2021 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 596 346 60.5 55.5-65.2 122 20.0 16.5-24.2 47 6.8 4.9- 9.5 81 12.7 9.8-16.2
GENDER
Male 256 137 56.5 48.7-63.9 56 22.6 17.0-29.5 26 8.8 5.6-13.5 37 12.1 8.3-17.3
Female 340 209 63.8 57.2-69.8 66 17.9 13.6-23.2 21 5.2 3.2- 8.6 44 13.1 9.2-18.4
Have Health Insurance
Yes 552 330 62.7 57.6-67.5 110 19.2 15.6-23.5 41 6.1 4.3- 8.6 71 12.0 9.1-15.7
No 34 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 77 *** *** *** 16 17.7 10.0-29.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Overweight 155 87 58.8 49.7-67.4 28 17.9 11.8-26.1 13 6.1 3.4-10.8 27 17.2 11.5-24.8
Obese 312 180 59.9 52.7-66.7 66 21.7 16.5-27.9 24 7.3 4.5-11.6 42 11.2 7.7-15.9
Current Smoker
Yes 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 516 300 60.8 55.4-65.9 105 20.1 16.2-24.6 41 6.6 4.6- 9.5 70 12.5 9.5-16.4
History of CVD**
Yes 160 98 66.7 56.9-75.2 31 17.2 11.1-25.7 *** *** *** 22 11.7 7.2-18.5
No 425 241 58.4 52.5-64.0 90 21.4 17.2-26.4 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 56 12.2 8.9-16.6
Binge Drinker
Yes 28 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 533 318 62.1 56.9-67.1 111 21.0 17.1-25.6 41 6.1 4.3- 8.6 63 10.7 8.0-14.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 15 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 546 322 61.0 55.8-66.0 112 20.4 16.6-24.8 40 6.2 4.3- 8.9 72 12.4 9.4-16.1
COPD
Yes 92 *** *** *** 21 19.5 11.9-30.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 500 290 60.6 55.2-65.7 100 20.2 16.2-24.8 43 7.6 5.3-10.7 67 11.7 8.9-15.2
Current Asthma
Yes 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 516 293 58.7 53.3-63.9 110 21.3 17.3-25.9 41 7.1 4.9-10.1 72 12.9 9.8-16.7
Diabetes
Yes 596 346 60.5 55.5-65.2 122 20.0 16.5-24.2 47 6.8 4.9- 9.5 81 12.7 9.8-16.2
Functional Disability
Yes 334 196 62.7 56.0-69.0 76 21.8 16.9-27.6 24 5.9 3.6- 9.3 38 9.7 6.6-13.9
No 250 143 57.6 50.0-64.9 44 17.9 13.0-24.3 22 8.0 4.9-12.9 41 16.4 11.5-22.9
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 480 279 60.0 54.4-65.3 99 21.1 17.0-25.9 38 6.5 4.5- 9.2 64 12.5 9.3-16.5
No 116 *** *** *** 23 15.9 9.7-24.9 *** *** *** 17 13.4 7.8-22.1

Back to Diabetes.

*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 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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