BRFSS 2002 - 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	513	363	70.9	65.1-76.0	85	15.6	11.8-20.3	12	1.8	0.8- 4.0	10	1.4	0.5- 4.0	43	10.4	7.2-14.7
GENDER
Male	200	137	67.9	58.4-76.2	41	20.1	13.4-28.9	6	1.8	0.6- 5.1	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	15	10.1	5.6-17.5
Female	313	226	73.0	65.7-79.3	44	12.3	8.3-17.7	6	1.8	0.5- 5.7	9	2.3	0.8- 6.9	28	10.6	6.7-16.5
RACE
White	338	246	73.7	66.8-79.6	46	12.5	8.6-17.9	10	2.2	0.9- 5.4	4	0.2	0.1- 0.6	32	11.4	7.4-17.0
African American	130	95	68.9	56.7-79.0	25	21.4	13.0-33.1	1	1.1	0.2- 7.3	2	2.8	0.5-14.1	7	5.8	2.3-13.9

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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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	513	363	70.9	65.1-76.0	85	15.6	11.8-20.3	12	1.8	0.8- 4.0	10	1.4	0.5- 4.0	43	10.4	7.2-14.7
GENDER
Male	200	137	67.9	58.4-76.2	41	20.1	13.4-28.9	6	1.8	0.6- 5.1	1	0.1	0.0- 0.9	15	10.1	5.6-17.5
Female	313	226	73.0	65.7-79.3	44	12.3	8.3-17.7	6	1.8	0.5- 5.7	9	2.3	0.8- 6.9	28	10.6	6.7-16.5
RACE
White	338	246	73.7	66.8-79.6	46	12.5	8.6-17.9	10	2.2	0.9- 5.4	4	0.2	0.1- 0.6	32	11.4	7.4-17.0
African American	130	95	68.9	56.7-79.0	25	21.4	13.0-33.1	1	1.1	0.2- 7.3	2	2.8	0.5-14.1	7	5.8	2.3-13.9