.1	30.7-58.4	4	4.7	1.4-14.2	7	11.9	5.5-24.0
GENDER
Male	20	7	34.3	15.6-59.6	0	0.0	. - .	11	58.5	33.8-79.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	1	5.6	0.8-31.0
Female	46	8	17.0	8.5-31.2	12	25.9	14.6-41.7	17	33.9	21.1-49.7	3	6.8	1.8-22.5	6	16.4	7.2-33.2
RACE
White	49	10	20.9	10.9-36.5	7	14.3	6.8-27.9	24	46.1	31.6-61.2	3	5.1	1.3-18.2	5	13.6	5.7-29.1
Other	17	5	33.5	12.6-63.8	5	17.6	5.8-42.5	4	38.4	12.2-73.7	1	3.4	0.4-21.9	2	7.1	1.6-26.8
AGE
18-44	6	1	10.6	1.3-50.6	2	36.9	9.2-77.0	1	25.6	3.8-74.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	26.9	6.1-67.4
45+	60	14	25.8	15.1-40.4	10	12.6	6.4-23.3	27	46.3	32.0-61.2	4	5.2	1.6-15.8	5	10.1	4.0-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	10	26.0	13.9-43.4	7	13.4	5.9-27.5	18	41.9	27.1-58.4	3	5.9	1.5-20.6	5	12.8	5.0-28.9
Some College +	23	5	20.8	7.8-44.9	5	18.4	7.0-40.5	10	48.0	24.2-72.7	1	2.5	0.3-16.2	2	10.3	2.4-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	47	10	19.7	10.3-34.3	8	14.4	6.8-28.2	20	46.3	30.0-63.4	3	5.7	1.5-19.5	6	13.9	5.9-29.4
$50,000+	7	2	42.3	11.7-80.2	2	21.1	4.6-59.9	3	36.6	10.5-73.9	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 time			2 times			3-4 times			5+ times			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	1,614	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
-Rowan County	66	15	24.2	14.4-37.7	12	15.2	8.2-26.3	28	44.1	30.7-58.4	4	4.7	1.4-14.2	7	11.9	5.5-24.0
GENDER
Male	20	7	34.3	15.6-59.6	0	0.0	. - .	11	58.5	33.8-79.5	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	1	5.6	0.8-31.0
Female	46	8	17.0	8.5-31.2	12	25.9	14.6-41.7	17	33.9	21.1-49.7	3	6.8	1.8-22.5	6	16.4	7.2-33.2
RACE
White	49	10	20.9	10.9-36.5	7	14.3	6.8-27.9	24	46.1	31.6-61.2	3	5.1	1.3-18.2	5	13.6	5.7-29.1
Other	17	5	33.5	12.6-63.8	5	17.6	5.8-42.5	4	38.4	12.2-73.7	1	3.4	0.4-21.9	2	7.1	1.6-26.8
AGE
18-44	6	1	10.6	1.3-50.6	2	36.9	9.2-77.0	1	25.6	3.8-74.9	0	0.0	. - .	2	26.9	6.1-67.4
45+	60	14	25.8	15.1-40.4	10	12.6	6.4-23.3	27	46.3	32.0-61.2	4	5.2	1.6-15.8	5	10.1	4.0-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	43	10	26.0	13.9-43.4	7	13.4	5.9-27.5	18	41.9	27.1-58.4	3	5.9	1.5-20.6	5	12.8	5.0-28.9
Some College +	23	5	20.8	7.8-44.9	5	18.4	7.0-40.5	10	48.0	24.2-72.7	1	2.5	0.3-16.2	2	10.3	2.4-35.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	47	10	19.7	10.3-34.3	8	14.4	6.8-28.2	20	46.3	30.0-63.4	3	5.7	1.5-19.5	6	13.9	5.9-29.4
$50,000+	7	2	42.3	11.7-80.2	2	21.1	4.6-59.9	3	36.6	10.5-73.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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'?