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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 54 37 72.2 57.5-83.2 6 9.6 3.9-21.6 2 4.1 1.0-15.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 8 12.3 5.9-24.0
GENDER
Male 25 16 72.8 51.6-87.0 3 8.2 2.2-26.8 1 4.3 0.6-25.1 1 3.1 0.4-19.3 4 11.7 4.1-29.2
Female 29 21 71.2 51.1-85.4 3 11.7 3.7-31.5 1 3.8 0.5-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.3 4.9-31.6
RACE
White 38 26 69.0 50.9-82.7 4 10.5 3.4-28.0 1 2.5 0.4-16.1 1 3.2 0.4-19.6 6 14.8 6.4-30.5
Other 16 11 76.6 50.8-91.2 2 8.3 1.9-29.8 1 6.2 0.8-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 2.0-31.8
AGE
18-44 5 3 72.0 27.1-94.7 2 28.0 5.3-72.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 49 34 72.2 57.1-83.5 4 5.5 2.0-14.2 2 5.0 1.2-18.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 8 15.1 7.3-28.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 17 75.7 53.5-89.4 2 5.5 1.3-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-25.1 4 14.5 4.9-35.8
Some College + 30 20 69.3 49.0-84.1 4 12.8 4.3-32.4 2 7.3 1.7-26.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.5 3.8-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 21 72.5 51.4-86.8 3 9.8 3.0-27.9 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 1 4.0 0.6-23.9 3 10.5 3.1-29.8
$50,000+ 9 5 64.6 29.9-88.7 2 17.3 3.4-55.6 1 11.3 1.5-51.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.9-37.4

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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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