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2009 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 1,418 236 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
-Western NC 303 43 13.8 9.8-19.0 78 32.0 25.0-39.8 138 39.2 32.7-46.1 17 5.3 2.9- 9.5 27 9.8 6.3-14.8
GENDER
Male 128 14 8.8 4.9-15.4 42 40.2 29.7-51.6 47 31.5 23.1-41.4 9 6.9 3.0-14.8 16 12.6 7.2-21.0
Female 175 29 19.0 12.7-27.5 36 23.3 15.2-34.0 91 47.2 37.9-56.7 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9 11 6.8 3.3-13.5
RACE
White 258 36 13.6 9.4-19.3 72 33.3 25.8-41.7 115 39.3 32.4-46.7 14 5.7 3.0-10.4 21 8.1 4.9-13.1
African American 14 3 15.2 4.1-43.3 2 25.5 5.1-68.5 7 34.1 12.0-66.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 25.1 6.4-62.3
Other Minorities 29 4 17.2 5.4-43.0 4 20.8 6.7-48.9 14 33.0 13.6-60.7 3 5.6 1.2-22.2 4 23.3 7.2-54.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 2 33.6 5.9-80.3 1 29.3 3.9-81.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.1 5.5-85.6
Non-Hispanic 297 40 13.3 9.4-18.6 77 32.1 25.0-40.1 137 39.8 33.2-46.8 17 5.4 3.0- 9.7 26 9.3 6.0-14.3
AGE
18-44 21 6 22.4 8.8-46.5 5 35.9 15.3-63.4 6 22.0 8.8-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.7 7.0-44.5
45-54 46 8 15.1 7.0-29.6 15 45.3 28.1-63.6 17 29.5 17.0-46.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.1 4.0-23.2
55-64 92 11 10.7 5.4-20.2 25 33.8 21.5-48.8 46 43.7 31.9-56.2 4 4.5 1.6-12.1 6 7.2 2.9-16.8
65+ 144 18 12.6 7.7-20.1 33 22.3 15.4-31.1 69 46.2 36.5-56.3 13 10.5 5.1-20.2 11 8.3 4.1-16.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 8 15.1 6.8-30.3 12 21.0 11.4-35.6 27 52.0 35.6-68.0 1 1.1 0.1- 7.4 3 10.7 3.1-30.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 127 10 6.1 2.9-12.6 33 37.0 25.2-50.6 59 37.9 27.9-49.0 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 17 14.5 8.3-24.1
Some Post-H.S. 73 19 25.0 15.2-38.1 18 32.4 20.0-47.7 27 32.3 21.3-45.6 3 3.6 1.1-11.4 6 6.8 2.6-16.8
College Graduate 52 6 13.4 5.8-28.0 15 28.1 16.1-44.1 25 42.8 28.5-58.4 5 13.5 4.5-34.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 70 12 15.2 8.2-26.6 15 17.9 9.9-30.2 30 47.6 33.8-61.7 4 4.1 1.4-11.7 9 15.2 7.2-29.4
$15,000- 24,999 69 8 10.2 4.0-23.9 15 28.3 16.5-44.1 33 41.8 28.6-56.2 4 4.8 1.7-12.6 9 14.9 7.2-28.3
$25,000- 34,999 32 2 8.1 1.9-28.3 12 40.1 21.0-62.8 15 43.4 25.0-63.7 2 5.4 1.2-21.7 1 3.1 0.4-19.1
$35,000- 49,999 32 4 21.3 8.3-44.7 8 25.8 12.0-47.1 16 37.6 21.0-57.8 3 9.3 2.4-30.1 1 6.0 0.8-32.0
$50,000-74,999 27 4 10.1 3.2-27.4 9 43.2 23.5-65.3 13 43.6 24.8-64.5 1 3.0 0.4-18.9 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 29 5 17.4 7.0-37.2 9 38.8 18.7-63.5 12 27.1 13.6-46.7 2 12.2 2.6-41.8 1 4.5 0.6-26.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 192 25 13.0 8.2-20.1 46 24.8 18.0-33.1 87 43.6 35.3-52.3 15 7.7 4.0-14.4 19 10.8 6.4-17.5
No 101 15 12.2 7.0-20.6 31 44.8 31.8-58.5 45 32.0 22.4-43.4 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9 8 9.0 4.0-18.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 58 7 11.3 5.2-22.8 18 35.2 22.3-50.7 22 31.8 20.5-45.8 6 12.5 4.6-29.7 5 9.1 3.4-22.3
Non-Veteran 218 28 12.8 8.3-19.3 54 30.6 22.4-40.2 106 42.3 34.2-50.7 10 3.6 1.8- 7.0 20 10.7 6.5-17.2

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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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