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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 55 41 78.4 65.1-87.6 7 11.7 5.2-24.3 3 3.5 1.1-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.4 2.3-16.6
GENDER
Male 16 14 88.9 61.2-97.6 2 11.1 2.4-38.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Female 39 27 71.8 54.9-84.1 5 12.1 4.7-27.8 3 5.7 1.7-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.4 3.8-25.8
RACE
White 32 20 65.1 46.0-80.3 7 21.6 9.9-41.1 2 4.6 1.1-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.7 2.6-25.4
Other 23 21 94.2 78.2-98.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.5-22.2
AGE
18-44 4 3 85.4 36.7-98.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.6 1.7-63.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 50 37 77.8 63.7-87.5 7 12.6 5.6-26.0 2 2.7 0.6-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.9 2.5-17.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 20 82.9 62.0-93.5 2 10.7 2.7-34.1 2 4.9 1.2-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.4
Some College + 30 21 73.3 54.3-86.4 5 12.9 5.1-29.0 1 1.8 0.2-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.9 3.9-31.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 35 25 75.0 57.1-87.1 4 12.6 4.4-31.0 3 5.2 1.6-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.1 2.1-21.4
$50,000+ 12 9 80.5 51.7-94.1 2 11.3 2.7-37.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.3 1.1-41.5

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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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