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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 101 77 74.9 63.0-83.9 18 16.7 9.9-26.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.5 3.2-20.5
GENDER
Male 29 17 61.3 40.0-79.1 7 20.9 9.3-40.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 17.8 6.3-41.1
Female 72 60 85.1 74.2-92.0 11 13.5 7.0-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
RACE
White 32 25 80.5 62.7-91.0 4 12.3 4.4-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.2 2.2-21.1
Other 69 52 72.7 57.6-84.0 14 18.4 10.0-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.9 2.6-26.2
AGE
18-44 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 96 72 73.2 60.8-82.8 18 17.8 10.6-28.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.0 3.4-21.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 76 60 74.1 59.3-84.9 12 15.9 8.3-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 9.9 3.3-26.2
Some College + 25 17 76.8 56.7-89.4 6 18.7 7.7-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.5 1.0-17.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 54 76.9 61.3-87.5 11 15.7 7.9-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.4 1.8-25.8
$50,000+ 7 5 78.7 38.7-95.6 1 15.1 2.0-60.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.2 0.8-35.9

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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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