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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 281 42 13.8 9.9-18.9 75 33.3 26.4-41.0 123 38.8 32.3-45.7 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5 31 10.7 6.8-16.5
GENDER
Male 117 14 9.7 5.6-16.4 44 43.4 32.8-54.6 45 35.7 26.3-46.4 5 4.0 1.6- 9.7 9 7.1 2.7-17.7
Female 164 28 17.9 11.9-26.0 31 23.1 15.1-33.5 78 42.0 33.5-51.0 5 2.7 1.0- 7.2 22 14.4 8.8-22.5
RACE
White 252 36 12.9 9.0-18.2 69 34.8 27.4-42.9 110 38.3 31.5-45.6 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5 28 10.8 6.6-17.1
African American 20 3 17.7 5.3-45.1 6 24.4 9.8-48.9 8 43.5 22.7-66.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.4 4.6-36.9
Other Minorities 7 2 38.3 10.1-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 40.0 11.8-76.8 1 21.7 3.1-70.4 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 78.7 24.8-97.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.3 2.4-75.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 278 40 13.0 9.2-18.0 75 33.7 26.7-41.5 122 39.0 32.5-46.0 10 3.4 1.7- 6.6 31 10.9 6.9-16.7
AGE
25-34 4 0 0.0 . - . 2 46.0 8.0-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.0 2.0-69.9 1 36.0 4.9-86.1
35-44 19 3 16.1 4.5-44.2 4 27.9 9.5-58.9 9 43.0 21.1-68.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.9 3.9-35.3
45-54 42 5 8.4 3.2-20.6 15 46.5 28.8-65.2 16 28.8 16.2-46.0 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 5 13.8 4.2-36.7
55-64 78 11 15.3 8.2-26.7 22 30.3 19.4-44.0 36 43.5 31.7-56.2 3 4.5 1.3-14.6 6 6.4 2.7-14.4
65-74 80 16 18.5 11.2-28.9 22 30.3 19.7-43.6 36 43.7 32.1-56.0 1 1.2 0.2- 7.7 5 6.4 2.3-16.7
75+ 58 7 11.8 5.5-23.8 10 26.6 14.1-44.5 26 41.4 28.1-56.0 4 6.4 2.3-16.5 11 13.7 7.2-24.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 7 10.9 4.9-22.4 13 26.8 14.2-44.7 27 43.2 29.2-58.3 4 6.9 2.3-18.4 8 12.2 5.5-25.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 84 10 10.2 5.3-18.7 30 44.7 31.1-59.1 32 30.1 20.2-42.2 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 10 12.9 5.3-28.4
Some Post-H.S. 71 17 22.1 13.0-35.0 19 32.0 20.5-46.3 27 32.2 21.4-45.4 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 7 11.6 4.9-25.2
College Graduate 67 8 11.1 5.2-22.2 13 25.7 14.2-42.0 37 53.4 39.1-67.1 3 3.8 1.0-12.7 6 6.0 2.4-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 7 15.4 7.0-30.6 13 34.4 19.1-53.7 16 30.8 18.2-47.0 2 3.7 0.8-14.6 6 15.8 6.4-34.0
$15,000- 24,999 63 8 13.0 6.4-24.8 23 46.6 32.9-60.8 22 23.6 14.9-35.3 3 5.0 1.5-15.3 7 11.8 4.6-27.0
$25,000- 34,999 26 4 14.6 5.5-33.7 8 33.6 17.2-55.2 11 39.4 21.4-60.8 1 5.9 0.8-31.6 2 6.5 1.6-22.8
$35,000- 49,999 42 8 19.2 8.4-37.9 11 33.6 17.1-55.3 17 37.0 21.7-55.4 2 5.0 1.2-18.8 4 5.3 1.8-14.6
$50,000-74,999 35 6 12.2 5.1-26.5 9 34.7 17.1-57.6 18 46.0 27.6-65.7 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 1 4.2 0.6-24.8
$75,000+ 31 4 10.4 3.4-27.4 7 33.9 15.7-58.5 19 54.3 33.2-74.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 161 25 15.3 9.8-22.9 37 27.5 18.9-38.2 70 40.5 31.7-50.0 8 5.4 2.6-11.0 21 11.3 6.7-18.6
No 105 15 12.4 7.2-20.5 33 40.3 29.2-52.4 47 37.1 27.4-48.0 2 1.1 0.2- 4.6 8 9.1 3.5-21.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 11 16.5 8.9-28.7 20 33.5 21.2-48.5 21 38.2 25.5-52.8 4 7.6 2.8-19.1 4 4.1 1.4-11.3
Non-Veteran 221 31 13.0 8.7-18.8 55 33.2 25.3-42.3 102 39.0 31.7-46.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2 27 12.6 7.8-19.9

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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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