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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes-MALES

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 1,930 1,376 68.5 65.2-71.5 328 19.0 16.4-21.9 48 3.0 1.9- 4.7 13 1.1 0.5- 2.8 165 8.4 7.0-10.1
-MALES 765 527 66.1 61.0-70.8 124 18.0 14.1-22.6 24 4.1 2.2- 7.5 11 2.3 0.9- 5.8 79 9.6 7.4-12.3
RACE
White 576 388 64.8 59.0-70.2 100 19.3 14.9-24.8 16 4.2 1.8- 9.3 10 1.9 0.9- 4.0 62 9.7 7.3-13.0
African American 147 109 70.1 58.5-79.6 18 13.8 7.1-25.0 6 4.2 1.8- 9.6 1 3.7 0.5-21.8 13 8.2 4.6-14.2
Other Minorities 40 30 63.7 40.8-81.7 5 20.7 6.9-47.7 1 1.1 0.1- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.5 4.7-36.8
AGE
25-34 7 2 25.1 5.4-66.0 4 49.3 14.8-84.5 1 25.7 3.8-75.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 42 25 66.6 48.5-80.8 9 21.2 9.9-39.7 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 10.1 3.5-25.8
45-54 126 78 59.1 47.7-69.7 25 25.2 15.6-38.0 5 3.4 1.3- 8.2 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 17 12.0 7.2-19.4
55-64 228 163 70.8 61.9-78.3 35 14.2 9.6-20.6 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 2 3.7 0.6-19.8 21 8.2 5.0-13.3
65-74 209 155 74.1 66.2-80.7 27 10.5 6.6-16.4 7 5.5 2.4-12.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 18 9.0 5.3-14.7
75+ 150 103 68.7 58.4-77.4 22 12.0 7.1-19.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 6 6.6 2.7-15.2 18 12.3 7.0-20.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 156 110 68.6 59.1-76.8 17 8.1 4.6-14.0 4 4.1 1.4-11.4 2 2.8 0.7-10.4 23 16.3 10.3-24.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 242 167 66.8 57.8-74.8 44 21.6 14.5-31.1 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 23 8.9 5.4-14.3
Some Post-H.S. 184 123 61.7 50.2-72.1 29 18.5 10.8-30.1 12 10.2 4.1-23.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 19 8.5 5.0-13.9
College Graduate 180 125 67.7 57.1-76.7 33 19.3 12.5-28.5 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 4 4.9 1.0-21.1 14 6.7 3.7-12.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 64 71.1 59.3-80.6 18 15.2 8.3-26.1 3 3.1 0.9-10.9 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 11 8.6 4.4-16.3
$15,000- 24,999 158 109 62.3 50.1-73.1 20 17.8 8.8-32.6 5 3.2 1.1- 9.0 3 3.0 0.8-10.1 21 13.7 8.2-22.0
$25,000- 34,999 99 66 55.6 41.0-69.3 19 27.2 14.5-45.2 4 6.0 2.2-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 11.1 5.7-20.6
$35,000- 49,999 118 83 69.0 57.9-78.2 23 22.9 14.7-33.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 11 7.3 3.6-14.4
$50,000-74,999 98 69 72.3 60.6-81.6 17 14.3 8.5-23.1 3 3.4 1.0-10.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 7 8.9 3.4-21.2
$75,000+ 122 86 70.9 59.1-80.4 20 18.2 10.1-30.7 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 11 8.8 4.7-16.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 439 312 68.4 61.6-74.4 70 20.1 14.5-27.1 12 3.0 1.6- 5.8 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 40 7.3 5.2-10.3
No 308 204 63.3 55.2-70.8 54 16.0 11.4-22.0 11 5.6 2.1-14.4 5 3.8 1.0-13.4 34 11.2 7.4-16.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 358 257 70.7 64.4-76.3 52 14.7 10.6-20.1 8 2.8 1.3- 6.1 6 2.6 1.1- 6.3 35 9.2 6.2-13.3
Non-Veteran 406 269 63.0 55.8-69.6 72 20.1 14.6-27.0 16 5.0 2.3-10.5 5 2.1 0.5- 9.2 44 9.9 7.0-13.8

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*Respondents who reported having no feet were NOT asked this question.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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