BRFSS 2003 - Eastern North Carolina**: (About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Once a year	2-3/year	4 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	913	129	14.5	11.5-18.0	223	24.2	20.2-28.7	338	37.7	33.2-42.6	223	23.6	19.7-27.9
-Eastern NC	402	44	13.2	8.7-19.6	94	21.9	16.5-28.4	160	40.4	33.5-47.7	104	24.6	19.1-31.0
GENDER
Male	154	22	14.6	8.4-24.2	38	26.4	17.5-37.7	51	37.9	27.3-49.9	43	21.1	14.3-30.0
Female	248	22	12.0	6.3-21.7	56	18.0	12.2-25.7	109	42.5	33.7-51.7	61	27.6	19.9-36.9
RACE
White	215	25	14.5	8.3-24.1	52	26.3	18.3-36.3	74	32.2	23.9-41.9	64	27.0	19.5-36.0
African American	159	17	13.0	6.7-23.8	35	14.2	9.3-21.0	73	51.2	39.7-62.7	34	21.6	13.7-32.3
Other Minorities	26	2	5.2	1.2-20.5	7	24.6	9.0-51.9	12	49.8	26.1-73.6	5	20.4	7.1-46.1
AGE
18-24	3	1	32.1	4.0-84.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	25.4	3.0-79.1	1	42.5	6.3-89.1
25-34	12	0	0.0	. - .	2	15.5	2.8-54.1	7	63.1	31.8-86.2	3	21.4	6.1-53.1
35-44	33	6	23.3	9.5-46.6	6	15.1	5.7-34.5	9	21.0	8.9-42.0	12	40.6	20.8-63.9
45-54	68	8	20.2	7.5-44.3	12	19.0	8.9-36.0	28	42.5	25.5-61.4	20	18.3	10.1-30.9
55-64	113	10	7.3	2.6-18.8	30	29.3	18.0-43.7	53	48.8	35.4-62.4	20	14.6	8.3-24.5
65-74	102	14	16.9	8.0-32.2	27	17.6	10.0-29.1	36	39.2	26.0-54.1	25	26.3	15.8-40.5
75+	69	4	5.7	2.0-15.7	17	24.0	11.9-42.4	25	28.7	16.6-44.9	23	41.6	25.2-60.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	131	13	19.6	9.7-35.5	27	13.0	8.1-20.3	52	32.3	22.4-44.2	39	35.1	23.8-48.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	131	10	6.5	2.9-14.0	37	26.8	16.3-40.9	46	38.9	27.3-51.8	38	27.8	18.7-39.3
Some Post-H.S.	85	13	15.2	7.2-29.3	17	24.7	14.2-39.5	36	44.0	29.2-59.9	19	16.1	8.3-29.0
College Graduate	54	8	10.3	4.1-23.4	13	25.9	12.4-46.2	25	55.7	36.8-73.1	8	8.1	3.4-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	114	5	3.0	1.1- 8.1	28	23.0	13.2-37.0	56	44.7	31.9-58.3	25	29.3	17.7-44.3
$15,000- 24,999	68	10	23.9	10.4-46.1	13	16.6	7.8-31.8	23	35.8	20.0-55.4	22	23.7	13.1-39.0
$25,000- 34,999	43	4	9.7	2.9-28.0	14	20.9	9.8-39.3	15	48.9	29.5-68.7	10	20.4	9.0-40.1
$35,000- 49,999	32	4	22.6	6.4-55.6	5	17.6	6.3-40.4	10	36.9	16.1-64.2	13	22.9	11.0-41.6
$50,000-74,999	29	4	7.9	2.4-22.9	10	42.6	22.3-65.7	11	40.8	20.2-65.4	4	8.6	2.7-24.2
$75,000+	15	3	11.9	3.4-34.2	4	24.8	8.3-54.7	6	53.2	25.8-78.8	2	10.1	2.2-35.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	40	10	28.5	15.4-46.6	13	33.1	18.7-51.5	8	15.4	7.3-29.7	9	23.0	11.7-40.3
Guilford	35	10	28.7	15.2-47.4	8	18.9	8.4-37.2	11	35.2	19.7-54.6	6	17.2	7.5-34.7
Mecklenburg	37	6	16.4	7.2-33.1	10	27.5	14.2-46.5	13	39.5	23.3-58.5	8	16.6	7.8-32.0
Orange	22	6	27.6	11.8-52.0	7	25.3	10.7-49.1	6	38.2	18.2-63.2	3	8.9	2.7-25.5
Wake	30	3	9.7	2.9-28.0	7	18.1	7.8-36.5	13	38.0	21.3-58.1	7	34.2	16.7-57.4
Chatham/Lee	30	5	9.9	3.9-23.0	9	33.8	17.6-55.1	6	19.3	8.3-38.8	10	37.0	19.4-58.9
Nash/Wilson	43	5	9.1	3.6-20.8	10	33.5	18.7-52.5	20	41.8	26.6-58.7	8	15.7	7.5-29.9
Craven/Pamlico	54	5	7.8	3.1-18.4	14	22.8	12.9-37.1	18	35.2	22.1-51.0	17	34.2	21.8-49.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	45	6	18.6	6.4-43.2	7	15.6	6.6-32.6	22	48.2	30.8-66.0	10	17.6	7.8-34.9
Appalachian/Wilkes	30	2	4.6	1.1-17.9	5	15.9	6.3-34.9	13	48.1	29.3-67.5	10	31.3	16.7-51.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	30	7	16.8	7.5-33.3	7	30.8	14.9-53.1	11	34.6	18.9-54.5	5	17.8	7.3-37.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson	47	7	20.5	9.5-38.7	11	19.1	10.1-33.2	13	22.9	12.9-37.3	16	37.5	23.7-53.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	74	7	12.0	5.5-24.2	17	20.3	12.2-31.9	27	35.2	24.2-48.1	23	32.4	21.4-45.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	53	3	4.5	1.4-13.6	14	25.5	14.7-40.3	23	41.6	27.4-57.3	13	28.5	16.6-44.4
Northeast NC I	66	10	16.1	8.2-29.3	15	19.9	11.5-32.3	32	51.8	38.5-64.9	9	12.2	6.2-22.5
Northeast NC II	60	9	20.8	10.5-37.0	17	33.1	20.9-48.2	15	17.5	10.2-28.4	19	28.6	17.6-42.8
Northeastern Partnership	126	19	19.0	11.5-29.8	32	28.1	19.5-38.6	47	30.6	22.7-39.9	28	22.3	14.9-32.0
Mountain AHEC	129	20	15.7	9.3-25.1	35	25.0	16.7-35.7	38	32.1	22.1-44.0	36	27.3	18.4-38.3
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont	319	57	14.3	10.3-19.6	83	25.8	19.5-33.2	113	37.3	30.2-44.9	66	22.7	16.8-29.9
Western NC	192	28	18.4	11.4-28.4	46	24.3	16.8-33.8	65	32.9	24.6-42.4	53	24.4	17.4-33.1

Total
Respond.^

Once a year

2-3/year

4 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

913

129

14.5

11.5-18.0

223

24.2

20.2-28.7

338

37.7

33.2-42.6

223

23.6

19.7-27.9

-Eastern NC

402

13.2

8.7-19.6

21.9

16.5-28.4

160

40.4

33.5-47.7

104

24.6

19.1-31.0

GENDER

Male

154

14.6

8.4-24.2

26.4

17.5-37.7

37.9

27.3-49.9

21.1

14.3-30.0

Female

248

12.0

6.3-21.7

18.0

12.2-25.7

109

42.5

33.7-51.7

27.6

19.9-36.9

RACE

White

215

14.5

8.3-24.1

26.3

18.3-36.3

32.2

23.9-41.9

27.0

19.5-36.0

African American

159

13.0

6.7-23.8

14.2

9.3-21.0

51.2

39.7-62.7

21.6

13.7-32.3

Other Minorities

5.2

1.2-20.5

24.6

9.0-51.9

49.8

26.1-73.6

20.4

7.1-46.1

AGE

18-24

32.1

4.0-84.3

0.0

. - .

25.4

3.0-79.1

42.5

6.3-89.1

25-34

0.0

. - .

15.5

2.8-54.1

63.1

31.8-86.2

21.4

6.1-53.1

35-44

23.3

9.5-46.6

15.1

5.7-34.5

21.0

8.9-42.0

40.6

20.8-63.9

45-54

20.2

7.5-44.3

19.0

8.9-36.0

42.5

25.5-61.4

18.3

10.1-30.9

55-64

113

7.3

2.6-18.8

29.3

18.0-43.7

48.8

35.4-62.4

14.6

8.3-24.5

65-74

102

16.9

8.0-32.2

17.6

10.0-29.1

39.2

26.0-54.1

26.3

15.8-40.5

75+

5.7

2.0-15.7

24.0

11.9-42.4

28.7

16.6-44.9

41.6

25.2-60.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

131

19.6

9.7-35.5

13.0

8.1-20.3

32.3

22.4-44.2

35.1

23.8-48.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

131

6.5

2.9-14.0

26.8

16.3-40.9

38.9

27.3-51.8

27.8

18.7-39.3

Some Post-H.S.

15.2

7.2-29.3

24.7

14.2-39.5

44.0

29.2-59.9

16.1

8.3-29.0

College Graduate

10.3

4.1-23.4

25.9

12.4-46.2

55.7

36.8-73.1

8.1

3.4-18.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

114

3.0

1.1- 8.1

23.0

13.2-37.0

44.7

31.9-58.3

29.3

17.7-44.3

$15,000- 24,999

23.9

10.4-46.1

16.6

7.8-31.8

35.8

20.0-55.4

23.7

13.1-39.0

$25,000- 34,999

9.7

2.9-28.0

20.9

9.8-39.3

48.9

29.5-68.7

20.4

9.0-40.1

$35,000- 49,999

22.6

6.4-55.6

17.6

6.3-40.4

36.9

16.1-64.2

22.9

11.0-41.6

$50,000-74,999

7.9

2.4-22.9

42.6

22.3-65.7

40.8

20.2-65.4

8.6

2.7-24.2

$75,000+

11.9

3.4-34.2

24.8

8.3-54.7

53.2

25.8-78.8

10.1

2.2-35.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

28.5

15.4-46.6

33.1

18.7-51.5

15.4

7.3-29.7

23.0

11.7-40.3

Guilford

28.7

15.2-47.4

18.9

8.4-37.2

35.2

19.7-54.6

17.2

7.5-34.7

Mecklenburg

16.4

7.2-33.1

27.5

14.2-46.5

39.5

23.3-58.5

16.6

7.8-32.0

Orange

27.6

11.8-52.0

25.3

10.7-49.1

38.2

18.2-63.2

8.9

2.7-25.5

Wake

9.7

2.9-28.0

18.1

7.8-36.5

38.0

21.3-58.1

34.2

16.7-57.4

Chatham/Lee

9.9

3.9-23.0

33.8

17.6-55.1

19.3

8.3-38.8

37.0

19.4-58.9

Nash/Wilson

9.1

3.6-20.8

33.5

18.7-52.5

41.8

26.6-58.7

15.7

7.5-29.9

Craven/Pamlico

7.8

3.1-18.4

22.8

12.9-37.1

35.2

22.1-51.0

34.2

21.8-49.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

18.6

6.4-43.2

15.6

6.6-32.6

48.2

30.8-66.0

17.6

7.8-34.9

Appalachian/Wilkes

4.6

1.1-17.9

15.9

6.3-34.9

48.1

29.3-67.5

31.3

16.7-51.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

16.8

7.5-33.3

30.8

14.9-53.1

34.6

18.9-54.5

17.8

7.3-37.2

Graham/Swain/Jackson

20.5

9.5-38.7

19.1

10.1-33.2

22.9

12.9-37.3

37.5

23.7-53.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

12.0

5.5-24.2

20.3

12.2-31.9

35.2

24.2-48.1

32.4

21.4-45.9

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

4.5

1.4-13.6

25.5

14.7-40.3

41.6

27.4-57.3

28.5

16.6-44.4

Northeast NC I

16.1

8.2-29.3

19.9

11.5-32.3

51.8

38.5-64.9

12.2

6.2-22.5

Northeast NC II

20.8

10.5-37.0

33.1

20.9-48.2

17.5

10.2-28.4

28.6

17.6-42.8

Northeastern Partnership

126

19.0

11.5-29.8

28.1

19.5-38.6

30.6

22.7-39.9

22.3

14.9-32.0

Mountain AHEC

129

15.7

9.3-25.1

25.0

16.7-35.7

32.1

22.1-44.0

27.3

18.4-38.3

NC REGIONS***

Piedmont

319

14.3

10.3-19.6

25.8

19.5-33.2

113

37.3

30.2-44.9

22.7

16.8-29.9

Western NC

192

18.4

11.4-28.4

24.3

16.8-33.8

32.9

24.6-42.4

24.4

17.4-33.1

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina**. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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