BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	32	27	85.2	67.1-94.2	4	11.0	3.8-28.3	1	3.7	0.5-22.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
GENDER
Male	13	11	91.9	68.5-98.3	2	8.1	1.7-31.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	19	16	76.7	47.4-92.3	2	14.8	3.5-45.4	1	8.5	1.2-41.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
RACE
White	23	19	86.2	66.1-95.2	3	8.8	2.5-26.3	1	5.0	0.7-28.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	9	8	82.5	34.8-97.6	1	17.5	2.4-65.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	4	80.6	29.0-97.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	19.4	2.3-71.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	27	23	86.3	66.3-95.3	4	13.7	4.7-33.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	15	82.9	51.3-95.7	1	9.4	1.3-44.5	1	7.8	1.1-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	14	11	87.1	63.1-96.4	3	12.9	3.6-36.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	18	83.5	60.8-94.2	3	10.6	3.1-30.7	1	6.0	0.8-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	3	3	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	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: Buncombe County

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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
-Buncombe County	32	27	85.2	67.1-94.2	4	11.0	3.8-28.3	1	3.7	0.5-22.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
GENDER
Male	13	11	91.9	68.5-98.3	2	8.1	1.7-31.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Female	19	16	76.7	47.4-92.3	2	14.8	3.5-45.4	1	8.5	1.2-41.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
RACE
White	23	19	86.2	66.1-95.2	3	8.8	2.5-26.3	1	5.0	0.7-28.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Other	9	8	82.5	34.8-97.6	1	17.5	2.4-65.2	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	5	4	80.6	29.0-97.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	19.4	2.3-71.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	27	23	86.3	66.3-95.3	4	13.7	4.7-33.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	17	15	82.9	51.3-95.7	1	9.4	1.3-44.5	1	7.8	1.1-39.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	14	11	87.1	63.1-96.4	3	12.9	3.6-36.9	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	22	18	83.5	60.8-94.2	3	10.6	3.1-30.7	1	6.0	0.8-32.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
$50,000+	3	3	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .