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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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
-Onslow County 46 33 67.9 50.0-81.7 8 16.4 7.9-31.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.6 5.0-35.4
GENDER
Male 23 14 61.9 38.2-81.1 4 12.9 4.3-32.5 1 1.8 0.2-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 23.4 8.2-50.9
Female 23 19 77.7 52.3-91.7 4 22.3 8.3-47.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 31 21 63.6 42.1-80.7 5 14.1 5.5-31.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 4 20.7 7.4-46.3
Other 15 12 78.0 46.7-93.4 3 22.0 6.6-53.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 43 30 64.0 45.6-79.1 8 18.4 8.9-34.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.3 5.7-38.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 17 69.1 40.2-88.1 3 14.5 4.3-39.2 1 2.5 0.3-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.9 2.1-55.0
Some College + 24 16 66.8 43.8-83.9 5 18.0 7.0-38.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.2 4.4-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 20 70.1 48.6-85.4 5 14.5 5.5-33.1 1 1.8 0.3-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.5 3.9-37.8
$50,000+ 12 8 53.5 23.1-81.5 3 25.4 7.7-58.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.2 3.3-68.0

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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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