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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-MALES

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 1,461 235 18.9 15.8-22.4 403 26.2 23.1-29.4 683 43.9 40.2-47.6 53 3.7 2.6- 5.4 87 7.4 5.6- 9.7
-MALES 565 92 19.6 14.8-25.6 191 31.5 26.5-37.0 226 38.8 33.2-44.7 23 4.2 2.5- 7.1 33 5.8 3.8- 8.8
RACE
White 440 70 18.2 13.3-24.5 154 34.0 28.1-40.3 180 39.8 33.5-46.5 14 3.7 2.0- 6.7 22 4.3 2.6- 7.2
African American 89 15 17.0 9.0-29.8 26 28.0 17.9-41.0 37 42.0 29.1-56.0 3 5.0 1.2-18.3 8 8.0 3.5-17.3
Other Minorities 31 6 39.8 13.5-73.6 8 16.4 5.7-38.8 8 19.4 6.8-44.5 6 8.2 2.6-23.0 3 16.1 4.3-44.9
AGE
18-44 35 9 35.3 17.3-58.6 12 25.8 13.2-44.2 10 26.1 12.8-45.9 1 3.2 0.4-19.8 3 9.6 3.0-26.8
45-54 74 14 22.7 12.2-38.4 28 37.2 24.0-52.5 25 33.3 20.2-49.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 6 6.2 2.4-15.2
55-64 204 30 16.1 9.8-25.2 68 31.1 23.2-40.2 84 40.8 31.7-50.5 9 6.1 2.6-13.3 13 6.0 3.1-11.2
65+ 249 38 14.2 9.6-20.6 81 31.0 24.1-38.9 107 46.0 37.7-54.5 12 5.0 2.5- 9.6 11 3.8 1.9- 7.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 17 14.7 8.0-25.3 22 20.6 11.7-33.6 42 48.5 34.3-62.9 8 5.9 2.8-12.2 8 10.4 4.9-20.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 177 30 22.7 14.2-34.2 55 30.2 22.0-40.0 73 37.5 28.5-47.5 6 4.4 1.4-12.9 13 5.2 2.5-10.2
Some Post-H.S. 132 21 21.4 12.5-34.3 45 31.6 22.6-42.3 52 36.7 26.5-48.3 5 2.1 0.6- 7.4 9 8.2 3.6-17.6
College Graduate 159 24 18.1 9.0-33.1 69 41.5 30.7-53.3 59 34.6 25.0-45.7 4 4.7 1.7-12.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 9 14.5 6.6-29.2 18 25.6 14.1-41.9 26 43.6 25.7-63.3 3 3.0 0.8-11.1 7 13.3 5.4-29.1
$15,000- 24,999 100 18 20.2 11.9-32.3 28 24.4 15.2-36.8 40 42.6 29.4-57.0 7 5.8 2.5-12.7 7 7.0 2.7-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 73 15 23.4 11.1-42.7 22 22.1 12.6-35.6 32 47.9 32.5-63.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.6 1.6-23.8
$35,000- 49,999 84 13 24.8 10.0-49.6 30 36.7 22.5-53.7 34 32.0 20.2-46.7 3 2.8 0.7-10.5 4 3.8 1.3-10.6
$50,000- 74,999 74 12 12.9 6.2-24.8 28 34.1 22.3-48.3 30 45.6 31.3-60.6 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 3 5.1 1.3-17.7
$75,000+ 106 17 16.4 9.3-27.5 46 44.9 32.9-57.6 35 29.1 19.5-41.1 6 8.6 3.2-21.0 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 335 50 17.0 11.3-24.8 103 28.7 22.4-35.9 146 42.8 35.2-50.7 17 5.7 3.1-10.3 19 5.9 3.4- 9.8
No 213 40 24.1 16.0-34.5 80 34.6 26.6-43.6 74 33.5 25.5-42.4 6 2.2 0.8- 5.5 13 5.7 2.7-11.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 239 35 13.3 8.8-19.6 91 35.5 28.4-43.4 91 41.9 34.0-50.4 10 4.0 1.9- 8.2 12 5.2 2.5-10.4
Non-Veteran 326 57 22.9 16.2-31.2 100 29.4 23.0-36.8 135 37.2 29.9-45.0 13 4.4 2.2- 8.6 21 6.2 3.6-10.2

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This question was asked of those who had been told they had diabetes by a doctor.

^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.

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