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2007 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 1,775 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
GENDER
Male 705 529 74.2 69.8-78.2 89 13.8 10.8-17.6 18 3.0 1.6- 5.7 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 66 8.5 6.4-11.3
Female 1,070 828 77.8 74.5-80.8 134 12.2 10.0-14.8 31 2.9 1.8- 4.6 3 0.2 0.1- 1.0 74 6.9 5.1- 9.1
RACE
White 1,267 967 75.9 72.7-78.8 148 11.8 9.7-14.3 36 3.3 2.1- 5.2 4 0.3 0.1- 1.0 112 8.7 6.9-10.8
African American 412 321 78.0 72.3-82.9 58 14.5 10.5-19.5 10 2.2 0.8- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 23 5.3 3.2- 8.6
Asian 9 6 65.6 25.4-91.5 2 30.8 6.9-72.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.6 0.4-24.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 49 36 76.8 58.5-88.6 11 21.7 10.2-40.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
Other Minorities 27 21 73.1 46.7-89.4 4 16.2 4.8-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.7 2.1-40.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 27 78.0 55.2-91.0 4 9.7 2.5-31.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.7 2.6-35.2
-English Speaking 21 16 84.2 62.8-94.4 2 5.4 1.1-22.8 1 3.4 0.5-21.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.9 1.4-27.7
-Spanish Speaking 14 11 72.4 36.9-92.2 2 13.5 2.3-51.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 14.1 2.0-56.5
Non-Hispanic 1,731 1,326 76.1 73.3-78.7 217 13.1 11.1-15.3 47 2.9 2.0- 4.4 5 0.3 0.1- 0.7 136 7.6 6.2- 9.3
AGE
18-24 4 3 63.0 13.4-94.9 1 37.0 5.1-86.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 36 28 81.1 62.4-91.7 5 7.6 2.9-18.5 1 5.3 0.7-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.0 1.4-22.1
35-44 115 85 77.7 67.9-85.1 16 10.9 6.2-18.2 4 4.7 1.6-13.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 9 6.3 2.9-13.4
45-54 289 207 71.1 64.0-77.4 49 18.6 13.4-25.2 10 2.9 1.3- 6.6 0 0.0 . - . 23 7.4 4.4-12.2
55-64 511 403 79.5 74.6-83.7 55 10.0 7.1-13.9 13 2.2 1.1- 4.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 36 7.4 5.0-10.9
65-74 486 384 76.6 71.2-81.3 51 12.6 8.9-17.5 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 37 7.9 5.5-11.2
75+ 325 240 74.6 68.2-80.1 45 13.7 9.8-18.7 7 2.8 0.8- 9.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 32 8.8 5.8-13.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 415 315 77.0 71.3-81.8 52 12.8 9.1-17.8 12 2.1 1.1- 4.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 35 7.7 5.0-11.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 569 431 73.5 68.2-78.2 80 15.6 11.9-20.2 15 3.6 1.8- 6.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 42 7.3 4.9-10.6
Some Post-H.S. 459 356 76.5 70.9-81.3 53 11.6 8.4-15.8 11 3.1 1.3- 7.3 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 36 8.3 5.6-12.1
College Graduate 329 252 78.3 72.3-83.2 38 11.1 7.6-15.9 11 2.8 1.2- 6.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 27 7.6 4.8-11.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 317 247 80.4 73.9-85.7 39 12.2 7.9-18.4 10 2.1 0.9- 4.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 20 5.2 3.0- 8.7
$15,000- 24,999 369 283 73.9 67.3-79.7 44 13.8 9.6-19.3 9 3.8 1.5- 9.7 2 0.7 0.1- 3.1 31 7.8 5.0-12.0
$25,000- 34,999 212 169 78.3 70.1-84.7 26 14.2 8.8-22.1 5 1.9 0.7- 4.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 11 5.3 2.7-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 228 167 73.5 65.4-80.2 33 12.6 8.2-18.7 5 3.8 1.2-10.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 22 9.6 5.8-15.7
$50,000-74,999 184 132 72.4 63.3-80.0 35 19.9 13.4-28.5 9 2.6 1.2- 5.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 7 4.6 1.9-10.7
$75,000+ 190 143 77.6 70.0-83.8 16 8.1 4.6-13.9 7 4.2 1.6-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 24 10.0 6.4-15.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,070 842 78.5 75.0-81.7 123 11.6 9.3-14.4 27 3.4 1.9- 5.8 3 0.2 0.1- 1.0 75 6.3 4.7- 8.2
No 645 471 72.2 67.5-76.5 92 15.1 11.8-19.1 20 2.3 1.4- 3.8 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 59 9.9 7.3-13.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 353 271 75.9 69.7-81.2 38 10.3 7.0-14.9 8 3.6 1.4- 8.9 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 35 9.7 6.6-14.2
Non-Veteran 1,422 1,086 76.1 73.0-78.9 185 13.8 11.5-16.4 41 2.8 1.8- 4.2 5 0.3 0.1- 0.8 105 7.1 5.6- 9.0

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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.

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