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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 73 53 73.8 59.9-84.1 15 19.2 10.8-31.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.1 0.6-23.9 4 2.9 1.0- 7.6
GENDER
Male 22 15 68.1 42.7-86.0 4 18.6 6.3-43.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.6 1.4-44.5 2 3.7 0.9-14.3
Female 51 38 78.1 63.6-87.9 11 19.7 10.4-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6
RACE
White 39 29 80.8 65.7-90.2 7 14.8 6.6-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.4 1.4-13.2
Other 33 23 65.8 43.5-82.8 8 24.3 10.9-45.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.5 1.2-40.9 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
AGE
18-44 11 10 92.0 59.3-98.9 1 8.0 1.1-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 60 41 68.5 52.5-81.1 14 22.6 12.4-37.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.8-28.8 4 3.6 1.3- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 28 69.7 49.1-84.6 8 20.8 9.3-40.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.3 1.1-36.8 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8
Some College + 34 25 79.1 62.1-89.7 7 17.2 7.7-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.7 0.9-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 33 70.6 52.9-83.6 11 27.2 14.5-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6
$50,000+ 11 7 83.1 57.6-94.7 2 8.7 1.7-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.2 1.8-29.9

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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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