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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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'?

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  Total
Respond.^
1 time 2 times 3-4 times 5+ times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,556 239 17.6 15.1-20.4 360 23.1 20.6-25.9 746 43.6 40.5-46.8 92 6.7 5.2- 8.6 119 9.0 7.2-11.2
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 59 10 21.2 10.9-37.1 17 35.5 22.6-50.9 24 33.4 21.4-48.1 4 2.3 0.6- 8.4 4 7.5 2.3-22.4
GENDER
Male 22 3 19.6 6.1-47.5 8 36.3 18.3-59.1 9 33.6 16.4-56.5 1 3.0 0.4-18.9 1 7.6 1.1-38.1
Female 37 7 22.7 10.3-42.9 9 34.8 18.4-55.9 15 33.3 18.5-52.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.4 3 7.5 1.7-27.4
RACE
White 51 8 19.4 9.3-36.1 17 37.6 24.0-53.6 19 32.8 20.4-48.2 3 2.2 0.5- 9.0 4 8.0 2.4-23.5
Other 8 2 52.3 14.2-87.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 44.2 11.2-83.3 1 3.5 0.4-24.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 1 23.8 2.9-76.7 2 70.5 22.1-95.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.7 0.9-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 54 9 20.9 10.3-37.8 15 31.8 19.4-47.4 24 37.0 23.9-52.5 2 1.9 0.4- 9.8 4 8.4 2.5-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 6 29.1 13.0-53.2 6 23.6 10.5-44.8 13 30.0 15.1-50.7 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 3 14.4 4.3-38.7
Some College + 30 4 12.7 4.2-32.7 11 48.2 28.5-68.5 11 37.1 20.0-58.1 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 7 21.4 10.2-39.5 12 30.3 17.3-47.5 21 36.5 22.8-52.7 4 2.7 0.7- 9.9 4 9.0 2.7-26.0
$50,000+ 7 1 16.2 2.2-61.9 5 68.0 28.7-91.8 1 15.8 2.2-61.3 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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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