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2009 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 1,682 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
-Western NC 352 268 76.3 69.8-81.7 47 14.5 10.0-20.6 8 1.9 0.7- 5.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 28 7.0 4.4-10.7
GENDER
Male 138 100 72.2 61.3-81.0 23 19.7 11.8-31.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 11 6.5 3.3-12.2
Female 214 168 80.0 72.4-85.9 24 9.8 6.2-15.1 5 2.9 0.8- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 17 7.4 4.0-13.2
RACE
White 298 228 75.3 68.2-81.3 42 15.8 10.8-22.6 5 1.9 0.6- 6.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 22 6.6 4.0-10.8
African American 19 13 84.1 63.1-94.3 3 8.6 2.1-29.5 1 1.5 0.2-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.8 1.3-22.1
Other Minorities 33 26 81.7 58.9-93.3 2 1.8 0.3- 9.5 2 3.5 0.8-14.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 12.9 3.5-37.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 4 78.5 36.5-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 21.5 4.1-63.5
Non-Hispanic 344 263 76.3 69.7-81.9 47 14.9 10.3-21.1 8 2.0 0.7- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 25 6.5 4.0-10.3
AGE
18-44 20 15 85.6 60.4-95.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 1.4-39.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.5 1.4-19.4
45-54 47 38 77.9 60.2-89.1 8 20.6 9.7-38.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
55-64 102 75 70.1 55.9-81.2 14 19.7 9.8-35.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1 10 8.6 4.3-16.7
65+ 183 140 77.6 69.5-84.1 25 12.3 7.9-18.7 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 14 8.2 4.2-15.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 81 65 79.6 66.0-88.7 7 7.2 3.2-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 8 11.5 4.5-26.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 140 104 73.5 61.5-82.8 24 20.6 12.0-33.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.5 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.7 2.2- 9.7
Some Post-H.S. 76 53 72.2 59.1-82.3 14 16.9 9.7-28.0 4 5.6 1.4-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 5.3 1.9-13.7
College Graduate 54 45 86.4 73.0-93.7 2 3.0 0.4-17.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 10.2 4.3-22.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 84 65 78.6 67.6-86.6 12 14.3 7.9-24.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 5 4.4 1.8-10.4
$15,000- 24,999 79 66 83.6 69.5-91.9 7 9.1 3.5-21.9 3 5.5 1.3-20.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.8 0.5- 6.7
$25,000- 34,999 37 24 69.0 50.6-82.8 9 22.8 11.4-40.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.2 2.5-23.7
$35,000- 49,999 33 20 58.6 38.0-76.5 9 30.8 15.3-52.3 2 2.0 0.5- 8.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.6 2.0-29.9
$50,000-74,999 27 20 79.1 59.6-90.7 4 13.2 4.8-31.4 2 3.2 0.6-15.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.5 0.6-26.0
$75,000+ 30 24 85.8 69.6-94.1 2 5.5 1.3-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.7 3.0-22.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 230 177 75.8 68.2-82.1 30 14.0 9.4-20.4 6 2.9 0.9- 8.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 16 6.7 3.6-12.2
No 110 84 78.3 64.9-87.6 14 15.0 6.8-29.7 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 0 0.0 . - . 10 6.2 3.0-12.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 52 83.2 71.2-90.9 6 8.8 3.9-18.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 3 4.9 1.3-16.4
Non-Veteran 255 188 73.5 65.2-80.4 38 16.6 10.7-24.7 6 2.2 0.6- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 23 7.7 4.7-12.5

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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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