BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	33	25	70.2	49.3-85.1	4	14.1	4.8-34.9	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.5	4.2-35.7
GENDER
Male	14	11	63.8	32.1-86.8	2	22.0	5.6-57.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.1	2.1-56.1
Female	19	14	75.6	50.1-90.5	2	7.5	1.6-28.4	1	3.9	0.5-23.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.0	3.1-41.2
RACE
White	27	20	68.2	44.9-85.0	4	17.8	6.1-41.9	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	11.3	2.6-38.0
Other	5	4	73.9	22.7-96.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	26.1	3.5-77.3
AGE
18-44	5	2	34.6	7.4-77.6	1	24.1	3.4-74.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	41.3	10.0-81.7
45+	28	23	83.2	64.0-93.2	3	10.5	3.1-29.8	1	2.9	0.4-18.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.5-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	17	74.9	47.8-90.7	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	20.7	6.6-49.2
Some College +	12	8	61.5	29.4-86.0	3	32.3	9.9-67.4	1	6.2	0.8-34.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	25	22	85.5	59.1-96.0	3	14.5	4.0-40.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	5	2	33.8	7.3-76.9	1	19.6	2.5-69.5	1	11.7	1.4-54.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	35.0	5.6-83.0

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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
-Union County	33	25	70.2	49.3-85.1	4	14.1	4.8-34.9	1	2.1	0.3-13.9	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.5	4.2-35.7
GENDER
Male	14	11	63.8	32.1-86.8	2	22.0	5.6-57.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.1	2.1-56.1
Female	19	14	75.6	50.1-90.5	2	7.5	1.6-28.4	1	3.9	0.5-23.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	13.0	3.1-41.2
RACE
White	27	20	68.2	44.9-85.0	4	17.8	6.1-41.9	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	11.3	2.6-38.0
Other	5	4	73.9	22.7-96.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	26.1	3.5-77.3
AGE
18-44	5	2	34.6	7.4-77.6	1	24.1	3.4-74.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	41.3	10.0-81.7
45+	28	23	83.2	64.0-93.2	3	10.5	3.1-29.8	1	2.9	0.4-18.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.5-20.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	21	17	74.9	47.8-90.7	1	4.4	0.6-25.8	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	20.7	6.6-49.2
Some College +	12	8	61.5	29.4-86.0	3	32.3	9.9-67.4	1	6.2	0.8-34.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	25	22	85.5	59.1-96.0	3	14.5	4.0-40.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	5	2	33.8	7.3-76.9	1	19.6	2.5-69.5	1	11.7	1.4-54.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	35.0	5.6-83.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Diabetes

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