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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

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.*

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  Total
Respond.#		 1 or more times/day 1 or more times/week 1 or more times/month 1 or more times/year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 11,881 8,164 64.8 63.2-66.4 1,538 14.0 12.9-15.1 444 4.4 3.7- 5.1 195 1.5 1.1- 1.9 1,540 15.4 14.1-16.7
Alabama 273 190 68.3 61.9-74.1 40 15.6 11.3-21.0 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 34 13.0 9.1-18.3
Alaska 112 74 68.6 56.2-78.7 19 16.5 9.1-28.0 4 2.6 0.8- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 15 12.3 6.3-22.6
Arizona 225 156 71.4 63.1-78.5 30 13.1 8.4-19.9 10 2.8 1.3- 6.0 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 27 12.1 7.4-19.1
Arkansas 223 155 68.4 60.9-75.1 31 15.4 10.3-22.3 8 3.5 1.7- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 29 12.7 8.5-18.4
California 271 148 56.2 48.8-63.3 52 17.3 12.9-22.9 14 5.1 2.7- 9.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 55 20.7 15.2-27.5
Colorado 86 55 65.0 53.0-75.3 13 11.5 6.4-19.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 16 20.7 12.4-32.5
Connecticut 477 320 65.8 60.4-70.8 58 11.7 8.6-15.8 17 3.8 2.2- 6.5 13 3.3 1.8- 5.9 69 15.4 11.7-20.1
District of Colum 146 98 63.7 54.1-72.3 15 12.2 7.1-20.0 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2 4 2.9 0.9- 9.2 23 17.8 11.5-26.5
Florida 349 226 60.9 54.6-66.8 39 11.7 8.3-16.2 19 7.3 4.4-11.9 9 2.6 1.3- 5.1 56 17.5 13.1-23.1
Georgia 332 208 60.5 53.8-66.8 61 19.0 14.5-24.6 18 4.7 2.8- 7.8 3 1.7 0.4- 7.7 42 14.1 9.8-19.8
Hawaii 255 188 77.2 69.2-83.6 21 9.5 5.3-16.5 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 12 2.4 1.2- 4.8 26 8.6 5.0-14.4
Idaho 273 183 66.1 59.2-72.4 50 20.5 15.4-26.8 13 4.6 2.4- 8.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 26 8.3 5.4-12.6
Iowa 228 159 69.2 62.0-75.6 31 12.8 8.7-18.4 8 3.6 1.7- 7.8 5 2.6 1.1- 6.4 25 11.7 7.7-17.5
Kansas 276 198 70.9 64.6-76.5 28 10.1 6.9-14.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 41 16.0 11.5-21.7
Kentucky 593 483 81.0 76.0-85.1 43 6.1 4.2- 8.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 4 1.0 0.4- 2.8 59 11.4 7.9-16.2
Maine 168 120 72.1 63.9-79.1 22 12.4 8.0-18.8 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.2 16 9.2 5.6-14.9
Massachusetts 451 291 61.8 56.1-67.2 60 14.2 10.8-18.5 11 2.4 1.1- 5.0 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4 76 18.2 14.0-23.2
Michigan 286 191 67.1 60.9-72.8 41 14.3 10.4-19.4 17 5.2 3.1- 8.6 3 1.0 0.2- 3.8 34 12.4 8.7-17.4
Minnesota 177 128 73.7 66.0-80.2 29 15.1 10.3-21.6 7 4.6 2.0-10.4 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 11 5.9 3.0-11.1
Montana 231 180 78.8 70.5-85.2 21 9.7 5.5-16.3 9 2.7 1.0- 7.2 4 4.2 1.4-12.1 17 4.6 2.5- 8.4
Nebraska 207 157 75.0 67.7-81.2 21 10.4 6.5-16.4 4 1.8 0.6- 4.8 2 1.4 0.3- 6.4 23 11.4 7.3-17.3
Nevada 131 68 49.3 37.6-61.1 32 26.3 17.2-38.1 13 12.6 5.3-27.3 0 0.0 . - . 18 11.7 6.5-20.2
New Hampshire 231 156 64.5 57.4-71.1 34 16.9 12.1-23.2 7 3.7 1.7- 8.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.6 27 11.5 7.8-16.7
New Jersey 403 252 60.0 53.3-66.3 47 10.3 7.4-14.3 23 6.9 4.0-11.8 20 4.1 2.4- 6.9 61 18.7 13.7-25.0
New Mexico 235 168 70.9 63.3-77.5 30 12.5 8.2-18.5 12 5.2 2.8- 9.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 21 10.5 6.1-17.4
New York 226 137 59.2 51.8-66.3 30 13.3 9.1-19.0 12 6.3 3.4-11.4 4 2.4 0.7- 7.6 43 18.8 13.8-25.1
North Carolina 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
North Dakota 135 80 58.5 49.1-67.4 25 18.5 12.3-26.9 7 6.2 2.7-13.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 22 15.4 10.0-22.9
Ohio 236 166 71.5 64.6-77.5 29 12.8 8.6-18.4 9 3.8 1.9- 7.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 30 11.3 7.6-16.6
Oklahoma 370 267 69.8 63.3-75.6 37 9.9 6.6-14.6 14 3.4 1.8- 6.2 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 46 15.5 11.0-21.3
Pennsylvania 250 171 68.0 61.4-74.0 37 15.9 11.5-21.6 13 5.0 2.8- 8.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 28 10.5 7.1-15.2
Rhode Island 244 133 52.9 45.6-60.0 41 15.5 11.3-20.9 11 5.1 2.5-10.3 16 8.6 4.9-14.7 43 18.0 13.0-24.3
South Carolina 254 193 76.7 70.3-82.1 36 14.1 9.8-20.0 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 14 4.7 2.6- 8.1
South Dakota 337 254 73.7 68.1-78.6 37 13.1 9.5-17.9 15 3.8 2.2- 6.5 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 23 7.1 4.6-10.8
Tennessee 221 156 72.4 65.1-78.7 13 5.6 3.1-10.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2 4 2.9 0.9- 9.4 44 18.0 13.1-24.2
Texas 421 284 65.2 59.7-70.3 59 15.0 11.4-19.5 13 2.7 1.5- 5.0 5 0.7 0.3- 1.6 60 16.4 12.5-21.2
Utah 172 119 71.4 61.7-79.5 26 13.9 8.4-22.2 9 6.6 2.7-15.1 4 2.2 0.7- 6.7 14 5.9 3.2-10.7
Vermont 215 147 68.0 60.6-74.6 31 13.8 9.5-19.6 6 3.2 1.3- 7.6 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 25 12.9 8.4-19.4
Virginia 193 133 70.7 63.3-77.2 24 12.6 8.3-18.6 7 2.7 1.2- 5.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 28 13.6 9.2-19.6
Washington 235 136 57.3 50.3-64.1 48 19.8 14.8-26.0 15 7.4 4.4-12.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 34 14.2 10.0-19.8
West Virginia 275 223 79.4 72.6-84.8 25 10.2 6.1-16.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 23 9.1 5.8-13.9
Wisconsin 197 114 53.6 45.6-61.4 44 23.3 17.3-30.6 8 5.0 2.4-10.2 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 28 16.4 11.1-23.6
Wyoming 142 101 69.4 60.7-77.0 17 13.1 8.1-20.6 10 8.1 4.3-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 14 9.3 5.4-15.5
Guam 63 47 74.0 59.2-84.8 6 7.3 3.0-16.5 4 4.3 1.5-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 14.4 6.1-30.4
Puerto Rico 506 367 70.5 64.6-75.7 48 10.6 7.3-15.0 4 0.7 0.2- 2.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.1 86 18.1 13.8-23.3
Virgin Islands 166 104 61.7 52.4-70.1 16 9.8 5.3-17.3 6 3.0 1.0- 8.3 3 2.2 0.6- 8.1 37 23.3 16.5-31.9

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

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.

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