2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

About how often do you check your blood for glucose or sugar? Include times
when checked by a family member or friend, but do NOT include times
when checked by a health professional.*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 or more times/day 1-6 times/week Less than once a week Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 550 350 63.6 58.7-68.2 97 17.9 14.5-21.9 50 9.6 7.0-13.0 53 8.9 6.5-12.1
GENDER
Male 230 149 65.0 57.8-71.5 43 19.4 14.3-25.9 21 9.5 6.0-14.6 17 6.1 3.6-10.2
Female 320 201 62.5 55.8-68.8 54 16.8 12.5-22.1 29 9.7 6.2-14.8 36 11.0 7.5-16.0
Have Health Insurance
Yes 506 327 65.4 60.4-70.1 86 16.6 13.2-20.7 45 9.6 6.8-13.2 48 8.4 6.0-11.7
No 43 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 160 104 65.7 56.8-73.6 29 21.1 14.4-29.7 14 7.6 4.4-12.8 *** *** ***
Obese 272 167 61.4 54.4-67.9 51 17.3 12.8-22.8 25 11.4 7.3-17.4 29 10.0 6.6-14.7
Current Smoker
Yes 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 464 296 64.0 58.7-69.1 82 17.6 14.0-22.0 43 9.9 7.0-13.9 43 8.4 5.8-11.9
History of CVD**
Yes 163 115 69.9 61.2-77.4 23 15.3 9.9-23.0 *** *** *** 14 7.8 4.4-13.5
No 377 229 60.9 55.0-66.5 72 18.8 14.7-23.8 37 10.7 7.4-15.2 39 9.6 6.6-13.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 21 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 492 313 63.9 58.7-68.7 87 18.0 14.4-22.3 42 8.8 6.2-12.5 50 9.2 6.7-12.7
COPD
Yes 95 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 451 280 63.2 57.9-68.2 81 17.3 13.7-21.6 44 10.0 7.2-13.6 46 9.5 6.7-13.2
Current Asthma
Yes 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 465 296 64.7 59.4-69.6 79 16.5 13.0-20.7 46 10.5 7.5-14.4 44 8.4 5.9-11.8
Functional Disability
Yes 319 206 64.5 58.0-70.5 56 18.1 13.6-23.6 21 6.4 3.9-10.2 36 11.1 7.5-16.0
No 215 135 62.7 55.0-69.9 37 17.4 12.4-23.8 28 14.4 9.5-21.2 15 5.5 3.2- 9.4
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 432 277 63.8 58.2-69.0 74 17.5 13.7-22.0 36 9.2 6.3-13.3 45 9.5 6.7-13.4
No 118 73 62.9 52.9-71.9 23 19.5 12.7-28.8 14 11.0 6.3-18.4 *** *** ***

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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.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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