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2007 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 1,775 1,357 76.0 73.3-78.6 223 13.0 11.1-15.2 49 3.0 2.0- 4.4 6 0.3 0.1- 0.8 140 7.7 6.3- 9.4
-Eastern NC 645 498 78.4 74.4-82.0 81 12.3 9.6-15.6 17 2.6 1.3- 4.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 47 6.4 4.6- 8.9
GENDER
Male 241 183 79.0 72.6-84.2 28 10.8 7.1-16.0 5 1.9 0.5- 6.5 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 23 7.7 4.8-12.1
Female 404 315 77.9 72.6-82.4 53 13.7 10.1-18.3 12 3.2 1.6- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 24 5.2 3.2- 8.2
RACE
White 361 276 76.6 70.9-81.5 42 11.4 8.1-16.0 10 3.7 1.7- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 33 8.2 5.6-12.0
African American 225 176 79.9 73.0-85.4 31 14.5 9.8-20.8 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 13 4.9 2.5- 9.3
Other Minorities 54 43 87.4 76.6-93.6 8 8.4 3.7-18.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 13 88.1 62.6-97.0 2 4.3 1.0-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.6 1.1-39.0
Non-Hispanic 622 482 78.5 74.4-82.2 77 12.4 9.6-15.9 16 2.5 1.3- 4.8 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 46 6.4 4.6- 9.0
AGE
25-34 12 9 76.7 44.5-93.1 2 12.9 3.0-41.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.4 1.4-48.4
35-44 38 27 76.2 57.5-88.4 5 11.4 3.8-29.5 1 4.5 0.6-25.9 1 1.6 0.2-10.9 4 6.2 2.1-17.1
45-54 94 71 77.4 66.0-85.9 16 18.3 10.6-29.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8
55-64 203 160 81.0 74.0-86.5 20 8.8 5.4-13.9 6 2.0 0.7- 5.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 16 7.6 4.2-13.4
65-74 175 141 79.6 71.0-86.2 19 9.5 5.8-15.2 5 4.4 1.3-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.5 3.2-12.8
75+ 120 87 75.0 65.3-82.8 19 15.5 9.4-24.5 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 12 8.5 4.5-15.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 169 129 78.3 70.2-84.7 27 15.9 10.4-23.6 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.6 2.2- 9.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 222 179 83.6 77.1-88.5 25 9.4 6.0-14.3 6 3.7 1.3-10.1 0 0.0 . - . 12 3.4 1.8- 6.1
Some Post-H.S. 156 111 70.4 60.9-78.4 22 15.2 9.3-23.8 4 2.0 0.6- 6.2 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 18 11.9 7.0-19.5
College Graduate 96 77 79.6 68.2-87.6 7 8.5 3.8-17.7 3 3.3 0.8-12.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 8 7.6 3.4-16.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 121 93 77.4 66.7-85.4 19 16.9 9.8-27.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.5 1.8-10.7
$15,000- 24,999 136 107 78.2 68.4-85.6 17 14.2 8.6-22.6 4 4.1 1.0-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0
$25,000- 34,999 82 66 81.7 69.0-90.0 8 11.4 4.8-24.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 6 5.2 1.9-13.4
$35,000- 49,999 72 51 74.3 61.6-83.9 11 12.0 6.3-21.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 12.6 5.9-25.0
$50,000-74,999 63 49 80.7 68.2-89.1 9 11.2 5.5-21.5 2 3.2 0.6-14.0 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 2 3.4 0.8-13.2
$75,000+ 53 39 77.9 63.1-87.9 4 5.6 1.7-17.2 4 7.7 2.6-21.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.8 3.6-19.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 406 316 79.2 74.0-83.7 50 11.9 8.6-16.2 10 1.9 0.7- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 30 6.9 4.5-10.5
No 224 169 76.3 69.2-82.1 30 13.4 9.0-19.5 7 3.8 1.7- 8.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 16 5.6 3.3- 9.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 137 107 79.0 69.9-85.8 14 9.1 5.1-15.5 2 2.8 0.6-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 14 9.1 5.0-16.1
Non-Veteran 508 391 78.3 73.7-82.3 67 13.3 10.1-17.4 15 2.5 1.3- 4.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 33 5.5 3.7- 8.2

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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.

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