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2009 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 1,682 1,253 72.5 67.9-76.6 245 14.1 11.6-17.0 39 2.5 1.6- 3.8 12 0.7 0.4- 1.5 133 10.2 6.8-15.1
-Eastern NC 560 430 71.0 60.7-79.5 72 12.6 8.4-18.4 13 2.3 1.1- 4.8 5 0.8 0.3- 2.6 40 13.4 6.2-26.5
GENDER
Male 227 176 77.5 67.8-85.0 26 10.8 6.0-18.9 6 2.5 0.8- 7.3 4 1.5 0.4- 5.6 15 7.6 3.6-15.2
Female 333 254 65.6 50.0-78.5 46 14.0 8.1-23.1 7 2.1 0.7- 5.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 25 18.1 6.8-39.9
RACE
White 322 244 76.4 68.8-82.7 42 9.6 6.2-14.6 11 4.1 1.8- 8.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 22 9.3 5.2-16.0
African American 185 144 64.6 43.4-81.2 26 13.8 7.0-25.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 21.1 6.7-50.1
Other Minorities 46 37 74.8 38.2-93.4 3 20.3 3.9-61.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.8 0.1- 6.0 5 4.1 1.3-11.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 10 5 21.9 5.4-58.1 2 49.5 11.3-88.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 28.6 4.8-76.1
Non-Hispanic 548 423 72.6 62.0-81.1 70 11.3 7.6-16.4 13 2.4 1.1- 4.9 5 0.9 0.3- 2.7 37 12.9 5.7-26.7
AGE
18-44 42 30 51.1 20.6-80.8 7 16.7 4.6-45.6 2 1.4 0.3- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 30.8 5.8-76.3
45-54 79 66 92.0 84.7-95.9 6 3.5 1.3- 9.4 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.6 1.0- 6.8
55-64 171 130 73.1 61.9-81.9 26 14.3 8.3-23.5 5 5.2 1.9-13.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 8 6.5 2.6-15.5
65+ 264 201 70.5 59.8-79.3 33 12.9 7.3-21.9 4 0.6 0.2- 2.1 3 1.5 0.3- 6.7 23 14.5 8.3-24.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 119 96 74.1 56.5-86.2 14 15.6 6.5-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 8 8.5 2.9-22.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 189 141 64.2 42.8-81.1 24 7.7 3.5-16.3 5 2.7 0.9- 8.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 18 25.3 9.5-52.3
Some Post-H.S. 149 124 83.6 71.0-91.4 13 8.2 2.7-22.1 4 3.8 1.1-12.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 7 3.8 1.4-10.0
College Graduate 100 68 61.5 46.6-74.5 21 28.6 17.0-44.0 4 2.2 0.6- 7.8 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 6 6.9 2.3-18.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 119 95 76.0 59.9-87.1 16 16.9 7.6-33.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 7.1 2.9-16.4
$15,000- 24,999 109 80 61.7 44.0-76.7 18 19.7 8.0-41.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.7 3 3.5 0.7-14.9 6 14.1 5.4-32.1
$25,000- 34,999 47 38 89.6 77.5-95.6 5 4.7 1.7-12.7 1 3.0 0.4-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.6 0.8- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999 73 56 74.2 56.5-86.4 6 8.1 2.7-21.7 3 2.4 0.6- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 15.3 5.9-34.1
$50,000-74,999 71 58 79.4 59.3-91.1 8 11.4 3.3-33.1 2 4.3 0.8-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 0.9-21.3
$75,000+ 62 44 69.8 51.1-83.6 10 17.9 7.5-36.9 4 4.1 1.3-12.4 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 2 5.7 1.0-25.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 344 264 74.5 66.1-81.4 44 11.9 7.4-18.7 11 3.7 1.6- 8.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 24 9.0 5.0-15.7
No 196 151 66.0 46.2-81.4 25 13.4 6.6-25.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 15 19.3 6.1-46.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 108 87 80.5 65.3-90.0 9 5.0 1.6-14.6 2 3.2 0.6-15.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 9 10.8 4.1-25.8
Non-Veteran 401 306 69.1 55.8-79.9 56 13.0 8.1-20.4 8 1.7 0.7- 4.4 4 1.0 0.3- 3.6 27 15.1 6.0-33.2

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*Respondents who reported having no feet excluded for this table.

^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.

**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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