BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	Once a year	2-3/year	4 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	1,798	325	17.7	15.5-20.0	408	23.7	21.2-26.3	636	33.4	30.7-36.2	429	25.3	22.7-28.1
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	48	13	31.0	16.4-50.6	9	15.4	7.6-28.6	17	37.0	22.7-53.9	9	16.7	8.2-30.9
Buncombe	30	4	7.7	2.7-20.4	8	30.4	14.2-53.5	11	32.9	17.3-53.5	7	29.0	13.1-52.7
Cabarrus	44	4	8.3	2.4-25.4	14	29.5	15.0-49.9	17	38.4	19.9-61.0	9	23.7	10.3-45.7
Catawba	45	8	15.1	7.0-29.6	8	19.6	9.1-37.0	11	28.3	13.6-49.7	18	37.0	22.4-54.6
Cumberland	53	11	19.8	10.0-35.4	14	18.6	9.9-32.3	24	44.6	28.0-62.5	4	17.0	4.0-50.2
Davidson	48	9	14.4	6.3-29.7	9	36.7	18.2-60.1	19	30.3	17.4-47.3	11	18.6	9.4-33.5
Durham	28	10	34.6	14.9-61.5	9	37.6	18.7-61.2	6	21.4	8.5-44.5	3	6.4	1.9-19.6
Forsyth	38	8	29.1	14.3-50.0	7	15.2	6.8-30.4	13	25.2	13.6-41.7	10	30.6	15.1-52.2
Gaston	53	8	17.3	7.5-34.9	13	22.0	12.0-36.9	16	32.3	19.2-48.8	16	28.4	16.6-44.1
Guilford	48	8	18.0	8.8-33.2	12	20.9	11.2-35.7	17	39.7	24.6-57.0	11	21.5	11.3-36.9
Iredell	46	9	16.2	8.1-30.0	9	13.3	6.7-24.9	18	42.9	27.7-59.5	10	27.6	15.3-44.5
Johnston	40	6	14.7	5.7-32.8	7	13.0	5.7-26.9	14	29.5	15.8-48.2	13	42.8	23.2-65.1
Mecklenburg	67	11	16.8	8.4-30.6	11	14.1	7.6-24.4	22	33.5	22.1-47.1	23	35.7	24.0-49.4
New Hanover	43	9	18.1	8.7-34.1	10	20.1	9.6-37.4	19	49.6	29.8-69.5	5	12.1	4.6-28.1
Onslow	43	8	17.7	8.0-34.5	3	9.2	3.0-25.1	22	53.5	36.8-69.5	10	19.6	10.2-34.4
Orange	31	11	26.0	13.2-44.8	5	17.1	6.8-36.8	8	29.0	14.7-49.3	7	27.9	13.6-48.8
Pitt	48	13	20.8	11.5-34.6	6	16.3	6.6-35.0	15	33.2	19.6-50.3	14	29.8	17.0-46.6
Randolph	37	7	21.9	10.1-41.3	8	25.9	11.8-47.7	14	34.4	19.9-52.6	8	17.7	8.2-34.3
Robeson	48	12	28.6	16.2-45.2	9	17.6	8.6-32.5	16	33.7	21.0-49.2	11	20.2	10.7-34.9
Rowan	65	8	8.5	3.9-17.3	14	25.8	15.0-40.6	26	35.5	23.8-49.3	17	30.3	18.1-46.0
Union	33	5	12.0	4.6-28.0	8	21.3	9.3-41.5	12	22.3	11.0-39.9	8	44.4	23.2-67.7
Wake	49	11	24.4	13.1-41.0	13	25.5	13.8-42.4	14	29.9	16.8-47.3	11	20.1	10.5-35.1
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	44	10	23.9	12.9-40.2	10	27.8	15.2-45.2	11	21.2	11.5-35.9	13	27.0	15.5-42.9
Northeast Partnership II***	74	14	16.9	9.2-28.9	17	24.1	14.8-36.7	34	47.2	34.5-60.2	9	11.8	5.6-23.2
Northeast Partnership I***	92	12	11.4	6.2-20.0	18	17.7	10.9-27.6	42	50.2	38.5-61.8	20	20.7	13.0-31.2
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	62	11	18.5	9.7-32.4	12	16.6	8.5-30.1	17	24.3	14.0-38.7	22	40.6	25.9-57.2
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	63	7	9.3	4.1-19.9	17	32.3	19.8-47.9	24	34.8	22.7-49.3	15	23.6	13.7-37.6
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	46	6	13.1	5.8-26.9	12	27.6	15.3-44.5	19	40.6	26.2-56.9	9	18.7	9.5-33.4
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	49	8	19.1	7.2-42.0	16	27.4	15.3-44.2	14	24.4	13.1-40.9	11	29.0	12.4-54.1
Chatham/Lee/Moore	59	14	28.1	16.1-44.3	17	28.8	17.3-44.0	11	14.7	7.4-27.2	17	28.4	17.3-42.9
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	83	13	14.7	8.4-24.6	22	30.9	20.1-44.2	27	29.8	19.3-42.9	21	24.7	16.0-36.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	57	8	13.6	6.1-27.8	14	30.0	17.6-46.2	22	38.9	25.4-54.3	13	17.5	9.8-29.4
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	44	8	25.4	12.2-45.4	11	21.4	11.4-36.6	15	28.9	16.9-44.9	10	24.2	12.2-42.4
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	72	9	13.5	6.6-25.7	22	28.4	18.2-41.4	28	35.1	23.6-48.5	13	23.1	13.1-37.3
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	68	12	15.0	7.8-26.9	14	22.9	13.0-37.2	21	23.8	14.5-36.6	21	38.3	25.5-52.9
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	178	29	15.4	10.3-22.3	37	21.4	15.4-29.1	79	46.0	37.6-54.5	33	17.2	11.9-24.2
No	1,620	296	17.9	15.6-20.4	371	23.9	21.3-26.7	557	32.3	29.4-35.2	396	26.0	23.3-29.0
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	661	121	16.7	13.7-20.2	142	23.5	19.6-27.8	253	37.2	32.7-41.9	145	22.6	18.6-27.2
Piedmont	955	171	18.2	15.1-21.7	226	23.9	20.6-27.6	319	32.3	28.6-36.3	239	25.5	22.1-29.3
Western NC	182	33	17.6	11.9-25.1	40	23.1	16.3-31.6	64	29.1	22.2-37.0	45	30.3	22.5-39.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	98	16	13.1	7.4-22.2	22	24.9	15.9-36.8	32	26.2	17.8-36.8	28	35.8	25.1-48.2
Northwest	360	61	18.1	13.3-24.3	73	22.5	17.2-29.0	133	33.3	27.5-39.5	93	26.1	20.5-32.5
Charlotte	259	39	14.8	10.2-21.0	66	23.2	17.8-29.6	88	33.6	26.7-41.2	66	28.4	22.0-35.8
Greensboro	226	45	18.5	13.0-25.6	58	24.6	18.3-32.3	76	34.3	26.6-43.0	47	22.6	15.8-31.2
Southern Regional	202	39	18.2	12.8-25.2	48	24.6	17.7-33.0	70	33.1	25.6-41.5	45	24.1	16.3-34.1
Coastal	88	14	13.2	7.5-22.1	23	26.5	16.8-39.2	37	45.3	32.5-58.8	14	15.0	8.6-24.7
Wake	202	43	24.4	17.1-33.7	47	22.9	16.2-31.4	63	29.5	21.8-38.6	49	23.2	16.4-31.7
Area L	107	19	17.0	10.6-26.1	25	22.4	14.8-32.4	33	31.4	22.0-42.5	30	29.2	20.0-40.5
Eastern	256	49	17.0	12.3-22.9	46	23.7	17.5-31.2	104	38.4	31.7-45.6	57	21.0	15.7-27.5

Total
Respond.^

Once a year

2-3/year

4 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,798

325

17.7

15.5-20.0

408

23.7

21.2-26.3

636

33.4

30.7-36.2

429

25.3

22.7-28.1

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

31.0

16.4-50.6

15.4

7.6-28.6

37.0

22.7-53.9

16.7

8.2-30.9

Buncombe

7.7

2.7-20.4

30.4

14.2-53.5

32.9

17.3-53.5

29.0

13.1-52.7

Cabarrus

8.3

2.4-25.4

29.5

15.0-49.9

38.4

19.9-61.0

23.7

10.3-45.7

Catawba

15.1

7.0-29.6

19.6

9.1-37.0

28.3

13.6-49.7

37.0

22.4-54.6

Cumberland

19.8

10.0-35.4

18.6

9.9-32.3

44.6

28.0-62.5

17.0

4.0-50.2

Davidson

14.4

6.3-29.7

36.7

18.2-60.1

30.3

17.4-47.3

18.6

9.4-33.5

Durham

34.6

14.9-61.5

37.6

18.7-61.2

21.4

8.5-44.5

6.4

1.9-19.6

Forsyth

29.1

14.3-50.0

15.2

6.8-30.4

25.2

13.6-41.7

30.6

15.1-52.2

Gaston

17.3

7.5-34.9

22.0

12.0-36.9

32.3

19.2-48.8

28.4

16.6-44.1

Guilford

18.0

8.8-33.2

20.9

11.2-35.7

39.7

24.6-57.0

21.5

11.3-36.9

Iredell

16.2

8.1-30.0

13.3

6.7-24.9

42.9

27.7-59.5

27.6

15.3-44.5

Johnston

14.7

5.7-32.8

13.0

5.7-26.9

29.5

15.8-48.2

42.8

23.2-65.1

Mecklenburg

16.8

8.4-30.6

14.1

7.6-24.4

33.5

22.1-47.1

35.7

24.0-49.4

New Hanover

18.1

8.7-34.1

20.1

9.6-37.4

49.6

29.8-69.5

12.1

4.6-28.1

Onslow

17.7

8.0-34.5

9.2

3.0-25.1

53.5

36.8-69.5

19.6

10.2-34.4

Orange

26.0

13.2-44.8

17.1

6.8-36.8

29.0

14.7-49.3

27.9

13.6-48.8

Pitt

20.8

11.5-34.6

16.3

6.6-35.0

33.2

19.6-50.3

29.8

17.0-46.6

Randolph

21.9

10.1-41.3

25.9

11.8-47.7

34.4

19.9-52.6

17.7

8.2-34.3

Robeson

28.6

16.2-45.2

17.6

8.6-32.5

33.7

21.0-49.2

20.2

10.7-34.9

Rowan

8.5

3.9-17.3

25.8

15.0-40.6

35.5

23.8-49.3

30.3

18.1-46.0

Union

12.0

4.6-28.0

21.3

9.3-41.5

22.3

11.0-39.9

44.4

23.2-67.7

Wake

24.4

13.1-41.0

25.5

13.8-42.4

29.9

16.8-47.3

20.1

10.5-35.1

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

23.9

12.9-40.2

27.8

15.2-45.2

21.2

11.5-35.9

27.0

15.5-42.9

Northeast Partnership II***

16.9

9.2-28.9

24.1

14.8-36.7

47.2

34.5-60.2

11.8

5.6-23.2

Northeast Partnership I***

11.4

6.2-20.0

17.7

10.9-27.6

50.2

38.5-61.8

20.7

13.0-31.2

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

18.5

9.7-32.4

16.6

8.5-30.1

24.3

14.0-38.7

40.6

25.9-57.2

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

9.3

4.1-19.9

32.3

19.8-47.9

34.8

22.7-49.3

23.6

13.7-37.6

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

13.1

5.8-26.9

27.6

15.3-44.5

40.6

26.2-56.9

18.7

9.5-33.4

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

19.1

7.2-42.0

27.4

15.3-44.2

24.4

13.1-40.9

29.0

12.4-54.1

Chatham/Lee/Moore

28.1

16.1-44.3

28.8

17.3-44.0

14.7

7.4-27.2

28.4

17.3-42.9

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

14.7

8.4-24.6

30.9

20.1-44.2

29.8

19.3-42.9

24.7

16.0-36.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

13.6

6.1-27.8

30.0

17.6-46.2

38.9

25.4-54.3

17.5

9.8-29.4

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

25.4

12.2-45.4

21.4

11.4-36.6

28.9

16.9-44.9

24.2

12.2-42.4

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

13.5

6.6-25.7

28.4

18.2-41.4

35.1

23.6-48.5

23.1

13.1-37.3

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

15.0

7.8-26.9

22.9

13.0-37.2

23.8

14.5-36.6

38.3

25.5-52.9

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

178

15.4

10.3-22.3

21.4

15.4-29.1

46.0

37.6-54.5

17.2

11.9-24.2

1,620

296

17.9

15.6-20.4

371

23.9

21.3-26.7

557

32.3

29.4-35.2

396

26.0

23.3-29.0

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

661

121

16.7

13.7-20.2

142

23.5

19.6-27.8

253

37.2

32.7-41.9

145

22.6

18.6-27.2

Piedmont

955

171

18.2

15.1-21.7

226

23.9

20.6-27.6

319

32.3

28.6-36.3

239

25.5

22.1-29.3

Western NC

182

17.6

11.9-25.1

23.1

16.3-31.6

29.1

22.2-37.0

30.3

22.5-39.4

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

13.1

7.4-22.2

24.9

15.9-36.8

26.2

17.8-36.8

35.8

25.1-48.2

Northwest

360

18.1

13.3-24.3

22.5

17.2-29.0

133

33.3

27.5-39.5

26.1

20.5-32.5

Charlotte

259

14.8

10.2-21.0

23.2

17.8-29.6

33.6

26.7-41.2

28.4

22.0-35.8

Greensboro

226

18.5

13.0-25.6

24.6

18.3-32.3

34.3

26.6-43.0

22.6

15.8-31.2

Southern Regional

202

18.2

12.8-25.2

24.6

17.7-33.0

33.1

25.6-41.5

24.1

16.3-34.1

Coastal

13.2

7.5-22.1

26.5

16.8-39.2

45.3

32.5-58.8

15.0

8.6-24.7

Wake

202

24.4

17.1-33.7

22.9

16.2-31.4

29.5

21.8-38.6

23.2

16.4-31.7

Area L

107

17.0

10.6-26.1

22.4

14.8-32.4

31.4

22.0-42.5

29.2

20.0-40.5

Eastern

256

17.0

12.3-22.9

23.7

17.5-31.2

104

38.4

31.7-45.6

21.0

15.7-27.5

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^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, Edgecombe, 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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