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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 51 40 82.9 69.3-91.2 8 13.4 6.2-26.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.2 0.4-10.6
GENDER
Male 19 17 93.3 75.8-98.4 2 6.7 1.6-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 32 23 69.6 49.0-84.6 6 22.0 9.4-43.3 1 3.4 0.5-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.0 1.0-21.9
RACE
White 28 23 85.7 68.6-94.2 4 11.1 4.0-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.4-19.9
Other 23 17 79.5 55.0-92.5 4 16.2 5.1-41.0 1 3.3 0.4-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
AGE
18-44 3 1 26.6 3.1-80.4 1 45.5 7.1-90.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 27.9 3.3-81.4
45+ 48 39 86.7 74.1-93.7 7 11.2 4.9-23.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 21 86.6 68.6-95.0 4 11.0 3.6-28.9 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 25 19 76.4 53.7-90.1 4 17.6 6.2-40.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.0 1.2-25.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 28 86.5 70.5-94.5 6 13.5 5.5-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000+ 9 6 65.7 29.2-89.9 1 18.6 2.7-65.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.7 3.0-52.8

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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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