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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 40 28 58.6 38.2-76.5 9 25.6 12.1-46.2 1 9.2 1.4-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.6 1.3-28.0
GENDER
Male 15 7 40.5 17.6-68.6 5 27.2 10.1-55.4 1 18.8 2.9-64.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.4 2.5-47.9
Female 25 21 76.0 43.6-92.8 4 24.0 7.2-56.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 18 14 69.0 36.0-89.8 3 28.4 8.4-63.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-16.8
Other 22 14 50.5 26.1-74.6 6 23.4 9.3-47.6 1 16.4 2.5-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.7 1.4-45.3
AGE
18-44 8 6 58.6 19.4-89.3 2 41.4 10.7-80.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 32 22 58.6 35.9-78.1 7 19.6 8.5-39.0 1 12.8 1.9-51.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.1 1.8-35.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 22 13 44.4 22.3-69.0 6 25.4 10.0-51.3 1 17.6 2.8-61.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.5 2.4-45.3
Some College + 18 15 74.2 40.1-92.5 3 25.8 7.5-59.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 27 21 73.1 48.1-88.9 5 17.6 6.5-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.3 1.3-43.6
$50,000+ 6 3 37.5 8.7-78.9 2 56.4 16.8-89.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.1 0.7-37.4

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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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