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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 331 247 73.4 66.9-79.1 40 12.8 9.0-18.0 11 4.2 1.9- 9.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 32 9.3 6.0-14.3
GENDER
Male 134 95 67.9 57.2-77.1 19 15.2 9.2-24.1 6 5.0 1.5-15.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 11.9 6.2-21.4
Female 197 152 78.9 71.9-84.6 21 10.4 6.4-16.3 5 3.4 1.4- 8.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.1 18 6.8 4.1-11.0
RACE
White 298 222 72.7 65.7-78.7 33 12.3 8.4-17.8 11 4.6 2.1-10.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 31 10.1 6.4-15.5
African American 21 16 76.1 51.4-90.6 5 23.9 9.4-48.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 10 7 88.2 65.2-96.7 2 8.6 1.9-31.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.3 0.4-21.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 328 244 73.1 66.5-78.8 40 12.9 9.1-18.1 11 4.3 1.9- 9.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 32 9.4 6.0-14.5
AGE
18-24 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 4 4 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 20 13 61.7 35.2-82.7 4 18.1 6.5-41.1 2 17.6 3.7-54.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.3-16.8
45-54 50 34 66.7 49.2-80.6 10 19.2 9.6-34.6 1 1.8 0.3-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 12.3 4.0-32.2
55-64 94 69 73.8 62.0-83.0 10 10.2 4.6-21.0 5 5.8 2.2-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 10.2 5.0-19.8
65-74 97 77 80.7 69.9-88.3 9 10.1 4.5-21.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.9 3.3-13.9
75+ 64 48 72.3 56.5-84.0 7 11.9 5.3-24.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 8 14.3 5.9-31.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 66 78.1 65.0-87.3 8 8.1 3.0-20.1 2 2.7 0.7-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 11.1 5.0-22.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 98 66 61.8 47.9-73.9 14 15.7 8.4-27.4 4 7.3 1.9-24.6 0 0.0 . - . 14 15.3 7.5-28.5
Some Post-H.S. 80 69 84.9 73.5-91.9 7 11.4 5.3-22.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 2 1.6 0.4- 7.1
College Graduate 67 46 70.5 56.9-81.1 11 16.0 8.5-28.0 4 5.3 1.7-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 8.2 3.4-18.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 43 72.1 55.3-84.4 5 13.0 4.3-33.4 3 5.1 1.6-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.8 4.2-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 78 59 75.3 62.5-84.8 6 7.5 3.0-17.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 10 13.6 6.6-26.0
$25,000- 34,999 32 25 77.5 56.4-90.1 6 19.1 7.5-40.5 1 3.5 0.5-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 47 34 69.4 49.5-84.0 7 14.9 6.3-31.3 1 8.8 1.3-41.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.8 2.5-17.4
$50,000-74,999 36 25 68.3 48.1-83.4 7 22.6 10.1-43.3 3 6.9 1.8-22.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-14.2
$75,000+ 31 21 72.3 52.8-85.9 4 11.0 3.9-27.3 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.0 5.3-32.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 199 156 77.6 69.0-84.3 21 11.7 7.1-18.8 6 5.0 1.7-13.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 15 5.3 3.1- 9.2
No 117 80 68.3 57.1-77.8 17 12.5 7.4-20.4 5 3.7 1.4- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 15.5 8.3-27.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 61 44 71.1 56.2-82.5 8 12.1 5.6-24.1 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 14.2 6.1-29.6
Non-Veteran 270 203 74.0 66.5-80.3 32 13.0 8.7-19.0 9 4.6 1.9-10.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 25 8.2 4.8-13.5

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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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