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2009 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 1,418 236 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
-Piedmont NC 653 112 17.6 13.8-22.2 167 24.1 19.9-28.9 310 46.5 41.1-52.1 28 5.4 3.3- 8.7 36 6.4 3.9-10.2
GENDER
Male 269 46 14.3 9.6-20.9 73 22.7 17.0-29.6 124 50.5 42.2-58.7 12 6.7 3.4-12.7 14 5.8 2.9-11.0
Female 384 66 20.6 15.1-27.4 94 25.5 19.6-32.4 186 42.8 36.0-50.0 16 4.2 2.0- 8.4 22 6.9 3.4-13.4
RACE
White 493 81 15.8 11.8-20.9 133 26.3 21.2-32.0 243 49.6 43.3-56.0 15 3.8 1.8- 7.7 21 4.5 2.1- 9.5
African American 136 26 21.4 13.4-32.5 28 20.7 13.1-31.2 61 42.2 31.3-53.9 11 7.8 3.6-15.9 10 7.9 3.5-16.7
Other Minorities 22 5 18.0 6.9-39.3 4 14.9 4.2-41.4 6 33.0 14.6-58.7 2 12.7 2.8-41.8 5 21.5 7.7-47.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 11 3 12.5 3.0-40.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 58.8 23.2-87.1 1 11.4 1.5-52.7 2 17.3 3.4-55.2
Non-Hispanic 642 109 17.8 13.9-22.5 167 25.2 20.8-30.1 305 46.0 40.6-51.5 27 5.1 3.1- 8.5 34 5.9 3.5- 9.8
AGE
18-44 53 15 19.2 10.2-33.1 11 23.2 11.7-40.8 21 41.6 26.6-58.2 3 6.9 1.8-22.9 3 9.1 2.0-32.8
45-54 100 17 16.8 9.2-28.6 21 20.9 12.4-33.1 51 47.1 34.8-59.9 2 4.3 1.1-15.7 9 10.9 4.8-22.7
55-64 203 38 20.7 13.4-30.5 53 24.3 17.3-33.1 94 46.2 36.4-56.2 11 6.1 2.7-13.0 7 2.7 1.1- 6.6
65+ 293 42 14.2 9.7-20.3 81 26.4 20.2-33.7 142 48.8 40.7-56.9 12 4.7 2.1-10.1 16 6.0 2.8-12.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 21 14.8 8.5-24.5 29 20.8 12.6-32.5 51 44.1 30.3-58.9 8 7.5 2.9-17.9 12 12.8 5.1-28.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 210 39 20.4 13.1-30.3 47 21.4 14.6-30.3 99 43.3 34.2-53.0 9 5.4 2.3-11.8 16 9.5 4.8-17.7
Some Post-H.S. 176 28 15.7 10.0-24.0 46 20.0 14.1-27.6 90 56.1 46.1-65.5 7 4.9 1.6-13.7 5 3.3 1.1- 9.3
College Graduate 145 24 17.8 10.7-28.0 44 34.4 24.5-45.9 70 42.8 32.5-53.8 4 4.4 1.3-14.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 15 19.9 10.6-34.2 17 21.4 11.5-36.4 36 38.2 23.6-55.3 5 4.6 1.5-13.1 11 15.8 7.7-29.7
$15,000- 24,999 132 31 25.9 16.0-39.0 27 23.0 13.4-36.5 61 37.6 26.9-49.7 7 9.6 3.9-21.8 6 4.0 1.7- 8.9
$25,000- 34,999 79 10 14.6 7.2-27.3 27 26.0 15.8-39.7 37 52.0 35.5-68.1 4 6.5 2.0-19.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1
$35,000- 49,999 93 15 15.3 8.4-26.4 24 23.4 14.9-34.6 45 49.5 36.6-62.4 6 9.6 3.3-24.7 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0
$50,000-74,999 78 13 18.0 9.0-32.9 21 23.9 13.3-39.0 40 48.8 34.3-63.5 2 5.4 1.0-23.9 2 3.9 0.7-18.4
$75,000+ 84 13 10.9 4.7-23.0 25 29.8 18.6-44.2 43 56.8 42.5-70.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 2 2.1 0.4- 9.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 360 58 20.6 14.8-27.8 80 18.9 14.4-24.5 180 50.0 42.8-57.2 17 4.8 2.4- 9.2 25 5.7 3.4- 9.5
No 266 50 15.5 10.7-22.0 81 30.7 23.3-39.2 116 42.3 33.7-51.3 9 4.8 2.1-10.8 10 6.7 2.8-15.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 99 18 20.3 10.6-35.4 32 21.3 13.8-31.4 37 42.2 29.8-55.8 6 12.7 5.2-27.6 6 3.5 1.4- 8.1
Non-Veteran 491 82 16.9 12.7-22.1 117 24.5 19.4-30.4 248 47.9 41.5-54.3 19 3.9 2.1- 7.3 25 6.9 3.8-11.9

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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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