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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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 1,513 1,210 78.3 75.5-80.9 125 8.9 7.1-11.1 32 2.0 1.3- 3.1 18 1.2 0.7- 2.2 128 9.5 7.8-11.6
-Mountain AHEC 105 81 76.5 64.5-85.4 9 6.9 3.0-14.9 1 1.6 0.2-10.3 2 3.1 0.7-12.3 12 11.9 5.8-23.1
GENDER
Male 42 33 79.9 61.8-90.8 5 6.9 2.5-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 3 11.3 3.4-31.5
Female 63 48 72.7 55.7-84.9 4 6.9 1.8-22.8 1 3.3 0.5-20.1 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 9 12.7 5.5-26.7
RACE
White 83 62 75.5 62.4-85.1 8 7.1 3.0-16.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 2 3.4 0.8-13.6 10 12.2 5.6-24.6
African American 7 5 79.3 40.8-95.5 1 8.0 1.0-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.7 1.7-55.7
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 3 2 62.2 11.8-95.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.8 4.7-88.2
35-44 6 3 29.4 4.2-79.7 1 2.5 0.2-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 68.2 18.8-95.2
45-54 20 19 89.2 51.5-98.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.8 1.5-48.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 23 15 70.0 45.4-86.8 5 17.2 5.9-40.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.0 1.0-36.7 2 5.7 1.3-21.5
65-74 27 21 80.3 57.0-92.6 3 6.8 2.0-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.9 3.4-38.6
75+ 25 20 81.9 55.2-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.7-27.6 4 13.3 3.2-41.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 22 19 94.8 81.0-98.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.2 1.3-19.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 41 34 77.7 56.4-90.4 4 13.8 4.7-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.8-32.0 2 2.5 0.6-10.1
Some Post-H.S. 22 15 62.7 35.4-83.8 2 3.5 0.8-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 33.8 13.6-62.3
College Graduate 19 12 67.1 40.9-85.7 3 7.5 2.0-24.7 1 9.3 1.3-44.0 1 6.0 0.8-33.0 2 10.1 2.4-33.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 24 15 67.7 39.1-87.2 2 11.9 2.3-43.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 20.4 6.8-47.2
$15,000- 24,999 14 10 46.8 18.4-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.6 2.4-62.0 3 36.6 10.6-73.8
$25,000- 34,999 10 8 80.4 43.2-95.7 1 6.5 0.8-36.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.1 1.8-55.5 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 15 11 70.5 37.7-90.4 3 16.0 4.0-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.5 1.9-55.1
$50,000-74,999 11 9 89.6 55.1-98.4 1 1.1 0.1- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.2 1.2-46.2
$75,000+ 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 61 44 70.3 52.9-83.3 7 10.1 3.9-23.7 1 2.7 0.4-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 16.9 7.2-34.6
No 41 34 83.7 66.6-93.0 2 2.9 0.7-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.6 1.8-27.4 3 5.8 1.8-17.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 18 85.4 64.0-95.1 3 4.6 1.3-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.8 1 6.6 0.9-35.0
Non-Veteran 82 63 72.7 57.8-83.8 6 7.9 3.0-19.4 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 1 2.9 0.4-18.1 11 14.2 6.5-28.2

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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 (MAHEC): 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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