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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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 1,512 229 16.5 13.8-19.6 386 27.1 24.2-30.2 683 40.9 37.7-44.2 80 5.4 4.1- 7.2 134 10.1 8.1-12.4
-Piedmont NC 700 109 17.6 13.5-22.6 181 27.0 22.8-31.6 315 40.0 35.3-44.8 34 5.1 3.2- 7.9 61 10.4 7.7-14.0
GENDER
Male 284 50 21.9 15.0-30.9 76 27.6 21.4-34.8 127 37.2 30.4-44.5 10 3.2 1.5- 6.6 21 10.1 6.1-16.3
Female 416 59 13.6 9.8-18.4 105 26.3 20.9-32.5 188 42.6 36.4-49.0 24 6.8 3.9-11.8 40 10.7 7.3-15.3
RACE
White 542 80 14.3 11.0-18.6 143 29.7 24.7-35.1 256 44.4 39.1-49.9 24 3.8 2.3- 6.3 39 7.7 5.3-11.2
African American 137 25 25.4 15.1-39.4 30 18.7 11.9-28.1 55 33.7 24.3-44.5 7 5.9 2.2-14.9 20 16.4 9.7-26.3
Other Minorities 18 3 21.5 5.0-58.6 7 34.2 15.1-60.3 4 19.0 6.4-44.6 3 17.2 4.8-46.2 1 8.2 1.1-40.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 3 14.1 3.7-41.2 5 39.4 14.9-70.7 2 20.5 4.0-61.4 2 26.0 6.8-62.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 686 105 17.7 13.5-22.8 176 26.6 22.4-31.2 313 40.6 35.9-45.6 31 4.3 2.7- 7.0 61 10.8 7.9-14.5
AGE
18-24 3 1 13.9 1.4-64.0 1 40.5 5.2-89.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 45.6 6.5-91.0
25-34 19 3 30.3 8.0-68.5 5 19.5 6.7-45.0 7 34.2 14.0-62.3 1 4.0 0.5-24.6 3 12.0 2.9-38.7
35-44 54 15 29.1 16.2-46.4 15 31.5 18.6-48.0 16 26.7 15.6-41.8 2 6.0 1.1-26.7 6 6.8 2.7-15.7
45-54 134 19 11.4 6.5-19.3 36 27.1 18.4-38.0 58 42.3 32.3-53.0 7 5.6 2.3-13.4 14 13.5 7.2-23.8
55-64 197 24 17.3 10.2-27.7 51 28.2 20.4-37.5 99 43.4 34.5-52.8 7 2.1 0.9- 5.1 16 9.0 5.3-14.9
65-74 184 30 15.1 8.1-26.3 54 30.3 22.6-39.4 79 39.6 30.9-49.1 8 5.1 2.0-12.5 13 9.8 4.9-18.5
75+ 104 17 19.1 11.3-30.2 17 16.6 9.6-27.0 54 48.2 36.6-60.0 9 10.9 4.6-23.7 7 5.2 2.1-12.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 112 11 10.4 5.3-19.2 21 25.4 15.4-38.9 53 36.0 26.2-47.2 13 14.4 7.1-26.9 14 13.8 7.3-24.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 33 17.0 10.6-26.0 65 29.2 22.0-37.6 99 40.5 32.1-49.4 7 1.9 0.8- 4.3 20 11.5 6.6-19.1
Some Post-H.S. 201 44 25.6 16.8-36.9 54 25.9 18.6-34.8 79 35.6 27.2-45.0 8 3.7 1.4- 9.1 16 9.3 5.0-16.6
College Graduate 163 21 12.7 6.7-22.8 41 26.2 18.4-35.8 84 47.1 37.6-56.9 6 5.5 2.0-14.5 11 8.4 4.3-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 9 17.9 8.2-35.0 22 22.8 13.2-36.4 60 39.2 27.8-51.8 8 6.4 2.3-16.4 10 13.7 6.6-26.2
$15,000- 24,999 125 16 12.0 6.1-22.4 26 23.9 15.4-35.3 66 47.6 36.3-59.1 7 8.9 3.5-21.0 10 7.5 3.6-14.9
$25,000- 34,999 87 21 21.4 11.5-36.4 20 25.4 16.0-37.8 34 40.1 27.4-54.2 4 3.7 1.3-10.3 8 9.4 4.2-19.9
$35,000- 49,999 101 17 21.5 11.5-36.7 39 39.1 27.6-52.0 36 29.1 19.7-40.8 1 1.5 0.2- 9.9 8 8.7 3.8-18.7
$50,000-74,999 89 14 19.3 8.3-38.8 26 24.7 15.2-37.4 38 37.6 25.6-51.3 4 6.4 1.9-19.5 7 12.1 5.3-25.1
$75,000+ 106 17 15.0 8.8-24.3 28 29.3 19.2-42.0 51 48.1 36.7-59.6 3 2.2 0.7- 7.3 7 5.3 2.3-11.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 390 50 13.5 9.2-19.4 93 26.5 20.8-33.0 185 42.7 36.3-49.3 28 7.1 4.3-11.7 34 10.2 6.6-15.4
No 287 52 19.5 13.1-28.1 84 28.7 22.4-35.9 119 37.1 30.2-44.6 6 3.1 1.2- 7.8 26 11.6 7.4-17.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 134 20 16.5 8.7-29.1 36 26.8 18.5-37.0 63 40.2 30.3-50.9 7 5.3 2.0-13.2 8 11.2 5.0-23.2
Non-Veteran 566 89 17.9 13.3-23.6 145 27.0 22.3-32.3 252 39.9 34.6-45.4 27 5.0 3.0- 8.3 53 10.2 7.4-14.0

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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.

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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