2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Diabetes

About how many times in the last year has a health professional checked your feet for any sores or irritations?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Once or more times a year Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,237 1,017 80.2 76.7-83.3 220 19.8 16.7-23.3
GENDER
Male 497 425 82.3 76.6-86.8 72 17.7 13.2-23.4
Female 740 592 78.3 73.8-82.2 148 21.7 17.8-26.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 757 609 79.1 74.6-83.0 148 20.9 17.0-25.4
Non-Hispanic Black 325 279 83.3 76.6-88.5 46 16.7 11.5-23.4
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 326 285 86.8 80.9-91.0 41 13.2 9.0-19.1
65-74 370 320 85.9 80.2-90.2 50 14.1 9.8-19.8
75+ 274 212 77.0 69.7-82.9 62 23.0 17.1-30.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 257 205 75.9 68.0-82.3 52 24.1 17.7-32.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 404 333 83.7 78.5-87.8 71 16.3 12.2-21.5
Some Post-H.S. 330 273 79.4 71.3-85.6 57 20.6 14.4-28.7
College Graduate 244 204 82.1 74.7-87.7 40 17.9 12.3-25.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 234 189 81.0 72.8-87.2 45 19.0 12.8-27.2
$15,000- 24,999 279 227 80.9 73.7-86.5 52 19.1 13.5-26.3
$25,000- 34,999 132 112 81.7 70.8-89.1 20 18.3 10.9-29.2
$35,000- 49,999 132 109 81.8 71.1-89.1 23 18.2 10.9-28.9
$50,000-74,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 111 95 84.6 74.5-91.2 16 15.4 8.8-25.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 625 525 83.6 79.3-87.2 100 16.4 12.8-20.7
No 599 484 77.5 72.0-82.2 115 22.5 17.8-28.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 220 192 86.5 79.8-91.2 28 13.5 8.8-20.2
Non-Veteran 1,016 825 78.7 74.7-82.3 191 21.3 17.7-25.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 714 576 77.7 72.6-82.0 138 22.3 18.0-27.4
No 523 441 83.8 79.1-87.6 82 16.2 12.4-20.9

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*This question was asked of respondents with doctor-diagnosed diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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