BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	29	3	12.9	3.7-36.4	7	27.5	13.1-48.8	13	35.9	20.1-55.6	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	5	22.2	9.2-44.7
GENDER
Male	11	1	4.2	0.5-25.6	4	42.2	16.4-73.2	4	28.9	10.0-59.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	24.8	6.1-62.6
Female	18	2	19.8	4.9-54.1	3	15.7	4.9-40.1	9	41.6	20.3-66.4	1	2.7	0.4-17.5	3	20.2	6.4-48.5
RACE
White	24	2	11.1	2.3-40.1	7	33.0	15.8-56.4	11	37.5	19.8-59.3	1	1.8	0.2-12.1	3	16.7	5.1-42.8
Other	4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	36.1	6.8-81.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	63.9	18.6-93.2
AGE
18-44	5	1	24.2	3.4-74.5	1	24.1	3.4-74.4	1	10.4	1.3-51.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	41.3	10.0-81.7
45+	24	2	7.9	1.8-28.4	6	28.9	13.6-51.4	12	47.1	27.5-67.7	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	3	13.9	4.5-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	19	3	19.5	5.7-49.5	3	15.1	4.8-38.6	9	39.3	19.4-63.5	1	2.3	0.3-15.0	3	23.8	7.8-53.8
Some College +	10	0	0.0	. - .	4	51.4	21.3-80.5	4	29.4	9.5-62.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	19.1	4.6-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	3	18.7	5.5-47.8	4	26.0	9.8-53.2	10	39.2	19.9-62.5	1	2.2	0.3-14.4	3	14.0	4.4-36.3
$50,000+	5	0	0.0	. - .	3	45.5	11.6-84.2	1	19.6	2.5-69.5	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 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
-Union County	29	3	12.9	3.7-36.4	7	27.5	13.1-48.8	13	35.9	20.1-55.6	1	1.5	0.2-10.2	5	22.2	9.2-44.7
GENDER
Male	11	1	4.2	0.5-25.6	4	42.2	16.4-73.2	4	28.9	10.0-59.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	24.8	6.1-62.6
Female	18	2	19.8	4.9-54.1	3	15.7	4.9-40.1	9	41.6	20.3-66.4	1	2.7	0.4-17.5	3	20.2	6.4-48.5
RACE
White	24	2	11.1	2.3-40.1	7	33.0	15.8-56.4	11	37.5	19.8-59.3	1	1.8	0.2-12.1	3	16.7	5.1-42.8
Other	4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	36.1	6.8-81.4	0	0.0	. - .	2	63.9	18.6-93.2
AGE
18-44	5	1	24.2	3.4-74.5	1	24.1	3.4-74.4	1	10.4	1.3-51.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	41.3	10.0-81.7
45+	24	2	7.9	1.8-28.4	6	28.9	13.6-51.4	12	47.1	27.5-67.7	1	2.2	0.3-14.1	3	13.9	4.5-35.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	19	3	19.5	5.7-49.5	3	15.1	4.8-38.6	9	39.3	19.4-63.5	1	2.3	0.3-15.0	3	23.8	7.8-53.8
Some College +	10	0	0.0	. - .	4	51.4	21.3-80.5	4	29.4	9.5-62.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	19.1	4.6-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	21	3	18.7	5.5-47.8	4	26.0	9.8-53.2	10	39.2	19.9-62.5	1	2.2	0.3-14.4	3	14.0	4.4-36.3
$50,000+	5	0	0.0	. - .	3	45.5	11.6-84.2	1	19.6	2.5-69.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	35.0	5.6-83.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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'?