| Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2017 |
| M02.02 About how often do you check your blood sugar? (_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: | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 10 |
| 18-24 | |||||||
| 25-34 | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 27 |
| 35-44 | 55.4 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 2.7 | 6.1 | 21.6 | 72 |
| 45-54 | 65.8 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 10.5 | 241 |
| 55-64 | 60.5 | 9.4 | 11.8 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 11.6 | 550 |
| 65-74 | 62.5 | 8.5 | 10.9 | 4.8 | 2.2 | 11.0 | 696 |
| 75 + | 60.6 | 10.3 | 9.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 11.7 | 512 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 22 |
| Sex: | 59.4 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 13.3 | 952 |
| Male | |||||||
| Female | 63.5 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 6.1 | 1.8 | 11.5 | 1,178 |
| Race/Ethnicity: | 62.2 | 7.8 | 9.9 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 12.5 | 1,762 |
| White, Non-Hispanic | |||||||
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 63.4 | 3.3 | 15.8 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 9.8 | 194 |
| Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic | 49.8 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 18.8 | 69 |
| Hispanic | 49.3 | 8.4 | 18.4 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 12.3 | 60 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 45 |
| Income Group: | 65.5 | 3.0 | 8.8 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 15.7 | 273 |
| < $15,000 | |||||||
| $15-$24,999 | 69.7 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 7.1 | 474 |
| $25-$49,999 | 61.7 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 11.6 | 568 |
| $50-$74,999 | 51.3 | 8.0 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 254 |
| >=$75,000 | 52.7 | 8.0 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 18.7 | 309 |
| Unk/Ref | 62.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 14.0 | 252 |
| Education Level: | 63.7 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 2.5 | 7.7 | 216 |
| < H S Graduate | |||||||
| H S Graduate/GED | 61.7 | 6.9 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 13.0 | 822 |
| Some college/Tech school | 63.0 | 6.4 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 13.1 | 556 |
| College graduate | 55.2 | 9.1 | 13.4 | 5.4 | 2.0 | 14.9 | 533 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 3 |
| Marital Status: | 59.2 | 8.5 | 13.3 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 11.2 | 1,056 |
| Married | |||||||
| Unmarried | 64.0 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 14.0 | 1,071 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 3 |
| Employment Status: | 56.8 | 6.1 | 12.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 558 |
| Employed | |||||||
| Not employed | 66.6 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 17.0 | 56 |
| Student/Homemaker | 59.4 | 7.8 | 14.4 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 8.8 | 117 |
| Retired/Unable to work | 63.7 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 10.8 | 1,389 |
| Unk/Ref | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 10 |
| Grand Totals | 61.4 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 12.4 | 2,130 |
| SOURCE: 2017 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 10, 2018 |