BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	55	35	69.3	54.4-81.1	8	13.0	5.9-26.1	6	11.4	4.8-24.5	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	4	3.0	1.0- 8.7
GENDER
Male	26	14	60.0	37.7-78.8	4	17.8	6.5-40.1	5	15.6	5.9-35.2	1	2.9	0.4-18.2	2	3.7	0.9-14.5
Female	29	21	80.1	60.2-91.5	4	7.5	2.5-20.6	1	6.5	0.9-34.1	1	3.7	0.5-22.0	2	2.2	0.5-10.2
RACE
White	42	25	66.2	48.5-80.3	7	16.0	7.0-32.5	4	9.5	3.2-24.9	2	4.3	1.0-15.8	4	4.0	1.3-11.4
Other	12	9	77.8	45.6-93.6	1	3.8	0.5-23.7	2	18.4	4.4-52.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	6	87.5	55.1-97.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.3	0.6-33.5	1	7.1	0.8-40.7	0	0.0	. - .
45+	47	29	64.3	48.2-77.8	8	16.6	7.7-32.0	5	13.0	5.3-28.8	1	2.2	0.3-13.9	4	3.9	1.3-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	18	86.1	65.0-95.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	11.6	3.3-33.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.3	0.5-11.0
Some College +	31	17	57.7	38.0-75.1	7	21.2	9.3-41.3	3	11.6	3.5-31.9	2	5.9	1.5-21.2	2	3.7	0.9-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	20	79.4	59.7-90.9	4	6.9	2.2-19.6	2	8.3	1.9-29.2	1	3.1	0.4-19.2	2	2.4	0.5-11.6
$50,000+	16	9	58.7	32.8-80.5	4	32.0	12.7-60.3	1	3.2	0.4-20.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.1	1.4-22.8

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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
-Wake County	55	35	69.3	54.4-81.1	8	13.0	5.9-26.1	6	11.4	4.8-24.5	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	4	3.0	1.0- 8.7
GENDER
Male	26	14	60.0	37.7-78.8	4	17.8	6.5-40.1	5	15.6	5.9-35.2	1	2.9	0.4-18.2	2	3.7	0.9-14.5
Female	29	21	80.1	60.2-91.5	4	7.5	2.5-20.6	1	6.5	0.9-34.1	1	3.7	0.5-22.0	2	2.2	0.5-10.2
RACE
White	42	25	66.2	48.5-80.3	7	16.0	7.0-32.5	4	9.5	3.2-24.9	2	4.3	1.0-15.8	4	4.0	1.3-11.4
Other	12	9	77.8	45.6-93.6	1	3.8	0.5-23.7	2	18.4	4.4-52.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	8	6	87.5	55.1-97.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.3	0.6-33.5	1	7.1	0.8-40.7	0	0.0	. - .
45+	47	29	64.3	48.2-77.8	8	16.6	7.7-32.0	5	13.0	5.3-28.8	1	2.2	0.3-13.9	4	3.9	1.3-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	23	18	86.1	65.0-95.4	0	0.0	. - .	3	11.6	3.3-33.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.3	0.5-11.0
Some College +	31	17	57.7	38.0-75.1	7	21.2	9.3-41.3	3	11.6	3.5-31.9	2	5.9	1.5-21.2	2	3.7	0.9-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	29	20	79.4	59.7-90.9	4	6.9	2.2-19.6	2	8.3	1.9-29.2	1	3.1	0.4-19.2	2	2.4	0.5-11.6
$50,000+	16	9	58.7	32.8-80.5	4	32.0	12.7-60.3	1	3.2	0.4-20.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	6.1	1.4-22.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Diabetes

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