2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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%)
TOTAL 1,324 200 16.4 14.0-19.2 351 28.3 25.2-31.6 623 43.0 39.6-46.5 53 3.9 2.8- 5.4 97 8.4 6.5-10.8
GENDER
Male 561 87 16.3 12.9-20.4 160 28.8 24.5-33.6 241 40.9 36.0-46.1 31 5.1 3.4- 7.6 42 8.8 6.2-12.3
Female 763 113 16.5 13.1-20.6 191 27.7 23.4-32.4 382 45.2 40.6-49.9 22 2.6 1.5- 4.5 55 8.0 5.4-11.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes 1,176 165 15.4 12.8-18.3 319 29.4 26.0-32.9 573 44.5 40.8-48.2 49 4.2 3.0- 5.9 70 6.6 4.8- 9.2
No 145 35 23.0 15.7-32.4 32 22.2 14.6-32.1 47 33.6 24.7-43.9 *** *** *** 27 19.0 12.5-27.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 174 29 17.7 11.5-26.2 47 25.7 18.6-34.3 79 46.5 37.0-56.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 372 63 19.3 14.6-24.9 96 28.3 22.6-34.8 167 39.9 33.9-46.3 18 4.7 2.6- 8.2 28 7.8 4.7-12.6
Obese 701 99 14.3 11.3-17.8 193 30.0 25.7-34.7 336 43.6 38.9-48.3 27 3.9 2.5- 6.0 46 8.3 5.6-11.9
Current Smoker
No 1,105 161 16.2 13.6-19.2 304 29.1 25.7-32.7 528 44.2 40.5-47.9 44 4.0 2.8- 5.7 68 6.5 4.8- 8.6
Yes 200 36 16.9 10.6-25.8 41 22.5 15.5-31.6 87 39.5 30.6-49.1 *** *** *** 27 17.3 10.4-27.4
History of CVD**
Yes 361 55 17.1 12.7-22.6 83 25.1 19.7-31.3 170 41.7 35.5-48.1 25 8.0 5.0-12.6 28 8.2 5.3-12.5
No 946 143 16.2 13.3-19.6 264 29.2 25.5-33.1 443 43.5 39.4-47.6 27 2.6 1.6- 4.0 69 8.6 6.3-11.6
Binge Drinker
No 1,231 187 16.9 14.3-19.8 328 28.1 24.9-31.5 583 43.6 40.0-47.2 51 4.2 3.0- 5.8 82 7.3 5.5- 9.7
Yes 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Heavy Drinker
No 1,253 192 17.0 14.4-19.9 331 27.8 24.7-31.2 591 42.9 39.5-46.5 51 4.0 2.9- 5.6 88 8.2 6.3-10.7
Yes 19 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
COPD
Yes 192 25 16.2 10.5-24.2 37 23.9 16.1-33.9 98 42.8 34.2-51.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,121 175 16.6 13.9-19.7 312 29.0 25.7-32.6 520 43.2 39.5-46.9 40 3.2 2.2- 4.7 74 8.0 5.9-10.7
Current Asthma
Yes 156 17 13.7 8.1-22.4 34 23.5 15.5-33.9 79 45.0 35.4-55.1 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 1,157 181 16.8 14.1-19.9 315 29.0 25.7-32.5 538 42.7 39.0-46.4 38 2.9 2.0- 4.3 85 8.6 6.5-11.3
Disability
Yes 617 80 14.6 11.4-18.6 142 25.7 21.3-30.6 318 46.7 41.6-51.8 36 5.9 4.0- 8.7 41 7.1 4.5-11.1
No 693 118 18.2 14.6-22.3 202 29.7 25.5-34.3 301 40.3 35.7-45.1 17 2.4 1.3- 4.2 55 9.4 6.8-12.8
Housing Stress***
Yes 238 39 18.2 12.9-25.2 48 22.6 16.1-30.7 112 43.6 35.6-52.0 *** *** *** 24 11.1 6.2-19.1
No 1,086 161 15.9 13.2-19.1 303 29.9 26.4-33.5 511 42.9 39.2-46.6 38 3.7 2.5- 5.4 73 7.6 5.8-10.0

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*This question was asked of respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Housing stress includes those who report always or usually worried about rent or mortgage payment.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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