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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 1,826 1,390 73.6 70.8-76.2 255 15.0 12.9-17.3 39 2.6 1.8- 3.9 16 1.1 0.6- 1.9 126 7.7 6.1- 9.7
-Eastern NC 678 513 75.3 70.9-79.3 93 14.4 11.2-18.3 18 3.0 1.7- 5.3 7 1.3 0.6- 3.1 47 5.9 4.1- 8.4
GENDER
Male 246 178 70.9 63.2-77.5 40 17.4 12.0-24.6 7 3.9 1.7- 9.0 4 1.6 0.5- 5.2 17 6.1 3.4-10.8
Female 432 335 79.2 74.3-83.4 53 11.7 8.6-15.9 11 2.3 1.2- 4.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8 30 5.7 3.7- 8.8
RACE
White 393 296 75.0 69.1-80.0 53 14.7 10.5-20.2 11 3.0 1.5- 6.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 30 6.3 4.2- 9.3
African American 234 180 75.7 67.8-82.2 32 14.8 9.7-21.9 6 3.6 1.3- 9.2 3 1.9 0.5- 6.8 13 4.1 2.0- 8.1
Other Minorities 50 36 75.2 54.9-88.3 8 11.4 4.8-24.9 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 4 11.0 2.7-35.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 15 78.8 48.3-93.6 2 7.7 1.7-28.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 13.5 2.5-48.4
Non-Hispanic 655 495 74.9 70.5-79.0 91 14.9 11.6-19.0 18 3.3 1.8- 5.7 7 1.4 0.6- 3.4 44 5.4 3.8- 7.6
AGE
18-24 3 2 62.3 11.0-95.7 1 37.7 4.3-89.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 11 9 73.8 35.8-93.5 1 8.7 1.2-43.1 1 17.5 2.6-62.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 52 38 72.0 55.5-84.2 7 13.5 5.9-28.1 2 6.3 1.3-26.0 1 3.4 0.5-20.6 4 4.6 1.5-13.3
45-54 113 84 76.5 65.7-84.6 17 15.5 8.6-26.4 6 4.5 1.9-10.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 5 2.9 1.1- 7.7
55-64 197 149 76.3 68.2-82.9 28 13.6 8.8-20.4 6 2.3 0.9- 5.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 12 6.8 3.2-14.2
65-74 191 144 74.3 65.9-81.1 29 16.7 11.1-24.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 1 1.8 0.3-11.6 16 6.6 3.8-11.2
75+ 107 84 77.9 67.5-85.7 10 8.9 4.6-16.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 2 1.7 0.4- 7.3 10 10.5 5.2-20.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 174 130 76.7 67.9-83.6 21 10.1 6.2-16.0 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 20 11.9 6.6-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 228 175 76.5 69.3-82.5 32 14.2 9.6-20.5 6 4.0 1.6- 9.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 13 4.5 2.5- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 147 105 66.9 55.5-76.6 26 22.1 13.5-33.9 8 5.5 2.2-12.6 2 3.1 0.8-11.6 6 2.5 0.9- 6.3
College Graduate 128 102 81.7 72.7-88.2 14 10.6 5.8-18.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 8 5.2 2.4-10.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 107 73.2 62.5-81.7 24 16.2 9.2-26.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 2 1.4 0.4- 5.6 14 8.7 4.5-16.4
$15,000- 24,999 140 103 73.8 64.5-81.3 24 18.2 11.8-27.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 6.6 3.5-12.2
$25,000- 34,999 87 66 70.1 54.3-82.2 15 24.3 12.9-41.1 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.0 0.8-10.0
$35,000- 49,999 72 62 88.5 77.5-94.5 4 4.4 1.4-13.3 2 1.5 0.3- 6.7 2 3.5 0.7-16.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 69 54 74.7 59.7-85.5 8 11.9 5.4-24.2 3 9.1 2.7-26.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 3 2.9 0.8- 9.9
$75,000+ 44 34 82.8 69.0-91.3 4 5.0 1.8-13.2 2 3.2 0.8-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 9.0 3.2-23.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 424 322 76.2 70.8-80.9 61 14.3 10.6-19.0 7 1.2 0.5- 2.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.3 28 6.6 4.1-10.5
No 236 176 73.4 65.2-80.3 31 15.0 9.5-22.8 10 5.7 2.7-11.6 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 18 5.1 3.0- 8.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 129 97 77.1 68.2-84.1 19 15.2 9.3-23.8 4 2.2 0.8- 5.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.5 6 3.8 1.7- 8.7
Non-Veteran 547 415 74.9 69.7-79.5 74 14.2 10.6-18.8 14 3.3 1.7- 6.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 41 6.5 4.4- 9.6

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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.

** 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.

***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.

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