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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Western 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.*

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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%)
North Carolina 934 689 72.3 67.9-76.3 120 13.5 10.7-16.9 24 2.5 1.5- 4.2 12 1.0 0.5- 2.1 89 10.7 7.9-14.3
-Western NC 199 147 73.4 64.0-81.0 25 11.5 6.6-19.3 6 5.1 2.0-12.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 20 9.8 5.6-16.7
GENDER
Male 85 60 71.3 57.2-82.1 12 15.0 7.2-28.7 2 5.2 1.3-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 11 8.5 4.2-16.5
Female 114 87 75.9 63.2-85.3 13 7.3 3.7-13.8 4 4.9 1.4-15.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 9 11.3 4.8-24.6
RACE
White 166 122 73.2 62.9-81.4 19 10.6 5.5-19.2 6 5.7 2.2-14.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 18 10.2 5.6-17.9
African American 16 12 84.8 58.4-95.7 2 4.3 0.9-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.9 2.2-40.1
Other Minorities 16 12 54.1 22.0-83.2 4 45.9 16.8-78.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 2 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 51.2 8.4-92.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 48.8 7.6-91.6
35-44 15 10 81.2 55.3-93.8 5 18.8 6.2-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 31 20 74.5 48.2-90.2 4 5.8 1.8-16.6 3 14.0 2.7-48.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.7 2.0-15.6
55-64 53 41 76.7 58.1-88.7 8 11.1 4.5-24.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 3 11.3 3.3-32.3
65-74 53 43 72.1 49.5-87.2 4 12.7 2.8-41.9 2 8.4 2.1-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.9 2.1-20.1
75+ 40 31 77.2 58.3-89.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 1 6.0 0.9-32.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 15.6 6.8-31.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 46 78.7 63.6-88.7 8 10.3 4.0-24.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.0 4.6-24.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 60 40 61.9 42.8-77.9 9 19.8 8.4-39.7 2 3.0 0.5-15.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 8 14.4 5.6-32.4
Some Post-H.S. 38 31 81.7 57.6-93.6 4 6.3 2.1-17.4 2 10.3 1.8-42.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.7
College Graduate 39 29 77.6 59.0-89.3 4 4.8 1.5-14.3 2 9.6 2.4-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.0 2.7-21.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 48 39 80.9 62.7-91.4 4 6.4 1.6-22.9 1 4.1 0.6-24.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.6 2.8-23.2
$15,000- 24,999 42 31 78.3 59.7-89.8 5 10.4 3.6-26.4 2 5.8 1.0-26.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 3 3.9 1.2-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 17 12 68.6 37.4-88.8 4 28.9 9.5-61.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.3-17.1
$35,000- 49,999 17 13 49.6 21.2-78.3 2 30.4 7.8-69.4 1 14.7 2.1-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.2 0.7-30.6
$50,000-74,999 12 9 84.1 47.0-96.9 2 2.9 0.6-13.1 1 13.0 1.8-54.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 13 6 71.9 40.1-90.7 3 10.7 2.3-37.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.4 4.7-47.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 41 25 62.1 44.5-77.0 10 21.6 10.7-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 16.3 6.8-34.1
Guilford 34 21 65.1 46.3-80.2 9 27.3 14.0-46.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 3 6.3 1.7-20.6
Mecklenburg 36 26 67.8 47.9-82.8 6 21.3 9.0-42.4 1 3.9 0.5-23.1 1 3.1 0.4-19.0 2 4.0 1.0-14.8
Orange 23 13 49.3 27.7-71.1 6 21.8 8.6-45.1 1 10.8 1.6-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.2 5.8-44.4
Wake 29 15 50.4 30.6-70.0 10 27.8 14.1-47.5 1 5.4 0.8-29.9 1 5.0 0.7-28.0 2 11.5 2.4-40.7
Chatham/Lee 33 27 80.7 60.8-91.8 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.2-11.8 3 14.0 4.6-35.5
Nash/Wilson 40 30 71.1 52.4-84.6 3 8.1 2.6-22.9 2 11.1 2.8-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 9.7 3.9-22.3
Craven/Pamlico 55 48 87.9 75.5-94.5 3 6.6 2.0-19.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 3 4.8 1.5-14.3 0 0.0 . - .
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 45 36 76.1 53.7-89.8 6 18.5 6.3-43.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 2 3.2 0.7-13.8
Appalachian/Wilkes 32 26 81.4 63.1-91.8 2 6.1 1.5-22.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 1 3.1 0.4-19.1 2 7.7 1.9-26.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 32 25 83.4 66.8-92.6 5 13.1 5.0-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.5 0.8-13.5
Graham/Swain/Jackson 48 34 63.3 46.7-77.3 7 17.6 8.0-34.6 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 17.2 8.0-33.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 77 55 72.7 60.1-82.4 10 14.0 6.9-26.5 3 3.3 0.9-11.1 1 2.0 0.3-12.6 8 8.1 3.8-16.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 54 41 75.5 60.7-86.0 6 13.6 5.9-28.2 2 2.7 0.6-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.2 3.2-19.4
Northeast NC I 69 52 68.2 53.6-79.9 5 10.8 4.2-24.8 4 8.7 2.9-22.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 7 10.3 4.5-22.0
Northeast NC II 64 53 82.8 69.8-90.9 5 9.6 3.8-22.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.6 2.4-17.1
Northeastern Partnership 133 105 77.2 67.7-84.6 10 10.0 5.2-18.5 5 3.9 1.5-10.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 12 8.0 4.1-15.0
Mountain AHEC 133 94 73.7 63.5-81.8 20 12.0 6.9-20.0 3 3.6 1.0-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 10.7 6.1-18.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 412 315 74.1 67.4-79.8 40 12.2 8.1-17.9 14 2.7 1.4- 5.0 6 1.0 0.4- 2.7 37 10.0 6.4-15.3
Piedmont 323 227 70.8 63.6-77.0 55 15.0 10.8-20.4 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 5 1.2 0.4- 3.6 32 11.3 7.1-17.7

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

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Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

^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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