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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 104 72 64.0 50.8-75.4 26 26.9 17.0-39.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 4 7.0 2.0-21.7
GENDER
Male 43 29 62.1 42.4-78.5 10 25.3 12.1-45.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.6 3.7-35.1
Female 61 43 66.4 50.3-79.4 16 29.0 16.7-45.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 1 2.5 0.3-15.6 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 86 59 66.0 52.4-77.4 21 23.4 14.4-35.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 4 8.2 2.4-24.7
African American 11 7 32.9 9.3-70.1 4 67.1 29.9-90.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 7 6 97.0 76.7-99.7 1 3.0 0.3-23.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 2 56.5 8.9-94.5 1 43.5 5.5-91.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 100 70 65.7 52.1-77.2 24 24.5 14.8-37.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8 4 7.6 2.2-23.0
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 5 3 33.5 6.4-78.8 1 15.7 1.7-66.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 50.8 10.0-90.6
35-44 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 14 10 58.1 24.7-85.4 4 41.9 14.6-75.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
55-64 22 14 62.3 35.5-83.2 7 28.3 10.8-56.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.3 1.3-44.0
65-74 30 24 82.4 60.9-93.4 5 17.2 6.3-38.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
75+ 24 13 57.7 35.2-77.4 9 33.7 16.2-57.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.8 0.5-23.0 1 4.8 0.7-27.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 26 17 68.2 41.7-86.5 9 31.8 13.5-58.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 28 20 55.5 31.0-77.6 6 24.1 9.9-47.9 1 3.9 0.5-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.4 2.6-59.4
Some Post-H.S. 29 23 69.9 44.5-87.0 6 30.1 13.0-55.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 20 11 56.3 31.3-78.5 5 16.9 6.0-39.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 1.0-37.0 3 19.7 5.4-51.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 21 14 74.9 51.0-89.5 7 25.1 10.5-49.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 28 21 70.0 46.3-86.3 7 30.0 13.7-53.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$25,000- 34,999 7 4 44.2 14.0-79.4 2 36.7 8.9-77.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.1 2.7-67.0 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 15 9 53.9 23.4-81.7 3 16.4 4.2-47.0 1 5.6 0.7-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 24.1 4.1-70.4
$50,000-74,999 7 4 40.2 11.2-78.2 1 36.3 6.3-82.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 23.5 5.0-64.1
$75,000+ 7 6 98.2 86.3-99.8 1 1.8 0.2-13.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 62 40 65.9 50.7-78.5 19 28.3 16.8-43.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 1 2.3 0.3-14.5
No 36 29 67.4 39.6-86.6 4 16.7 4.0-49.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.0 3.8-47.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 13 70.5 45.6-87.2 6 24.0 9.5-48.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.5 0.8-30.6
Non-Veteran 83 58 61.8 46.4-75.2 20 27.9 16.4-43.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6 3 7.6 1.7-27.4

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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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