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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2015

 

M02.02 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. (_BLDSUGAR)

Denominator is respondents who have diabetes. Weighting based on _llcpwt.

 

Categories

Daily or more

3-6 times
per week

1-2 times
per week

1-3 times
per month

< once per month

Never

Total

%

%

%

%

%

%

N

Age Group:

**

**

**

**

**

**

7

      18-24

      25-34

**

**

**

**

**

**

12

      35-44

**

**

**

**

**

**

31

      45-54

63.3

8.9

13.6

2.4

0.6

11.2

107

      55-64

65.4

6.4

7.3

8.2

2.5

10.2

227

      65-74

62.7

10.2

11.8

5.5

0.7

9.1

276

      75 +

60.6

3.0

11.3

7.6

3.0

14.4

191

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

**

**

2

Sex:

63.9

7.1

11.6

6.1

2.0

9.3

391

      Male

      Female

63.4

6.4

7.9

6.4

1.7

14.3

462

Race/Ethnicity:

64.8

6.9

9.7

6.3

1.2

11.0

741

      White, Non-Hispanic

      Black, Non-Hispanic

63.9

5.2

15.1

3.5

4.0

8.2

52

      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic

**

**

**

**

**

**

30

      Hispanic

**

**

**

**

**

**

25

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

**

**

5

Income Group:

61.3

4.0

9.0

4.6

3.3

17.7

103

      < $15,000

      $15-$24,999

61.2

2.6

13.7

9.5

4.4

8.6

170

      $25-$49,999

69.6

8.9

8.9

5.2

0.7

6.7

228

      $50-$74,999

56.3

8.8

8.6

5.1

2.7

18.6

113

      >=$75,000

63.4

11.4

5.9

6.3

0.0

13.0

104

      Unk/Ref

64.0

5.3

11.1

6.0

0.4

13.2

135

Education Level:

64.3

2.9

8.9

5.1

2.9

15.8

103

      < H S Graduate

      H S Graduate/GED

62.8

9.5

7.3

7.6

1.7

11.1

317

      Some college/Tech school

64.4

5.7

14.2

5.3

1.4

8.8

226

      College graduate

62.5

7.1

7.2

6.1

1.9

15.2

200

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

**

**

7

Marital Status:

60.1

8.1

10.3

7.7

1.9

11.9

432

      Married

      Unmarried

68.5

5.0

9.0

4.1

1.8

11.6

417

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

**

**

4

Employment Status:

62.2

9.1

10.4

6.6

0.7

10.9

232

      Employed

      Not employed

**

**

**

**

**

**

22

      Student/Homemaker

54.9

4.7

5.4

12.4

0.9

21.8

60

      Retired/Unable to work

67.5

5.4

9.3

5.0

2.2

10.5

536

      Unk/Ref

**

**

**

**

**

**

3

Grand Totals

63.6

6.8

9.8

6.2

1.9

11.7

853

 

SOURCE: 2015 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data

 

NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.

                ** Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

                Excluding the 'Unknown/Refused' responses

Table produced September 13, 2016

 

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