BRFSS 2010 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?*)

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Diabetes

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	Total Respond.^	Once a year	2-3/year	4 or more times/year	Never
North Carolina	1,627	312	21.0	18.2-24.1	479	28.0	25.1-31.3	474	27.6	24.6-30.9	362	23.3	20.3-26.7
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	47	10	17.0	8.1-32.3	17	38.0	21.5-57.7	9	13.0	6.1-25.3	11	32.1	16.3-53.3
Buncombe	41	7	26.3	9.9-53.8	10	19.5	9.6-35.7	14	30.8	17.1-48.9	10	23.4	11.7-41.3
Cabarrus	39	10	42.6	19.2-69.9	14	31.3	15.5-53.0	10	20.1	9.0-38.9	5	6.0	2.0-16.5
Catawba	36	6	20.6	8.2-42.8	13	39.8	22.3-60.3	5	10.4	3.7-26.1	12	29.2	15.1-49.0
Cumberland	46	9	23.0	9.8-45.0	13	32.7	18.0-51.8	16	25.6	14.3-41.4	8	18.8	7.6-39.5
Davidson	40	5	11.9	4.4-28.6	14	36.7	19.3-58.4	12	20.4	10.0-37.1	9	31.1	14.2-55.1
Durham	67	16	31.3	16.4-51.3	19	24.0	14.4-37.2	25	32.8	20.7-47.9	7	11.9	4.6-27.4
Forsyth	35	6	15.3	5.6-35.3	13	34.6	19.5-53.8	14	43.7	26.6-62.5	2	6.4	1.6-22.5
Gaston	39	3	11.8	3.6-32.3	17	41.6	23.4-62.3	8	27.2	10.3-55.0	11	19.4	9.5-35.6
Guilford	88	17	20.5	12.2-32.3	30	32.3	21.7-45.0	23	26.2	16.9-38.2	18	21.1	11.1-36.4
Iredell	33	6	23.9	10.7-45.2	7	18.5	8.5-35.9	11	32.3	17.9-51.0	9	25.3	12.5-44.6
Johnston	52	15	26.0	14.6-41.7	14	30.2	17.5-46.8	13	17.5	9.3-30.5	10	26.4	14.0-44.1
Mecklenburg	72	13	14.1	7.3-25.4	22	35.7	22.9-50.8	21	26.1	15.5-40.6	16	24.1	14.1-38.1
New Hanover	45	7	20.8	8.4-42.8	17	45.2	26.0-66.0	11	15.2	7.5-28.3	10	18.9	9.0-35.2
Onslow	36	4	15.9	6.1-35.7	9	25.1	12.8-43.4	11	30.5	16.3-49.8	12	28.5	15.5-46.3
Orange	22	6	29.4	12.8-54.1	4	21.2	7.9-45.7	7	30.9	14.1-54.8	5	18.5	6.4-43.0
Pitt	45	8	11.8	5.6-23.2	12	24.8	13.1-42.0	15	38.5	22.4-57.5	10	24.9	13.0-42.3
Randolph	57	10	18.4	9.2-33.4	18	32.8	20.2-48.5	15	22.9	13.3-36.6	14	25.8	14.9-40.8
Robeson	56	8	10.8	4.9-22.1	16	30.4	17.6-47.2	15	24.8	14.1-40.0	17	33.9	19.3-52.5
Rowan	66	8	9.1	4.2-18.5	26	43.4	29.5-58.5	18	24.5	14.5-38.4	14	23.0	12.4-38.7
Union	39	5	12.9	5.1-28.8	12	36.0	21.1-54.3	15	36.9	21.7-55.3	7	14.1	6.3-28.7
Wake	51	19	37.5	22.3-55.6	13	18.0	9.5-31.4	11	18.2	9.1-33.1	8	26.2	10.4-52.3
Wayne	55	10	24.5	9.4-50.5	13	22.3	11.8-37.9	13	19.2	10.3-33.0	19	34.0	20.0-51.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	487	97	22.9	17.4-29.5	133	27.1	21.5-33.4	142	26.9	21.1-33.5	115	23.2	17.6-29.8
Piedmont	846	155	18.7	15.4-22.6	264	29.4	25.3-33.8	248	28.7	24.6-33.1	179	23.2	19.0-27.9
Western NC	294	60	24.7	18.1-32.7	82	25.5	19.9-32.0	84	25.6	19.9-32.2	68	24.3	18.5-31.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	193	38	26.3	17.3-37.8	49	20.1	14.1-27.8	59	27.5	20.1-36.5	47	26.2	18.6-35.5
Northwest	324	55	18.0	13.2-24.1	109	34.2	28.0-40.9	88	26.2	20.6-32.6	72	21.6	16.5-27.7
Charlotte	219	36	17.7	11.6-26.1	71	32.4	24.7-41.2	66	29.1	21.5-37.9	46	20.8	14.2-29.5
Greensboro	240	47	19.4	13.9-26.5	73	27.1	20.8-34.5	64	26.3	19.8-34.0	56	27.2	19.8-36.1
Southern Regional	177	32	21.5	12.8-33.8	50	28.4	19.4-39.4	55	25.8	17.0-37.1	40	24.4	15.3-36.4
Coastal	73	15	22.2	12.3-36.7	25	31.4	18.4-48.1	17	20.9	10.7-36.7	16	25.5	12.7-44.7
Wake	202	53	25.2	18.1-33.9	51	22.2	15.0-31.5	65	29.0	21.2-38.2	33	23.7	15.2-35.1
Area L	20	3	17.1	5.5-42.3	7	38.9	18.1-64.7	5	20.3	6.8-47.0	5	23.7	9.0-49.3
Eastern	179	33	21.8	12.4-35.5	44	22.1	14.0-33.0	55	35.8	24.4-49.1	47	20.4	12.3-31.8

Total
Respond.^

Once a year

2-3/year

4 or more times/year

Never

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,627

312

21.0

18.2-24.1

479

28.0

25.1-31.3

474

27.6

24.6-30.9

362

23.3

20.3-26.7

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

17.0

8.1-32.3

38.0

21.5-57.7

13.0

6.1-25.3

32.1

16.3-53.3

Buncombe

26.3

9.9-53.8

19.5

9.6-35.7

30.8

17.1-48.9

23.4

11.7-41.3

Cabarrus

42.6

19.2-69.9

31.3

15.5-53.0

20.1

9.0-38.9

6.0

2.0-16.5

Catawba

20.6

8.2-42.8

39.8

22.3-60.3

10.4

3.7-26.1

29.2

15.1-49.0

Cumberland

23.0

9.8-45.0

32.7

18.0-51.8

25.6

14.3-41.4

18.8

7.6-39.5

Davidson

11.9

4.4-28.6

36.7

19.3-58.4

20.4

10.0-37.1

31.1

14.2-55.1

Durham

31.3

16.4-51.3

24.0

14.4-37.2

32.8

20.7-47.9

11.9

4.6-27.4

Forsyth

15.3

5.6-35.3

34.6

19.5-53.8

43.7

26.6-62.5

6.4

1.6-22.5

Gaston

11.8

3.6-32.3

41.6

23.4-62.3

27.2

10.3-55.0

19.4

9.5-35.6

Guilford

20.5

12.2-32.3

32.3

21.7-45.0

26.2

16.9-38.2

21.1

11.1-36.4

Iredell

23.9

10.7-45.2

18.5

8.5-35.9

32.3

17.9-51.0

25.3

12.5-44.6

Johnston

26.0

14.6-41.7

30.2

17.5-46.8

17.5

9.3-30.5

26.4

14.0-44.1

Mecklenburg

14.1

7.3-25.4

35.7

22.9-50.8

26.1

15.5-40.6

24.1

14.1-38.1

New Hanover

20.8

8.4-42.8

45.2

26.0-66.0

15.2

7.5-28.3

18.9

9.0-35.2

Onslow

15.9

6.1-35.7

25.1

12.8-43.4

30.5

16.3-49.8

28.5

15.5-46.3

Orange

29.4

12.8-54.1

21.2

7.9-45.7

30.9

14.1-54.8

18.5

6.4-43.0

Pitt

11.8

5.6-23.2

24.8

13.1-42.0

38.5

22.4-57.5

24.9

13.0-42.3

Randolph

18.4

9.2-33.4

32.8

20.2-48.5

22.9

13.3-36.6

25.8

14.9-40.8

Robeson

10.8

4.9-22.1

30.4

17.6-47.2

24.8

14.1-40.0

33.9

19.3-52.5

Rowan

9.1

4.2-18.5

43.4

29.5-58.5

24.5

14.5-38.4

23.0

12.4-38.7

Union

12.9

5.1-28.8

36.0

21.1-54.3

36.9

21.7-55.3

14.1

6.3-28.7

Wake

37.5

22.3-55.6

18.0

9.5-31.4

18.2

9.1-33.1

26.2

10.4-52.3

Wayne

24.5

9.4-50.5

22.3

11.8-37.9

19.2

10.3-33.0

34.0

20.0-51.4

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

487

22.9

17.4-29.5

133

27.1

21.5-33.4

142

26.9

21.1-33.5

115

23.2

17.6-29.8

Piedmont

846

155

18.7

15.4-22.6

264

29.4

25.3-33.8

248

28.7

24.6-33.1

179

23.2

19.0-27.9

Western NC

294

24.7

18.1-32.7

25.5

19.9-32.0

25.6

19.9-32.2

24.3

18.5-31.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

193

26.3

17.3-37.8

20.1

14.1-27.8

27.5

20.1-36.5

26.2

18.6-35.5

Northwest

324

18.0

13.2-24.1

109

34.2

28.0-40.9

26.2

20.6-32.6

21.6

16.5-27.7

Charlotte

219

17.7

11.6-26.1

32.4

24.7-41.2

29.1

21.5-37.9

20.8

14.2-29.5

Greensboro

240

19.4

13.9-26.5

27.1

20.8-34.5

26.3

19.8-34.0

27.2

19.8-36.1

Southern Regional

177

21.5

12.8-33.8

28.4

19.4-39.4

25.8

17.0-37.1

24.4

15.3-36.4

Coastal

22.2

12.3-36.7

31.4

18.4-48.1

20.9

10.7-36.7

25.5

12.7-44.7

Wake

202

25.2

18.1-33.9

22.2

15.0-31.5

29.0

21.2-38.2

23.7

15.2-35.1

Area L

17.1

5.5-42.3

38.9

18.1-64.7

20.3

6.8-47.0

23.7

9.0-49.3

Eastern

179

21.8

12.4-35.5

22.1

14.0-33.0

35.8

24.4-49.1

20.4

12.3-31.8

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

NOTE: For AHEC Regions, results for Area L are least reliable due to small sample size.

^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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