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

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Once a year	2-3/year	4 or more times/year	Never
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	359	63	16.9	12.5-22.6	93	27.5	21.2-35.0	119	35.6	28.7-43.1	84	19.9	14.7-26.4
Female	554	66	12.0	8.5-16.9	130	20.9	16.4-26.4	219	39.8	33.9-46.0	139	27.2	21.9-33.2
RACE
White	578	88	15.6	11.8-20.2	149	28.8	23.5-34.8	193	33.3	27.9-39.2	148	22.3	17.9-27.5
African American	278	35	13.1	8.5-19.8	61	13.5	9.6-18.7	121	46.0	37.5-54.8	61	27.4	19.6-36.8
Asian	4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	93.8	58.5-99.4	1	6.2	0.6-41.5
Native American	34	4	9.5	2.5-30.5	10	24.1	8.3-52.9	13	49.6	23.7-75.8	7	16.7	6.4-37.0
Other Minorities	17	2	6.7	1.4-26.4	3	13.0	3.4-38.7	6	44.5	18.5-74.0	6	35.8	14.1-65.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	10	0	0.0	. - .	3	34.4	10.5-70.0	2	16.5	3.9-49.4	5	49.1	19.3-79.6
-English Speaking	4	0	0.0	. - .	1	22.4	2.9-73.6	2	51.5	12.9-88.3	1	26.1	3.5-77.3
-Spanish Speaking	6	0	0.0	. - .	2	40.0	9.2-81.3	0	0.0	. - .	4	60.0	18.7-90.8
Non-Hispanic	903	129	14.6	11.6-18.2	220	24.1	20.1-28.7	336	37.9	33.3-42.8	218	23.4	19.5-27.7
AGE
18-24	7	2	22.9	4.9-63.4	1	10.7	1.4-50.1	2	26.9	6.5-66.2	2	39.5	11.0-77.5
25-34	26	3	3.6	1.0-12.2	5	18.4	4.6-51.0	12	58.4	32.3-80.4	6	19.7	7.6-42.3
35-44	88	15	15.2	8.2-26.4	21	37.2	22.4-54.8	24	24.4	14.5-37.9	28	23.3	13.5-37.0
45-54	157	20	12.9	6.9-22.7	38	28.4	19.0-40.2	57	34.3	23.9-46.4	42	24.4	15.9-35.5
55-64	237	30	12.4	7.6-19.6	75	27.0	19.9-35.6	91	40.3	31.5-49.8	41	20.2	13.2-29.6
65-74	221	36	18.1	11.5-27.3	46	16.4	10.7-24.1	90	46.8	37.1-56.7	49	18.8	12.7-26.9
75+	174	22	16.4	9.7-26.3	37	17.2	10.9-25.9	61	33.9	24.4-45.0	54	32.5	23.1-43.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	277	32	14.5	8.9-22.7	50	13.4	9.1-19.4	121	40.4	32.3-49.0	74	31.7	23.8-40.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	286	37	13.7	8.8-20.8	88	29.7	21.7-39.1	97	37.5	29.2-46.6	64	19.1	13.5-26.4
Some Post-H.S.	197	32	16.3	10.6-24.1	44	26.3	18.4-36.2	71	38.4	29.0-48.7	50	19.1	12.5-28.0
College Graduate	151	28	13.6	8.2-21.7	41	28.8	19.3-40.7	47	32.3	22.3-44.2	35	25.3	16.5-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	218	17	10.1	5.3-18.5	42	13.3	8.4-20.5	110	52.3	42.0-62.4	49	24.3	16.0-35.0
$15,000- 24,999	170	31	21.8	13.7-33.0	37	19.0	12.5-27.8	55	36.9	26.6-48.6	47	22.3	14.6-32.5
$25,000- 34,999	94	14	12.4	5.8-24.5	27	26.6	15.2-42.2	29	32.0	20.6-46.0	24	29.0	17.3-44.4
$35,000- 49,999	82	12	17.6	9.0-31.5	24	29.0	17.5-43.9	25	37.2	23.1-53.9	21	16.3	8.6-28.7
$50,000-74,999	63	9	10.9	4.9-22.5	22	42.7	26.8-60.3	20	29.7	16.1-48.1	12	16.7	7.9-32.0
$75,000+	48	12	16.5	7.4-32.9	13	37.4	18.5-61.1	11	14.9	6.2-32.0	12	31.1	15.2-53.2
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***
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
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%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

Male

359

16.9

12.5-22.6

27.5

21.2-35.0

119

35.6

28.7-43.1

19.9

14.7-26.4

Female

554

12.0

8.5-16.9

130

20.9

16.4-26.4

219

39.8

33.9-46.0

139

27.2

21.9-33.2

RACE

White

578

15.6

11.8-20.2

149

28.8

23.5-34.8

193

33.3

27.9-39.2

148

22.3

17.9-27.5

African American

278

13.1

8.5-19.8

13.5

9.6-18.7

121

46.0

37.5-54.8

27.4

19.6-36.8

Asian

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

93.8

58.5-99.4

6.2

0.6-41.5

Native American

9.5

2.5-30.5

24.1

8.3-52.9

49.6

23.7-75.8

16.7

6.4-37.0

Other Minorities

6.7

1.4-26.4

13.0

3.4-38.7

44.5

18.5-74.0

35.8

14.1-65.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

0.0

. - .

34.4

10.5-70.0

16.5

3.9-49.4

49.1

19.3-79.6

-English Speaking

0.0

. - .

22.4

2.9-73.6

51.5

12.9-88.3

26.1

3.5-77.3

-Spanish Speaking

0.0

. - .

40.0

9.2-81.3

0.0

. - .

60.0

18.7-90.8

Non-Hispanic

903

129

14.6

11.6-18.2

220

24.1

20.1-28.7

336

37.9

33.3-42.8

218

23.4

19.5-27.7

AGE

18-24

22.9

4.9-63.4

10.7

1.4-50.1

26.9

6.5-66.2

39.5

11.0-77.5

25-34

3.6

1.0-12.2

18.4

4.6-51.0

58.4

32.3-80.4

19.7

7.6-42.3

35-44

15.2

8.2-26.4

37.2

22.4-54.8

24.4

14.5-37.9

23.3

13.5-37.0

45-54

157

12.9

6.9-22.7

28.4

19.0-40.2

34.3

23.9-46.4

24.4

15.9-35.5

55-64

237

12.4

7.6-19.6

27.0

19.9-35.6

40.3

31.5-49.8

20.2

13.2-29.6

65-74

221

18.1

11.5-27.3

16.4

10.7-24.1

46.8

37.1-56.7

18.8

12.7-26.9

75+

174

16.4

9.7-26.3

17.2

10.9-25.9

33.9

24.4-45.0

32.5

23.1-43.6

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

277

14.5

8.9-22.7

13.4

9.1-19.4

121

40.4

32.3-49.0

31.7

23.8-40.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

286

13.7

8.8-20.8

29.7

21.7-39.1

37.5

29.2-46.6

19.1

13.5-26.4

Some Post-H.S.

197

16.3

10.6-24.1

26.3

18.4-36.2

38.4

29.0-48.7

19.1

12.5-28.0

College Graduate

151

13.6

8.2-21.7

28.8

19.3-40.7

32.3

22.3-44.2

25.3

16.5-36.7

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

218

10.1

5.3-18.5

13.3

8.4-20.5

110

52.3

42.0-62.4

24.3

16.0-35.0

$15,000- 24,999

170

21.8

13.7-33.0

19.0

12.5-27.8

36.9

26.6-48.6

22.3

14.6-32.5

$25,000- 34,999

12.4

5.8-24.5

26.6

15.2-42.2

32.0

20.6-46.0

29.0

17.3-44.4

$35,000- 49,999

17.6

9.0-31.5

29.0

17.5-43.9

37.2

23.1-53.9

16.3

8.6-28.7

$50,000-74,999

10.9

4.9-22.5

42.7

26.8-60.3

29.7

16.1-48.1

16.7

7.9-32.0

$75,000+

16.5

7.4-32.9

37.4

18.5-61.1

14.9

6.2-32.0

31.1

15.2-53.2

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***

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

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

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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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