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About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?*

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	1 or more times/day   N       %   C.I.(95%)	1 or more times/week   N       %   C.I.(95%)	1 or more times/month   N       %   C.I.(95%)	1 or more times/year   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Never   N       %   C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	161	34  23.7  (17.0-31.9)	39  25.1  (18.4-33.1)	19  12.2  ( 7.5-19.3)	40  19.9  (14.4-26.8)	29  19.1  (13.4-26.6)
GENDER
Male	53	15  29.4  (18.0-44.1)	17  32.3  (20.4-46.9)	5  10.2  ( 4.1-23.4)	8  13.8  ( 6.7-26.3)	8  14.3  ( 7.0-27.0)
Female	108	19  19.5  (12.4-29.3)	22  19.8  (13.1-28.8)	14  13.7  ( 7.7-23.0)	32  24.3  (17.2-33.3)	21  22.7  (15.1-32.7)
RACE
White	104	16  15.9  ( 9.7-25.0)	28  27.4  (19.1-37.7)	14  13.9  ( 7.9-23.2)	26  21.5  (14.5-30.7)	20  21.3  (13.9-31.1)
African American	53	17  39.7  (25.7-55.6)	10  19.6  (10.3-34.2)	5   9.6  ( 3.5-24.1)	13  17.5  ( 9.8-29.3)	8  13.6  ( 6.5-26.2)
AGE
18-49	33	10  33.3  (18.0-53.3)	10  32.9  (18.1-52.2)	6  16.0  ( 6.8-33.4)	3   7.6  ( 2.3-21.9)	4  10.2  ( 3.5-25.9)
50+	127	24  21.1  (14.2-30.2)	29  23.0  (15.9-32.0)	13  11.2  ( 6.2-19.5)	36  23.1  (16.5-31.3)	25  21.6  (14.8-30.5)
EDUCATION
H.S. or G.E.D. or Less	106	24  26.3  (17.9-36.8)	26  25.4  (17.4-35.6)	10  10.1  ( 5.0-19.5)	26  18.4  (12.2-26.8)	20  19.8  (12.8-29.3)
Some Post-H.S. or College	55	10  18.7  ( 9.6-33.2)	13  24.4  (14.1-38.7)	9  16.3  ( 8.3-29.4)	14  22.8  (13.3-36.3)	9  17.9  ( 9.3-31.6)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $25,000	84	13  16.1  ( 9.2-26.6)	19  23.4  (15.0-34.6)	10  12.0  ( 6.1-22.2)	25  26.4  (17.8-37.3)	17  22.1  (13.9-33.3)
$50,000+	50	16  37.3  (23.9-53.1)	16  30.1  (18.5-45.0)	5   9.1  ( 3.6-21.4)	8  12.6  ( 5.9-24.8)	5  10.8  ( 4.4-24.4)

*Asked to respondents who reported being told by a doctor that s/he had diabetes.

#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.