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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 770 555 72.7 67.9-77.0 126 15.1 11.8-19.2 18 2.8 1.6- 4.9 6 0.7 0.3- 1.9 65 8.7 6.2-12.0
GENDER
Male 306 220 75.0 68.1-80.9 50 11.4 8.0-16.1 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 5 1.5 0.6- 4.1 26 9.8 5.8-15.9
Female 464 335 70.7 63.8-76.7 76 18.3 13.1-24.8 13 3.3 1.6- 6.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 39 7.7 5.0-11.7
RACE
White 567 403 70.7 64.9-75.9 91 13.5 10.1-17.7 15 3.8 2.0- 7.1 5 1.0 0.4- 2.9 53 11.0 7.5-15.8
African American 172 129 74.9 64.8-83.0 30 19.0 11.8-29.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 4.9 2.2-10.3
Other Minorities 26 20 84.3 60.0-95.0 4 13.1 3.4-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 16 13 87.3 54.8-97.5 3 12.7 2.5-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 753 542 72.1 67.2-76.5 122 15.2 11.8-19.4 18 2.9 1.7- 5.2 6 0.8 0.3- 2.0 65 9.1 6.5-12.6
AGE
18-44 59 37 59.6 43.3-74.1 9 20.3 9.7-37.9 3 4.9 1.6-14.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 9 14.1 6.2-29.1
45-54 106 81 71.9 58.8-82.0 12 13.4 6.6-25.1 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 10 11.3 5.2-22.7
55-64 217 161 79.1 71.1-85.4 35 13.5 8.3-21.1 6 1.9 0.7- 5.3 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 14 5.3 2.8- 9.8
65+ 384 273 72.6 65.9-78.5 69 15.4 11.3-20.6 7 3.1 1.1- 8.3 3 0.8 0.2- 3.6 32 8.1 4.8-13.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 130 77.6 68.1-84.8 29 10.3 6.2-16.6 3 2.4 0.7- 8.2 2 0.8 0.1- 3.9 17 8.9 4.6-16.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 250 191 72.9 63.6-80.5 35 15.1 9.0-24.2 3 2.4 0.6- 8.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 19 8.7 5.0-14.7
Some Post-H.S. 183 136 72.9 62.5-81.2 25 14.5 8.5-23.6 4 2.1 0.7- 6.5 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 17 10.4 5.1-19.8
College Graduate 152 95 67.0 56.4-76.1 37 21.0 14.0-30.3 8 4.6 2.0-10.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 11 6.4 2.5-15.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 91 83.2 72.2-90.5 9 3.6 1.7- 7.4 2 2.5 0.5-10.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 12 9.5 4.1-20.5
$15,000- 24,999 159 111 69.1 56.4-79.5 34 23.1 13.5-36.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 2 1.4 0.2- 7.3 11 6.0 3.0-11.5
$25,000- 34,999 91 64 76.5 63.8-85.7 17 13.6 7.4-23.7 4 5.5 1.7-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.4 1.6-11.2
$35,000- 49,999 98 75 79.0 67.3-87.3 15 11.7 6.6-19.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.0 3.4-21.5
$50,000-74,999 81 60 73.9 58.7-85.0 11 17.5 8.3-33.1 4 3.4 1.0-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 5.2 1.5-16.7
$75,000+ 85 58 62.1 47.1-75.2 16 16.9 9.2-29.2 2 5.3 1.3-19.8 0 0.0 . - . 9 15.6 6.8-32.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 446 324 73.0 66.7-78.6 75 14.8 10.7-20.1 9 3.0 1.3- 6.6 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 34 8.3 5.2-13.0
No 286 207 73.9 65.8-80.6 45 14.8 9.5-22.1 8 2.5 1.1- 5.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 25 8.3 4.8-14.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 120 88 78.0 67.7-85.7 22 14.4 8.4-23.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 2 1.6 0.3- 8.4 7 4.6 1.9-10.6
Non-Veteran 580 416 72.1 66.3-77.2 100 16.2 12.2-21.3 15 2.8 1.5- 5.4 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 47 8.6 5.7-12.7

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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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