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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

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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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 15,141 10,612 67.1 65.4-68.7 2,254 16.0 14.7-17.3 547 3.8 3.2- 4.5 221 1.3 1.1- 1.6 1,507 11.8 10.6-13.1
Alabama 315 240 76.3 70.7-81.2 41 13.6 9.9-18.5 7 1.6 0.7- 3.4 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 24 7.6 4.9-11.7
Alaska 124 83 70.2 59.0-79.5 18 9.5 5.7-15.5 7 6.1 2.7-13.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.8 14 12.7 6.2-24.2
Arizona 243 167 68.3 59.3-76.1 39 15.6 10.1-23.2 5 2.9 0.9- 8.6 4 2.5 0.6- 9.6 28 10.8 6.4-17.6
Arkansas 346 239 68.2 62.4-73.5 56 16.4 12.4-21.4 13 4.6 2.6- 8.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.4 34 9.2 6.4-13.1
California 288 159 54.9 47.3-62.3 64 21.5 15.9-28.2 16 4.6 2.5- 8.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 47 18.7 13.4-25.5
Colorado 199 122 61.7 53.6-69.1 39 19.0 13.7-25.8 11 5.8 3.1-10.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 26 13.1 8.7-19.4
Connecticut 343 223 61.7 55.0-68.1 55 16.3 11.9-21.9 11 5.1 2.4-10.6 11 4.5 2.3- 8.8 43 12.3 8.8-16.9
Delaware 339 250 71.9 64.1-78.6 42 14.7 9.4-22.2 11 2.3 1.1- 4.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 34 10.8 7.0-16.5
Florida 443 304 68.4 63.0-73.4 58 12.8 9.5-17.0 17 3.9 2.3- 6.6 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8 48 11.5 8.3-15.7
Georgia 397 275 67.5 61.4-73.0 63 18.2 13.7-23.8 15 3.4 1.9- 6.0 3 1.8 0.4- 7.2 41 9.1 6.5-12.6
Hawaii 367 258 70.9 64.8-76.4 50 12.5 8.9-17.4 15 4.7 2.7- 8.3 9 2.9 1.4- 6.0 35 8.9 6.1-12.8
Idaho 350 227 64.6 58.2-70.4 67 18.1 13.8-23.4 17 5.6 3.2- 9.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.6 35 10.1 7.0-14.5
Indiana 447 281 60.6 55.1-65.8 103 22.7 18.6-27.3 19 5.0 2.9- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 44 11.8 8.5-16.1
Iowa 273 204 76.4 70.3-81.6 40 14.3 10.2-19.8 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 23 7.0 4.5-10.8
Kansas 331 224 66.5 60.6-71.9 57 19.0 14.6-24.3 13 4.1 2.3- 7.3 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0 29 7.7 5.2-11.3
Kentucky 601 486 80.3 75.0-84.8 58 10.0 6.6-14.8 12 1.9 0.9- 4.0 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 43 7.3 4.8-10.9
Louisiana 360 247 70.9 64.4-76.6 52 13.6 9.9-18.3 17 3.2 1.9- 5.3 6 4.0 1.2-12.6 38 8.3 5.9-11.6
Maine 183 123 62.8 54.3-70.5 23 14.3 9.3-21.3 9 5.2 2.6-10.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 27 17.3 11.6-25.2
Maryland 291 214 77.1 70.8-82.4 35 11.1 7.4-16.2 11 2.8 1.4- 5.4 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 25 7.7 4.7-12.3
Massachusetts 464 306 64.5 58.8-69.9 60 14.1 10.6-18.7 27 5.2 3.0- 8.7 9 1.1 0.6- 2.3 62 15.1 11.3-19.8
Minnesota 238 153 62.1 54.9-68.8 49 22.5 17.0-29.1 11 4.0 2.2- 7.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 23 10.8 6.8-16.9
Mississippi 398 280 69.2 63.7-74.1 67 17.3 13.4-22.1 11 3.8 2.0- 7.0 3 0.8 0.2- 2.6 37 8.9 6.3-12.5
Montana 277 203 73.0 65.2-79.6 44 18.3 12.8-25.5 7 2.9 1.2- 7.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 20 5.1 2.8- 9.1
Nebraska 271 219 79.9 73.7-84.9 33 13.5 9.3-19.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 14 5.0 2.8- 8.8
Nevada 204 119 54.9 44.7-64.8 45 24.5 16.7-34.4 14 7.4 3.6-14.4 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 23 12.5 7.1-21.1
New Hampshire 336 202 58.5 52.3-64.4 74 24.3 19.3-30.2 11 3.3 1.7- 6.2 14 3.5 2.0- 6.2 35 10.4 7.1-15.0
New Jersey 388 227 57.3 48.0-66.0 62 21.5 14.4-30.9 20 4.8 2.5- 9.3 20 2.6 1.4- 4.9 59 13.8 8.5-21.6
New Mexico 318 225 71.1 64.9-76.7 37 11.3 8.0-15.7 6 1.6 0.7- 4.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 49 15.4 11.0-21.0
North Carolina 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
North Dakota 210 146 70.1 62.9-76.4 37 17.6 12.7-24.0 11 5.2 2.6-10.0 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5 12 5.9 3.3-10.4
Ohio 315 218 70.1 63.7-75.7 34 12.5 8.4-18.3 11 3.2 1.7- 5.9 13 3.6 2.0- 6.5 39 10.6 7.5-14.8
Oklahoma 554 425 75.9 71.7-79.8 65 12.3 9.5-15.9 13 2.8 1.5- 4.9 5 0.9 0.3- 2.4 46 8.1 5.9-11.0
Rhode Island 228 156 68.6 61.5-74.9 37 15.8 11.3-21.6 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 22 10.0 6.2-15.6
South Carolina 419 309 70.9 64.2-76.7 57 13.2 9.4-18.2 18 6.5 3.4-12.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.7 32 9.0 5.6-14.2
South Dakota 340 263 78.5 73.1-83.1 46 13.6 9.9-18.4 8 2.1 1.0- 4.3 3 0.5 0.2- 1.5 20 5.3 3.2- 8.7
Tennessee 277 224 81.2 75.5-85.8 19 6.8 4.2-11.1 9 2.9 1.3- 6.1 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8 22 8.2 5.2-12.7
Texas 458 323 69.3 63.8-74.2 66 14.0 10.9-17.8 20 3.9 2.5- 6.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 47 12.3 8.5-17.6
Utah 204 138 62.0 50.9-71.9 35 24.0 14.9-36.3 14 4.4 2.3- 8.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 14 7.3 3.9-13.4
Vermont 231 150 65.0 57.9-71.5 45 19.5 14.5-25.6 9 4.4 2.2- 8.6 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 23 9.7 6.3-14.6
Virginia 321 227 70.9 62.9-77.7 48 13.5 9.7-18.4 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 29 11.5 6.0-20.9
Washington 295 191 64.9 57.4-71.6 64 19.8 15.0-25.7 13 4.7 2.6- 8.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5 25 10.2 5.6-17.7
West Virginia 355 290 80.2 74.9-84.6 31 9.2 6.3-13.3 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 25 8.1 5.2-12.4
Wisconsin 264 149 57.5 50.3-64.5 60 23.6 18.0-30.3 13 4.9 2.6- 9.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 37 12.3 8.3-17.8
Wyoming 227 149 63.8 56.2-70.8 42 18.0 13.2-24.1 7 4.9 1.8-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 29 13.2 9.0-19.1
Guam 56 31 55.5 39.4-70.6 3 8.1 1.9-29.2 3 8.4 2.3-25.8 5 9.9 3.7-23.9 14 18.0 9.9-30.6
Puerto Rico 527 466 88.4 84.5-91.5 27 5.2 3.1- 8.6 2 0.2 0.1- 0.9 0 0.0 . - . 32 6.1 4.1- 9.0
Virgin Islands 213 134 64.9 56.6-72.4 22 10.4 6.3-16.7 11 5.8 2.7-11.9 10 3.1 1.6- 6.2 36 15.8 10.5-23.1

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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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