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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

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 1,798 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 51 37 73.9 58.2-85.2 7 10.7 4.5-23.1 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 5 12.4 4.8-28.4
GENDER
Male 20 14 71.1 46.6-87.3 2 8.3 2.0-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-16.0 3 18.1 5.8-44.4
Female 31 23 77.3 57.5-89.6 5 13.4 4.7-33.0 1 3.6 0.5-21.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.6 1.2-22.8
RACE
White 26 17 63.7 41.6-81.2 4 14.8 5.0-36.5 1 3.7 0.5-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.8 6.3-41.0
Other 25 20 82.3 58.4-93.9 3 7.3 1.8-25.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.7 1 7.9 1.1-39.4
AGE
18-44 5 4 84.0 36.7-98.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 2.0-63.3
45+ 46 33 71.9 54.8-84.4 7 12.8 5.5-27.2 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 4 11.7 3.9-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 20 70.7 49.3-85.7 6 14.1 5.5-31.9 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.2 3.2-36.8
Some College + 21 17 78.2 53.1-91.9 1 6.2 0.9-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 2 12.6 3.2-38.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 31 23 72.3 50.2-87.1 6 17.7 7.2-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 1 7.7 1.1-38.4
$50,000+ 10 8 79.5 44.6-94.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.5 5.1-55.4

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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: 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.

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