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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 1,418 236 16.2 13.4-19.4 349 25.0 21.4-28.8 667 44.7 40.3-49.1 72 5.1 3.7- 7.0 94 9.1 5.4-14.8
-Eastern NC 462 81 15.0 10.3-21.5 104 23.8 17.1-32.1 219 43.9 35.2-52.9 27 4.6 2.7- 7.6 31 12.8 4.9-29.2
GENDER
Male 186 31 13.6 7.8-22.5 50 30.3 19.7-43.4 80 43.7 32.5-55.6 12 5.1 2.3-10.7 13 7.4 3.8-14.2
Female 276 50 16.3 9.6-26.3 54 18.3 11.4-28.2 139 44.0 31.5-57.3 15 4.1 2.1- 8.1 18 17.2 5.0-45.3
RACE
White 281 52 15.2 10.2-22.2 64 24.5 17.3-33.5 134 49.6 40.6-58.6 14 4.4 2.2- 8.7 17 6.3 3.4-11.3
African American 143 21 10.9 5.0-22.0 33 20.5 10.7-35.5 67 38.8 23.0-57.4 10 4.7 1.9-11.4 12 25.1 7.0-60.1
Other Minorities 32 7 30.1 7.7-68.8 7 35.4 8.5-76.4 13 22.2 6.8-52.9 3 5.6 1.3-21.6 2 6.7 1.3-27.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 3 77.9 28.8-96.9 1 3.3 0.3-28.3 1 11.5 1.0-61.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.3 0.7-48.4
Non-Hispanic 453 77 12.8 8.9-18.0 103 24.5 17.6-33.1 216 44.9 35.9-54.2 27 4.7 2.8- 7.9 30 13.0 5.0-30.0
AGE
18-44 41 11 16.9 5.1-43.6 11 23.0 7.0-54.1 15 27.7 10.7-55.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 3 32.1 6.4-76.7
45-54 73 15 11.2 5.8-20.7 16 19.5 9.3-36.3 34 58.9 41.8-74.0 4 5.5 1.6-17.3 4 4.9 1.5-14.7
55-64 145 23 14.3 7.7-25.0 39 28.0 17.4-41.8 68 48.1 35.6-60.7 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 11 8.2 3.8-17.0
65+ 200 31 16.4 9.5-26.9 38 22.6 14.4-33.8 100 42.4 32.5-53.1 18 10.1 5.5-17.9 13 8.4 4.1-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 69 10 23.7 8.3-51.5 15 33.2 13.8-60.5 35 32.0 17.1-51.9 6 6.6 1.9-20.7 3 4.5 0.9-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 155 28 9.9 5.4-17.4 37 24.7 13.5-40.7 66 37.0 22.4-54.4 11 4.1 1.9- 8.9 13 24.3 7.2-57.2
Some Post-H.S. 143 29 22.3 13.8-33.9 29 17.3 10.2-27.8 69 52.7 40.3-64.8 7 2.3 1.0- 5.3 9 5.4 2.5-11.1
College Graduate 93 13 6.0 2.9-11.8 23 24.1 13.8-38.6 48 55.1 40.6-68.9 3 7.4 2.4-21.0 6 7.4 2.7-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 17 11.7 5.6-23.1 10 38.6 17.4-65.2 37 30.9 17.3-48.8 10 8.0 3.5-17.3 9 10.8 4.6-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 86 15 34.2 16.9-57.0 19 21.0 10.8-36.8 43 35.0 21.6-51.1 5 6.6 2.2-18.4 4 3.3 1.1- 9.6
$25,000- 34,999 40 4 10.0 2.1-36.6 6 9.4 3.7-21.7 25 63.5 40.6-81.5 1 5.2 0.7-29.3 4 11.9 3.4-34.3
$35,000- 49,999 70 14 13.9 6.4-27.7 23 32.1 18.8-49.0 26 45.4 29.0-62.7 4 3.0 1.1- 8.3 3 5.6 1.4-19.5
$50,000-74,999 66 14 11.4 5.8-21.2 11 17.1 7.1-35.9 37 65.1 46.9-79.8 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 3 5.7 1.3-21.6
$75,000+ 62 9 16.9 6.9-35.7 21 24.4 13.5-40.0 26 47.3 29.7-65.6 2 2.1 0.5- 9.1 4 9.3 2.8-26.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 263 45 13.9 8.6-21.6 43 16.7 10.8-24.9 138 54.2 44.8-63.4 18 6.8 3.6-12.4 19 8.4 4.6-14.7
No 186 35 16.7 9.3-28.2 55 27.6 16.5-42.4 78 36.1 23.9-50.5 7 2.3 0.9- 6.0 11 17.3 4.5-47.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 92 12 14.5 6.0-31.0 25 31.5 18.4-48.5 40 39.7 26.1-55.2 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2 8 11.3 5.1-23.4
Non-Veteran 329 62 16.5 10.6-24.8 66 21.2 13.4-31.8 161 42.9 32.2-54.4 18 4.7 2.5- 8.6 22 14.7 4.7-37.8

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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