BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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.*)

	Total Respond.^	1 or more times/day	1 or more times/week	1 or more times/month	1 or more times/year	Never
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
-Mecklenburg County	67	46	68.5	54.5-79.8	15	24.0	14.1-37.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	4	5.6	1.9-15.2
GENDER
Male	24	16	66.5	42.8-84.0	6	25.5	10.8-49.3	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.3	0.7-29.9
Female	43	30	70.1	52.8-83.1	9	22.8	11.4-40.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	3	5.9	1.8-17.3
RACE
White	45	31	64.3	46.5-78.8	9	26.1	13.6-44.2	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	8.0	2.7-21.2
Other	21	14	77.4	56.2-90.1	6	20.2	8.3-41.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.4	0.3-15.9	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	65	46	71.4	57.3-82.2	13	20.8	11.6-34.6	1	1.2	0.2- 8.3	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	4	5.9	2.0-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	19	78.0	55.7-90.9	6	19.1	7.3-41.3	1	2.9	0.4-18.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	40	26	61.5	43.8-76.6	9	27.8	14.6-46.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	4	9.5	3.3-24.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	31	24	78.2	58.2-90.3	5	15.8	5.8-36.3	1	3.0	0.4-18.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.9	0.4-18.3
$50,000+	24	14	62.4	39.0-81.1	7	28.9	13.0-52.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	2	7.1	1.5-28.3

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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Mecklenburg County	67	46	68.5	54.5-79.8	15	24.0	14.1-37.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.0	1	0.7	0.1- 4.8	4	5.6	1.9-15.2
GENDER
Male	24	16	66.5	42.8-84.0	6	25.5	10.8-49.3	1	2.7	0.4-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	5.3	0.7-29.9
Female	43	30	70.1	52.8-83.1	9	22.8	11.4-40.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 8.4	3	5.9	1.8-17.3
RACE
White	45	31	64.3	46.5-78.8	9	26.1	13.6-44.2	1	1.7	0.2-11.1	0	0.0	. - .	4	8.0	2.7-21.2
Other	21	14	77.4	56.2-90.1	6	20.2	8.3-41.3	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.4	0.3-15.9	0	0.0	. - .
AGE
18-44	2	0	0.0	. - .	2	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	65	46	71.4	57.3-82.2	13	20.8	11.6-34.6	1	1.2	0.2- 8.3	1	0.7	0.1- 5.0	4	5.9	2.0-15.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	26	19	78.0	55.7-90.9	6	19.1	7.3-41.3	1	2.9	0.4-18.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Some College +	40	26	61.5	43.8-76.6	9	27.8	14.6-46.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.2	0.2- 7.9	4	9.5	3.3-24.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	31	24	78.2	58.2-90.3	5	15.8	5.8-36.3	1	3.0	0.4-18.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	2.9	0.4-18.3
$50,000+	24	14	62.4	39.0-81.1	7	28.9	13.0-52.5	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.6	0.2-10.7	2	7.1	1.5-28.3