2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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 Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 770 88 11.0 8.7-13.9 646 84.1 80.8-86.9 36 4.9 3.4- 7.1
Region 5 70 6 6.9 2.8-16.1 60 89.2 79.6-94.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.7
GENDER
Male 26 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 44 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 20 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 7 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
44-64 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 13 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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