SC BRFSS 2004: (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'?*)

BRFSS Survey Results 2004 for South Carolina

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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.#	Once	Twice	3-4 times	5 or more times	Never
TOTAL	633	99	15.6	12.6-19.1	139	21.6	18.2-25.4	222	33.7	29.6-38.1	59	10.0	7.3-13.5	114	19.1	15.7-23.0
GENDER
Male	266	47	18.7	13.9-24.7	63	24.7	19.2-31.1	90	29.7	24.1-36.0	25	9.9	5.9-16.2	41	17.0	12.2-23.1
Female	367	52	12.8	9.5-17.0	76	18.8	14.9-23.5	132	37.3	31.6-43.3	34	10.1	7.0-14.3	73	21.0	16.5-26.3
RACE
White	457	75	17.9	14.2-22.4	105	22.5	18.6-26.8	164	33.5	29.0-38.3	40	10.0	7.2-13.7	73	16.1	12.7-20.1
African American	169	23	11.4	7.2-17.7	31	17.8	12.1-25.4	58	35.6	27.4-44.7	17	10.0	5.1-18.6	40	25.2	18.1-33.9
Other	4	0	0.0	. - .	3	92.7	56.4-99.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	7.3	0.8-43.6	0	0.0	. - .
HISPANIC
Yes	11	4	50.0	21.3-78.7	3	20.8	6.3-50.8	1	10.1	1.4-47.2	2	9.3	2.1-33.3	1	9.8	1.3-46.4
No	615	94	14.8	12.0-18.3	135	21.7	18.3-25.7	218	34.1	29.9-38.5	56	10.1	7.3-13.6	112	19.3	15.9-23.3
AGE
18-24	2	1	42.7	4.5-92.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	57.3	7.7-95.5	0	0.0	. - .
25-34	23	3	17.8	5.8-43.4	4	18.9	6.4-44.5	10	44.6	24.0-67.2	3	7.8	2.4-22.9	3	10.8	3.3-30.3
35-44	44	9	22.4	11.6-38.8	9	20.0	10.2-35.3	14	28.2	16.5-43.8	3	6.9	2.1-19.9	9	22.6	11.2-40.3
45-54	114	22	19.0	12.0-28.7	29	25.1	17.4-34.8	37	32.6	24.0-42.5	13	12.1	6.6-21.1	13	11.3	6.4-19.0
55-64	185	25	12.5	8.2-18.8	47	25.0	18.5-32.9	66	33.9	26.6-42.1	16	10.5	5.2-20.1	31	18.0	12.4-25.4
65+	262	39	14.1	10.2-19.1	49	18.2	13.7-23.9	94	34.3	27.9-41.4	23	9.1	5.9-13.9	57	24.2	18.4-31.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	113	17	11.8	6.8-19.7	17	17.2	10.3-27.1	35	28.7	19.8-39.6	14	11.2	6.4-19.0	30	31.2	22.1-41.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	226	32	14.8	10.2-21.1	53	20.8	15.6-27.1	75	31.4	25.0-38.7	18	10.8	6.0-18.7	48	22.1	16.2-29.4
Some Post-H.S.	172	36	23.5	16.9-31.6	35	21.4	15.1-29.5	64	34.7	27.2-43.1	16	9.2	5.3-15.5	21	11.2	6.9-17.7
College Graduate	121	14	9.4	5.3-16.2	34	28.5	20.5-38.2	48	42.8	33.1-53.1	11	8.2	4.4-14.9	14	11.0	6.3-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	133	19	13.1	7.8-21.2	25	17.7	11.3-26.7	44	31.8	22.8-42.3	20	14.6	8.9-22.9	25	22.8	14.7-33.7
$15,000- $24,999	139	19	12.8	7.9-20.1	31	21.7	14.9-30.5	46	29.5	21.6-38.7	15	15.9	8.4-28.0	28	20.2	13.4-29.1
$25,000- $34,999	75	13	17.5	9.4-30.2	10	15.7	8.1-28.3	35	45.8	33.4-58.8	5	6.0	2.4-13.9	12	15.1	8.2-26.0
$35,000- $49,999	83	11	13.2	7.1-23.1	20	20.6	13.1-30.8	34	41.2	30.1-53.2	7	8.8	3.8-19.3	11	16.2	8.6-28.4
$50,000+	114	23	22.0	14.5-31.8	31	27.3	19.2-37.3	40	34.3	25.5-44.3	7	5.0	2.3-10.5	13	11.4	6.3-19.8
Health District**
Appalachia I	49	10	23.2	12.1-39.9	11	20.3	9.9-37.2	15	27.4	16.0-42.7	6	13.3	5.9-27.5	7	15.7	7.3-30.7
Appalachia II	63	10	14.4	7.5-25.9	13	21.9	12.9-34.8	22	33.5	22.2-47.2	7	11.1	4.8-23.4	11	19.0	10.3-32.6
Appalachia III	65	10	12.2	6.2-22.7	12	17.4	9.3-30.3	23	32.5	21.5-45.8	9	13.9	6.7-26.6	11	24.0	13.3-39.3
Catawba	35	7	20.0	9.3-37.8	5	16.1	6.7-34.0	10	23.4	12.0-40.7	2	5.6	1.2-21.9	11	34.9	18.7-55.6
Edisto Savannah	60	8	13.9	6.8-26.4	14	18.7	10.6-30.7	19	35.3	21.7-51.7	6	10.8	4.6-23.3	13	21.4	11.6-36.0
Low Country	33	3	8.2	2.3-25.4	8	22.7	10.4-42.8	11	28.0	13.6-48.9	6	29.1	10.5-59.0	5	12.0	4.4-28.9
Palmetto	82	7	11.4	4.9-24.3	24	26.3	17.2-37.9	30	36.1	25.0-48.8	8	12.4	6.1-23.4	13	13.9	7.7-23.7
Pee Dee	38	7	13.2	5.8-27.1	8	29.7	15.0-50.2	10	22.0	11.1-38.8	2	4.6	1.0-18.4	11	30.6	16.7-49.2
Trident	77	13	15.0	8.4-25.4	15	16.5	9.7-26.7	36	48.1	35.7-60.8	2	1.1	0.3- 4.3	11	19.2	10.0-33.6
Upper Savannah	32	4	14.7	5.6-33.5	12	40.2	23.7-59.3	7	18.4	8.6-35.1	0	0.0	. - .	9	26.7	13.8-45.2
Waccamaw	53	8	18.6	8.9-34.9	10	18.5	9.8-32.2	22	40.6	27.4-55.3	6	11.4	4.8-24.7	7	10.9	5.0-22.1
Wateree	38	10	22.6	10.9-40.9	7	23.6	10.5-44.7	13	35.1	20.1-53.7	4	9.5	3.5-23.3	4	9.2	2.6-27.6
Region***
Region I	81	14	19.9	11.6-31.8	23	28.2	18.3-40.7	22	23.8	15.5-34.8	6	8.1	3.5-17.3	16	20.0	12.2-31.1
Region II	128	20	13.3	8.3-20.6	25	19.7	13.2-28.4	45	33.0	24.8-42.4	16	12.5	7.3-20.6	22	21.5	14.1-31.4
Region III	117	14	14.1	8.0-23.6	29	23.1	15.8-32.4	40	32.1	23.3-42.4	10	10.3	5.4-18.6	24	20.4	13.1-30.4
Region IV	76	17	17.9	10.4-29.1	15	26.6	16.0-40.9	23	28.6	18.7-41.0	6	7.1	3.1-15.3	15	19.8	11.4-32.2
Region V	60	8	13.9	6.8-26.4	14	18.7	10.6-30.7	19	35.3	21.7-51.7	6	10.8	4.6-23.3	13	21.4	11.6-36.0
Region VI	53	8	18.6	8.9-34.9	10	18.5	9.8-32.2	22	40.6	27.4-55.3	6	11.4	4.8-24.7	7	10.9	5.0-22.1
Region VII	77	13	15.0	8.4-25.4	15	16.5	9.7-26.7	36	48.1	35.7-60.8	2	1.1	0.3- 4.3	11	19.2	10.0-33.6
Region VIII	33	3	8.2	2.3-25.4	8	22.7	10.4-42.8	11	28.0	13.6-48.9	6	29.1	10.5-59.0	5	12.0	4.4-28.9

Total
Respond.#

Once

Twice

3-4 times

5 or more times

Never

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

633

15.6

12.6-19.1

139

21.6

18.2-25.4

222

33.7

29.6-38.1

10.0

7.3-13.5

114

19.1

15.7-23.0

GENDER

Male

266

18.7

13.9-24.7

24.7

19.2-31.1

29.7

24.1-36.0

9.9

5.9-16.2

17.0

12.2-23.1

Female

367

12.8

9.5-17.0

18.8

14.9-23.5

132

37.3

31.6-43.3

10.1

7.0-14.3

21.0

16.5-26.3

RACE

White

457

17.9

14.2-22.4

105

22.5

18.6-26.8

164

33.5

29.0-38.3

10.0

7.2-13.7

16.1

12.7-20.1

African American

169

11.4

7.2-17.7

17.8

12.1-25.4

35.6

27.4-44.7

10.0

5.1-18.6

25.2

18.1-33.9

Other

0.0

. - .

92.7

56.4-99.2

0.0

. - .

7.3

0.8-43.6

0.0

. - .

HISPANIC

Yes

50.0

21.3-78.7

20.8

6.3-50.8

10.1

1.4-47.2

9.3

2.1-33.3

9.8

1.3-46.4

615

14.8

12.0-18.3

135

21.7

18.3-25.7

218

34.1

29.9-38.5

10.1

7.3-13.6

112

19.3

15.9-23.3

AGE

18-24

42.7

4.5-92.3

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

57.3

7.7-95.5

0.0

. - .

25-34

17.8

5.8-43.4

18.9

6.4-44.5

44.6

24.0-67.2

7.8

2.4-22.9

10.8

3.3-30.3

35-44

22.4

11.6-38.8

20.0

10.2-35.3

28.2

16.5-43.8

6.9

2.1-19.9

22.6

11.2-40.3

45-54

114

19.0

12.0-28.7

25.1

17.4-34.8

32.6

24.0-42.5

12.1

6.6-21.1

11.3

6.4-19.0

55-64

185

12.5

8.2-18.8

25.0

18.5-32.9

33.9

26.6-42.1

10.5

5.2-20.1

18.0

12.4-25.4

65+

262

14.1

10.2-19.1

18.2

13.7-23.9

34.3

27.9-41.4

9.1

5.9-13.9

24.2

18.4-31.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

113

11.8

6.8-19.7

17.2

10.3-27.1

28.7

19.8-39.6

11.2

6.4-19.0

31.2

22.1-41.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

226

14.8

10.2-21.1

20.8

15.6-27.1

31.4

25.0-38.7

10.8

6.0-18.7

22.1

16.2-29.4

Some Post-H.S.

172

23.5

16.9-31.6

21.4

15.1-29.5

34.7

27.2-43.1

9.2

5.3-15.5

11.2

6.9-17.7

College Graduate

121

9.4

5.3-16.2

28.5

20.5-38.2

42.8

33.1-53.1

8.2

4.4-14.9

11.0

6.3-18.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

133

13.1

7.8-21.2

17.7

11.3-26.7

31.8

22.8-42.3

14.6

8.9-22.9

22.8

14.7-33.7

$15,000- $24,999

139

12.8

7.9-20.1

21.7

14.9-30.5

29.5

21.6-38.7

15.9

8.4-28.0

20.2

13.4-29.1

$25,000- $34,999

17.5

9.4-30.2

15.7

8.1-28.3

45.8

33.4-58.8

6.0

2.4-13.9

15.1

8.2-26.0

$35,000- $49,999

13.2

7.1-23.1

20.6

13.1-30.8

41.2

30.1-53.2

8.8

3.8-19.3

16.2

8.6-28.4

$50,000+

114

22.0

14.5-31.8

27.3

19.2-37.3

34.3

25.5-44.3

5.0

2.3-10.5

11.4

6.3-19.8

Health District**

Appalachia I

23.2

12.1-39.9

20.3

9.9-37.2

27.4

16.0-42.7

13.3

5.9-27.5

15.7

7.3-30.7

Appalachia II

14.4

7.5-25.9

21.9

12.9-34.8

33.5

22.2-47.2

11.1

4.8-23.4

19.0

10.3-32.6

Appalachia III

12.2

6.2-22.7

17.4

9.3-30.3

32.5

21.5-45.8

13.9

6.7-26.6

24.0

13.3-39.3

Catawba

20.0

9.3-37.8

16.1

6.7-34.0

23.4

12.0-40.7

5.6

1.2-21.9

34.9

18.7-55.6

Edisto Savannah

13.9

6.8-26.4

18.7

10.6-30.7

35.3

21.7-51.7

10.8

4.6-23.3

21.4

11.6-36.0

Low Country

8.2

2.3-25.4

22.7

10.4-42.8

28.0

13.6-48.9

29.1

10.5-59.0

12.0

4.4-28.9

Palmetto

11.4

4.9-24.3

26.3

17.2-37.9

36.1

25.0-48.8

12.4

6.1-23.4

13.9

7.7-23.7

Pee Dee

13.2

5.8-27.1

29.7

15.0-50.2

22.0

11.1-38.8

4.6

1.0-18.4

30.6

16.7-49.2

Trident

15.0

8.4-25.4

16.5

9.7-26.7

48.1

35.7-60.8

1.1

0.3- 4.3

19.2

10.0-33.6

Upper Savannah

14.7

5.6-33.5

40.2

23.7-59.3

18.4

8.6-35.1

0.0

. - .

26.7

13.8-45.2

Waccamaw

18.6

8.9-34.9

18.5

9.8-32.2

40.6

27.4-55.3

11.4

4.8-24.7

10.9

5.0-22.1

Wateree

22.6

10.9-40.9

23.6

10.5-44.7

35.1

20.1-53.7

9.5

3.5-23.3

9.2

2.6-27.6

Region***

Region I

19.9

11.6-31.8

28.2

18.3-40.7

23.8

15.5-34.8

8.1

3.5-17.3

20.0

12.2-31.1

Region II

128

13.3

8.3-20.6

19.7

13.2-28.4

33.0

24.8-42.4

12.5

7.3-20.6

21.5

14.1-31.4

Region III

117

14.1

8.0-23.6

23.1

15.8-32.4

32.1

23.3-42.4

10.3

5.4-18.6

20.4

13.1-30.4

Region IV

17.9

10.4-29.1

26.6

16.0-40.9

28.6

18.7-41.0

7.1

3.1-15.3

19.8

11.4-32.2

Region V

13.9

6.8-26.4

18.7

10.6-30.7

35.3

21.7-51.7

10.8

4.6-23.3

21.4

11.6-36.0

Region VI

18.6

8.9-34.9

18.5

9.8-32.2

40.6

27.4-55.3

11.4

4.8-24.7

10.9

5.0-22.1

Region VII

15.0

8.4-25.4

16.5

9.7-26.7

48.1

35.7-60.8

1.1

0.3- 4.3

19.2

10.0-33.6

Region VIII

8.2

2.3-25.4

22.7

10.4-42.8

28.0

13.6-48.9

29.1

10.5-59.0

12.0

4.4-28.9

* This question was asked of respondents who reported having been told by a doctor that they had diabetes. Never in the reponses represent those who had never had the test and those who had never heard of the test.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

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