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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 181 130 68.8 60.0-76.5 33 17.8 12.1-25.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 16 12.2 7.1-20.0
GENDER
Male 53 33 62.0 46.1-75.8 10 18.4 9.0-33.9 2 2.9 0.7-11.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 16.7 7.6-32.7
Female 128 97 73.3 63.3-81.4 23 17.5 11.1-26.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 9.2 4.5-17.8
RACE
White 74 56 78.4 66.3-87.0 8 6.5 3.1-13.3 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 13.5 6.7-25.4
African American 105 72 61.6 49.5-72.4 25 26.0 17.0-37.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 11.5 5.2-23.5
Other Minorities 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 178 127 68.2 59.3-76.0 33 18.2 12.3-26.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6 0 0.0 . - . 16 12.4 7.3-20.4
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 41 26 63.0 45.4-77.7 10 23.8 12.3-41.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.0 3.9-27.5
55-64 55 43 79.4 65.2-88.8 9 13.6 6.6-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 7.0 2.2-20.4
65-74 47 34 65.6 46.1-80.9 10 23.1 10.7-43.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.4 3.4-32.1
75+ 30 19 53.6 33.2-72.9 4 14.0 4.9-33.7 1 4.0 0.6-23.5 0 0.0 . - . 6 28.5 12.3-53.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 43 56.0 40.7-70.3 14 25.3 14.0-41.4 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 16.8 7.2-34.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 56 77.6 64.6-86.8 9 10.7 4.9-21.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.4 4.6-22.1
Some Post-H.S. 26 18 73.2 52.5-87.1 6 20.5 8.7-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.4 1.5-23.1
College Graduate 19 13 72.7 46.8-89.0 4 16.4 5.6-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.9 2.2-40.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 39 63.6 45.1-78.7 9 16.3 7.5-31.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 18.2 7.0-39.6
$15,000- 24,999 34 23 56.8 36.1-75.4 7 30.7 14.1-54.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.5 4.4-30.5
$25,000- 34,999 23 20 93.1 78.8-98.0 3 6.9 2.0-21.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 10 5 52.7 23.2-80.3 4 36.5 13.1-68.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.9 1.5-49.3
$50,000-74,999 14 9 67.5 39.8-86.8 2 15.4 3.8-45.8 1 6.9 0.9-36.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.2 2.1-37.6
$75,000+ 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 122 86 66.5 55.4-76.0 22 18.6 11.4-29.0 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 0 0.0 . - . 12 13.2 7.1-23.0
No 52 38 71.4 54.8-83.7 10 17.1 8.8-30.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.5 3.8-29.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 17 79.5 58.4-91.5 2 6.4 1.5-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.1 4.8-34.9
Non-Veteran 156 112 67.4 57.6-75.9 31 19.9 13.3-28.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 11 11.4 6.1-20.4

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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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