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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 52 39 77.3 62.2-87.6 7 11.6 4.8-25.5 2 4.9 1.2-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.1 2.0-17.0
GENDER
Male 24 19 80.0 57.0-92.4 3 13.3 3.9-36.5 1 5.1 0.7-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
Female 28 20 73.3 52.7-87.1 4 9.2 3.3-23.1 1 4.7 0.7-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.7 3.8-35.1
RACE
White 47 35 74.6 58.0-86.1 6 12.0 4.6-28.0 2 6.0 1.5-21.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.4 2.5-20.1
Other 5 4 90.2 48.6-98.9 1 9.8 1.1-51.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 5 3 62.6 21.6-91.1 1 17.7 2.3-66.0 1 19.6 2.6-68.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 47 36 78.9 62.7-89.3 6 11.0 4.1-26.1 1 3.3 0.5-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.8 2.3-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 22 75.2 53.7-88.8 5 15.9 5.7-37.1 1 4.9 0.7-27.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.0 0.9-16.1
Some College + 22 17 80.7 58.3-92.6 2 4.8 1.1-18.1 1 5.0 0.7-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.6 2.1-34.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 30 84.2 68.2-93.0 3 5.3 1.6-16.2 2 6.8 1.6-24.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.9-14.3
$50,000+ 7 4 48.7 15.8-82.7 2 33.3 7.0-76.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 18.0 2.5-65.4

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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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