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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 681 490 70.3 65.8-74.5 110 16.9 13.6-20.9 15 2.8 1.6- 5.1 8 1.2 0.5- 2.6 58 8.8 6.4-11.9
Female 1,145 900 76.4 72.9-79.6 145 13.3 10.9-16.0 24 2.5 1.5- 4.0 8 1.0 0.5- 2.2 68 6.8 4.8- 9.6
RACE
White 1,274 967 73.7 70.3-76.8 181 15.6 13.1-18.5 25 2.5 1.5- 4.0 11 1.1 0.5- 2.0 90 7.2 5.4- 9.4
African American 450 352 76.3 70.9-80.9 57 13.4 9.9-17.8 12 3.2 1.6- 6.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 25 5.8 3.6- 9.2
Asian 3 2 52.2 8.1-93.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 47.8 6.9-91.9
Native American 42 31 73.1 53.4-86.6 8 21.3 9.1-42.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2
Other Minorities 52 35 61.3 43.0-77.0 9 14.1 6.2-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 24.5 11.5-44.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 35 55.2 38.3-71.0 8 14.8 6.4-30.6 2 5.9 1.4-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 24.1 12.0-42.6
-English Speaking 35 26 70.2 47.9-85.8 3 9.2 2.0-33.7 2 10.2 2.5-33.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.4 3.4-27.8
-Spanish Speaking 19 9 34.6 15.9-59.7 5 22.5 8.2-48.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 42.9 19.7-69.8
Non-Hispanic 1,764 1,349 74.6 71.8-77.2 246 15.0 12.9-17.3 37 2.5 1.7- 3.6 16 1.2 0.7- 2.0 116 6.8 5.3- 8.6
AGE
18-24 14 7 47.0 22.4-73.1 2 16.1 4.0-46.8 1 6.0 0.8-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 30.9 11.6-60.5
25-34 37 23 63.0 43.9-78.7 9 18.7 8.5-36.4 3 11.0 3.2-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.3 1.7-26.2
35-44 143 103 68.0 57.3-77.1 22 16.7 10.1-26.3 3 2.2 0.6- 7.9 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 13 11.4 5.7-21.3
45-54 295 222 74.9 68.3-80.6 43 15.6 10.9-21.7 8 2.6 1.2- 5.7 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 18 5.9 3.4-10.0
55-64 491 383 76.7 71.7-81.1 74 15.9 12.3-20.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.4 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7 21 4.8 2.8- 8.2
65-74 514 405 77.3 72.5-81.4 60 13.0 9.8-17.0 7 1.8 0.7- 4.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 41 7.4 5.2-10.5
75+ 325 241 73.4 67.1-78.8 45 13.5 9.6-18.7 8 3.9 1.7- 8.3 4 1.5 0.5- 4.7 27 7.7 5.1-11.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 449 338 73.0 66.9-78.3 57 12.6 9.2-17.1 10 2.9 1.3- 6.3 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 43 11.0 7.3-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 624 489 77.3 72.7-81.2 80 13.0 10.0-16.6 13 2.8 1.5- 5.1 4 0.4 0.2- 1.2 38 6.6 4.3- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 420 313 68.4 61.9-74.2 68 20.5 15.6-26.6 10 2.3 1.1- 4.9 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 25 7.4 4.3-12.3
College Graduate 329 246 74.2 67.8-79.8 50 14.3 10.3-19.5 6 2.6 1.0- 6.6 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5 20 6.4 3.7-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 403 308 74.3 67.6-80.0 54 13.1 9.3-18.2 7 2.9 1.1- 7.4 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 32 9.2 5.5-15.1
$15,000- 24,999 391 297 75.5 69.5-80.6 61 15.2 11.3-20.2 6 1.6 0.7- 3.9 3 1.5 0.4- 4.7 24 6.2 3.4-11.0
$25,000- 34,999 223 172 73.2 64.7-80.3 29 15.4 9.8-23.5 5 2.2 0.7- 6.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 16 8.8 5.0-14.7
$35,000- 49,999 205 165 79.4 71.3-85.6 22 11.9 7.2-19.2 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 2 1.0 0.2- 5.2 12 6.2 3.0-12.2
$50,000-74,999 171 129 74.6 66.0-81.5 30 18.2 12.4-25.9 3 3.2 0.9-10.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.8
$75,000+ 134 95 66.7 55.9-76.0 22 18.9 11.4-29.5 4 3.2 0.9-10.7 3 2.7 0.8- 8.1 10 8.6 4.3-16.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,137 867 75.0 71.6-78.1 167 14.7 12.4-17.5 19 1.9 1.1- 3.3 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 72 7.2 5.3- 9.7
No 648 490 71.4 66.3-75.9 84 15.7 12.1-20.0 18 3.5 2.0- 6.0 4 1.0 0.3- 2.6 52 8.6 5.9-12.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 341 257 76.2 70.6-81.1 50 14.3 10.5-19.1 6 1.7 0.7- 4.2 4 1.3 0.4- 3.9 24 6.6 4.2-10.2
Non-Veteran 1,482 1,131 72.9 69.7-76.0 205 15.1 12.8-17.8 33 2.9 1.9- 4.4 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 102 8.0 6.1-10.4

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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.

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