BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties: (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.*)

	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	1,798	1,306	71.9	69.1-74.5	314	17.9	15.7-20.3	34	1.7	1.1- 2.5	11	0.8	0.3- 1.8	133	7.8	6.3- 9.7
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	53	36	72.8	58.8-83.4	11	16.5	8.7-29.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.4	5	8.4	3.3-19.7
GENDER
Male	18	11	57.9	33.1-79.3	3	20.0	6.2-48.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.9	1.0-36.0	3	15.2	4.6-39.7
Female	35	25	80.2	64.6-89.9	8	14.8	7.0-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.1	1.1-20.2
RACE
White	44	30	73.5	57.9-84.8	8	14.0	6.4-27.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-16.7	5	9.9	3.9-22.9
Other	9	6	69.3	34.5-90.6	3	30.7	9.4-65.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	49	32	69.5	54.4-81.2	11	18.6	9.8-32.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.5	0.4-16.0	5	9.4	3.7-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	26	74.0	57.1-85.9	6	13.2	5.7-27.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.2	0.4-19.5	4	9.6	3.4-24.5
Some College +	16	10	70.0	42.9-87.8	5	24.6	8.8-52.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.5	0.7-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	24	74.6	57.6-86.5	6	12.8	5.4-27.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.5-20.8	4	9.1	3.2-23.3
$50,000+	10	8	79.0	39.1-95.6	2	21.0	4.4-60.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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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
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,798	1,306	71.9	69.1-74.5	314	17.9	15.7-20.3	34	1.7	1.1- 2.5	11	0.8	0.3- 1.8	133	7.8	6.3- 9.7
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	53	36	72.8	58.8-83.4	11	16.5	8.7-29.2	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.3	0.3-14.4	5	8.4	3.3-19.7
GENDER
Male	18	11	57.9	33.1-79.3	3	20.0	6.2-48.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.9	1.0-36.0	3	15.2	4.6-39.7
Female	35	25	80.2	64.6-89.9	8	14.8	7.0-28.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.1	1.1-20.2
RACE
White	44	30	73.5	57.9-84.8	8	14.0	6.4-27.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.7	0.4-16.7	5	9.9	3.9-22.9
Other	9	6	69.3	34.5-90.6	3	30.7	9.4-65.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	49	32	69.5	54.4-81.2	11	18.6	9.8-32.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.5	0.4-16.0	5	9.4	3.7-21.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	37	26	74.0	57.1-85.9	6	13.2	5.7-27.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.2	0.4-19.5	4	9.6	3.4-24.5
Some College +	16	10	70.0	42.9-87.8	5	24.6	8.8-52.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.5	0.7-30.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	24	74.6	57.6-86.5	6	12.8	5.4-27.6	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.4	0.5-20.8	4	9.1	3.2-23.3
$50,000+	10	8	79.0	39.1-95.6	2	21.0	4.4-60.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .