BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	48	35	71.9	55.3-84.1	10	23.5	12.4-40.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.4	0.8-13.2
GENDER
Male	19	14	72.0	44.9-89.1	4	23.5	8.2-51.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.5	0.6-26.4
Female	29	21	71.7	50.5-86.3	6	23.6	10.4-45.1	1	2.3	0.3-14.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.4	0.3-15.5
RACE
White	34	25	70.3	49.5-85.1	6	22.9	10.0-44.4	1	1.8	0.2-12.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.0	1.2-19.0
Other	13	9	74.4	44.8-91.2	4	25.6	8.8-55.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	82.2	27.0-98.3	1	17.8	1.7-73.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	45	33	70.5	53.2-83.4	9	24.3	12.5-41.9	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.9-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	22	69.1	47.8-84.5	7	26.0	12.0-47.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.9	1.1-18.7
Some College +	17	13	78.1	52.1-92.1	3	18.0	5.7-44.4	1	3.9	0.5-24.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	25	71.2	51.6-85.2	7	22.9	10.6-42.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.3	1.0-16.5
$50,000+	6	4	63.8	23.7-90.9	2	36.2	9.1-76.3	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: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	48	35	71.9	55.3-84.1	10	23.5	12.4-40.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.4	0.8-13.2
GENDER
Male	19	14	72.0	44.9-89.1	4	23.5	8.2-51.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	4.5	0.6-26.4
Female	29	21	71.7	50.5-86.3	6	23.6	10.4-45.1	1	2.3	0.3-14.9	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.4	0.3-15.5
RACE
White	34	25	70.3	49.5-85.1	6	22.9	10.0-44.4	1	1.8	0.2-12.1	0	0.0	. - .	2	5.0	1.2-19.0
Other	13	9	74.4	44.8-91.2	4	25.6	8.8-55.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	3	2	82.2	27.0-98.3	1	17.8	1.7-73.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	45	33	70.5	53.2-83.4	9	24.3	12.5-41.9	1	1.4	0.2- 9.3	0	0.0	. - .	2	3.8	0.9-14.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	31	22	69.1	47.8-84.5	7	26.0	12.0-47.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.9	1.1-18.7
Some College +	17	13	78.1	52.1-92.1	3	18.0	5.7-44.4	1	3.9	0.5-24.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	35	25	71.2	51.6-85.2	7	22.9	10.6-42.9	1	1.6	0.2-10.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.3	1.0-16.5
$50,000+	6	4	63.8	23.7-90.9	2	36.2	9.1-76.3	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .