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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 76 47 55.5 40.7-69.4 23 32.2 20.0-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 5 10.9 3.7-27.8
GENDER
Male 31 19 52.4 31.0-73.1 8 30.9 14.0-55.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.7 4.9-43.7
Female 45 28 59.1 40.9-75.1 15 33.8 19.2-52.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-18.7 1 4.0 0.6-23.7
RACE
White 67 42 58.8 43.6-72.4 19 27.6 16.7-42.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 5 12.1 4.2-30.2
Other 9 5 25.1 5.0-68.3 4 74.9 31.7-95.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 9 7 51.4 15.0-86.4 1 11.5 1.4-53.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.1 6.6-83.1
45+ 67 40 56.2 40.6-70.6 22 35.6 22.1-51.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 4 6.6 2.2-18.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 41 24 51.9 32.2-71.1 15 33.7 18.2-53.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.4 3.3-45.2
Some College + 35 23 58.9 37.4-77.5 8 30.8 14.0-54.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.7 0.4-17.3 3 7.5 1.9-25.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 31 55.9 38.4-72.1 17 31.3 18.2-48.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 3 10.7 2.5-36.2
$50,000+ 11 7 53.2 19.7-84.0 2 28.7 5.0-75.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.1 4.1-53.1

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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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