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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 187 130 67.5 58.3-75.5 41 22.7 15.8-31.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 12 8.2 4.0-16.2
GENDER
Male 75 52 65.4 50.5-77.9 14 21.9 11.9-36.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 12.2 5.0-26.9
Female 112 78 69.6 58.7-78.6 27 23.5 15.5-34.1 2 1.5 0.3- 7.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 4 4.1 1.4-11.5
RACE
White 162 113 69.3 59.9-77.3 33 19.6 13.4-27.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 12 9.3 4.5-18.2
African American 15 9 35.7 12.7-67.9 6 64.3 32.1-87.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 10 8 86.9 48.9-97.9 2 13.1 2.1-51.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 3 59.2 14.9-92.3 1 33.2 4.7-83.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.6 0.9-43.9
Non-Hispanic 181 127 68.7 59.3-76.7 39 21.3 14.6-30.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 11 8.3 3.9-16.8
AGE
18-24 2 1 13.8 1.0-72.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 86.2 28.0-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 7 5 46.5 12.3-84.4 1 12.6 1.5-57.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 40.9 7.5-85.5
35-44 16 13 83.3 54.3-95.5 1 9.3 1.3-44.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.4 1.4-30.4
45-54 25 18 61.0 35.2-81.8 6 34.5 14.6-61.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.5 0.6-26.5
55-64 53 38 74.8 58.6-86.1 12 19.5 9.8-35.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.6-23.3
65-74 44 31 72.4 55.4-84.8 9 20.2 9.9-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.3 2.3-21.3
75+ 40 24 62.0 43.9-77.3 12 27.4 14.4-45.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 3 8.0 2.4-23.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 51 36 71.7 54.9-84.1 12 21.3 10.8-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.9 2.1-20.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 55 36 59.2 42.0-74.4 12 23.5 12.8-39.2 2 2.9 0.6-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.4 4.3-38.5
Some Post-H.S. 43 31 68.2 47.1-83.8 10 29.0 13.9-50.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-14.2
College Graduate 36 25 71.4 52.2-85.1 7 15.0 6.3-31.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.5-21.6 3 9.9 2.6-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 41 28 71.9 54.4-84.6 12 23.0 12.2-39.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.0 0.7-28.0
$15,000- 24,999 46 33 69.3 51.2-82.9 7 21.2 9.7-40.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.6 3.3-20.4
$25,000- 34,999 20 14 69.0 43.4-86.6 4 17.0 5.4-42.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.2 0.9-33.2 1 7.9 1.1-39.3
$35,000- 49,999 22 14 58.0 30.0-81.6 4 16.9 5.4-42.1 2 5.7 1.1-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.4 3.2-63.6
$50,000-74,999 12 8 48.3 19.5-78.3 2 35.0 9.2-74.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 16.7 3.9-49.5
$75,000+ 15 11 82.6 52.4-95.4 3 15.5 3.6-47.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.2-13.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 112 79 71.1 60.3-79.9 26 22.1 14.3-32.5 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 4 4.4 1.6-11.7
No 67 48 67.2 49.4-81.1 11 18.2 7.9-36.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 14.2 5.3-32.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 26 75.4 56.7-87.8 8 19.3 8.7-37.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.2 1.1-20.8
Non-Veteran 150 103 65.3 54.7-74.6 33 23.7 15.8-33.9 3 1.2 0.3- 4.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 10 9.0 4.0-19.0

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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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