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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 30 22 75.6 55.2-88.6 5 14.0 5.4-31.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.4 3.1-29.6
GENDER
Male 9 6 71.1 35.8-91.6 2 15.6 3.3-49.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 13.3 1.8-55.6
Female 21 16 78.1 52.9-91.9 3 13.1 3.8-36.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.8 2.0-31.6
RACE
White 17 10 63.2 38.0-82.8 5 26.2 10.5-51.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.6 2.5-35.3
Other 12 11 89.4 49.6-98.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.6 1.4-50.4
AGE
18-44 5 1 24.4 3.4-74.6 2 36.4 8.1-78.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 39.3 9.2-80.4
45+ 25 21 84.2 62.0-94.6 3 10.2 3.0-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.6 0.8-31.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 7 6 88.9 44.9-98.7 1 11.1 1.3-55.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 23 16 69.5 46.4-85.7 4 15.3 5.4-36.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.2 4.7-39.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 15 11 79.0 50.0-93.4 2 9.0 1.9-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.0 2.5-41.6
$50,000+ 6 4 66.8 24.6-92.5 2 33.2 7.5-75.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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