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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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 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
-Western NC 163 123 73.7 64.5-81.3 17 10.9 6.3-18.1 3 1.9 0.5- 6.4 2 2.0 0.5- 8.4 18 11.5 6.5-19.3
GENDER
Male 65 48 74.8 60.4-85.2 7 9.0 3.7-20.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 7 13.2 5.8-27.3
Female 98 75 72.7 60.2-82.4 10 12.8 6.4-23.9 1 2.1 0.3-13.1 1 2.7 0.4-16.8 11 9.8 4.7-19.1
RACE
White 136 101 73.5 63.6-81.6 15 10.7 5.9-18.4 3 2.1 0.6- 7.1 2 2.3 0.5- 9.3 15 11.4 6.2-20.0
African American 8 6 82.3 46.7-96.1 1 6.8 0.9-37.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.9 1.4-50.6
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 3 50.5 13.5-86.9 1 27.1 3.9-77.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 22.3 3.0-72.9
35-44 10 5 36.1 10.5-73.1 3 30.9 6.9-72.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.0 6.4-78.1
45-54 35 31 82.9 61.6-93.6 2 8.2 1.9-29.0 1 5.6 0.8-30.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.3 0.5-19.9
55-64 35 23 69.0 49.3-83.6 6 16.1 6.4-34.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 1 5.0 0.7-28.3 4 8.7 3.0-22.8
65-74 40 32 80.6 62.2-91.3 4 7.5 2.7-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.8 3.8-31.4
75+ 37 28 77.1 57.5-89.3 1 2.5 0.3-15.8 1 2.5 0.3-15.8 1 3.3 0.5-20.1 6 14.7 5.3-34.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 43 37 89.2 74.6-95.8 2 5.6 1.3-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.2 1.6-15.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 63 47 70.4 54.8-82.3 8 17.3 8.4-32.5 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6 1 4.0 0.6-23.2 5 5.9 2.3-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 27 19 64.5 39.2-83.6 2 3.1 0.7-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 32.4 14.0-58.7
College Graduate 29 19 65.0 43.3-81.9 5 15.1 4.9-38.0 1 5.5 0.8-30.3 1 3.6 0.5-21.6 3 10.8 3.3-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 27 76.5 53.5-90.2 2 8.7 1.7-33.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 14.8 5.2-35.6
$15,000- 24,999 31 21 55.7 34.3-75.1 4 14.7 5.3-34.6 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 1 7.4 1.1-37.3 4 19.5 6.3-46.6
$25,000- 34,999 19 14 74.7 48.6-90.2 3 16.6 4.8-43.8 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 1 5.8 0.8-32.0 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 18 13 70.9 41.8-89.2 3 13.5 3.4-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.6 3.5-48.6
$50,000-74,999 13 9 70.1 34.6-91.2 3 22.7 5.2-61.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 0.9-38.7
$75,000+ 8 7 83.4 37.4-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.6 2.3-62.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 97 71 70.4 57.5-80.7 11 12.1 6.1-22.6 2 2.7 0.6-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 14.8 7.5-27.1
No 62 49 79.0 64.8-88.5 6 9.9 4.0-22.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 2 5.1 1.2-19.4 4 5.2 1.9-13.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 23 79.3 61.8-90.1 4 5.6 1.9-15.2 2 3.3 0.8-13.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 3 9.2 2.6-27.8
Non-Veteran 130 100 71.8 60.8-80.7 13 12.7 7.0-22.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 15 12.2 6.5-21.7

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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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