BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	38	29	69.9	50.7-84.0	4	14.9	5.3-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	15.2	6.3-32.4
GENDER
Male	14	9	61.0	32.8-83.4	2	21.4	5.6-55.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	17.6	5.3-44.7
Female	24	20	79.0	54.9-92.1	2	8.2	2.0-28.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.8	3.2-39.4
RACE
White	26	19	62.9	40.1-81.0	4	21.6	7.8-47.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.6	5.1-38.7
Other	12	10	85.6	55.3-96.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	14.4	3.4-44.7
AGE
18-44	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	34	25	66.6	46.5-82.1	4	16.5	5.9-38.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	16.9	7.0-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	18	14	73.4	43.9-90.7	2	16.3	3.5-51.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.3	2.5-34.4
Some College +	19	14	65.9	39.5-85.1	2	14.0	3.3-43.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	20.1	6.5-47.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	23	17	71.2	47.3-87.2	3	15.8	4.7-41.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.0	4.1-34.3
$50,000+	11	8	62.7	29.7-86.9	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	21.2	5.3-56.1

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: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County	38	29	69.9	50.7-84.0	4	14.9	5.3-35.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	15.2	6.3-32.4
GENDER
Male	14	9	61.0	32.8-83.4	2	21.4	5.6-55.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	17.6	5.3-44.7
Female	24	20	79.0	54.9-92.1	2	8.2	2.0-28.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	12.8	3.2-39.4
RACE
White	26	19	62.9	40.1-81.0	4	21.6	7.8-47.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	15.6	5.1-38.7
Other	12	10	85.6	55.3-96.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	14.4	3.4-44.7
AGE
18-44	4	4	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
45+	34	25	66.6	46.5-82.1	4	16.5	5.9-38.6	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	5	16.9	7.0-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	18	14	73.4	43.9-90.7	2	16.3	3.5-51.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	10.3	2.5-34.4
Some College +	19	14	65.9	39.5-85.1	2	14.0	3.3-43.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	20.1	6.5-47.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	23	17	71.2	47.3-87.2	3	15.8	4.7-41.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	3	13.0	4.1-34.3
$50,000+	11	8	62.7	29.7-86.9	1	16.2	2.4-60.4	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	2	21.2	5.3-56.1