BRFSS 2001 - North Carolina: (About how often do you check your feet for any sores or irritations? Include times when checked by a family member or friend, but do not include times when checked by a health professional.*)

	Total Respond.#	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
TOTAL	384	280	72.3	65.4-78.2	41	10.1	6.9-14.6	14	3.1	1.6- 5.8	4	1.7	0.4- 6.9	45	12.9	8.5-18.9
GENDER
Male	141	107	74.2	62.9-83.0	13	7.3	3.8-13.5	5	2.6	0.9- 7.3	2	2.6	0.4-15.3	14	13.2	6.8-24.0
Female	243	173	70.4	61.9-77.8	28	12.8	8.0-19.8	9	3.5	1.5- 7.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.0	31	12.5	7.6-19.9
RACE
White	254	181	68.8	60.0-76.3	27	11.0	7.0-16.8	9	2.9	1.2- 6.8	4	2.4	0.6-10.0	33	14.9	9.3-23.0
African American	107	83	81.2	69.3-89.2	10	5.7	2.5-12.7	5	4.2	1.6-10.5	0	0.0	. - .	9	8.9	3.4-21.0

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

#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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for North Carolina

Diabetes

About how often do you check your feet for any sores or irritations? Include times when checked by a family member or friend, but do not include times when checked by a health professional.*

	Total Respond.#	1 or more times/day			1 or more times/week			1 or more times/month			1 or more times/year			Never
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	384	280	72.3	65.4-78.2	41	10.1	6.9-14.6	14	3.1	1.6- 5.8	4	1.7	0.4- 6.9	45	12.9	8.5-18.9
GENDER
Male	141	107	74.2	62.9-83.0	13	7.3	3.8-13.5	5	2.6	0.9- 7.3	2	2.6	0.4-15.3	14	13.2	6.8-24.0
Female	243	173	70.4	61.9-77.8	28	12.8	8.0-19.8	9	3.5	1.5- 7.8	2	0.8	0.2- 3.0	31	12.5	7.6-19.9
RACE
White	254	181	68.8	60.0-76.3	27	11.0	7.0-16.8	9	2.9	1.2- 6.8	4	2.4	0.6-10.0	33	14.9	9.3-23.0
African American	107	83	81.2	69.3-89.2	10	5.7	2.5-12.7	5	4.2	1.6-10.5	0	0.0	. - .	9	8.9	3.4-21.0