2000 Adult Behavioral Risk Factor Data

Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), 2000

During the past 12 months, did a doctor, nurse, or other health
professional test the feeling in your feet or lower legs by touching
you with something and asking if you could feel it?
(Weighted Column Percents)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Yes		68.1	43.0	74.9	64.0	59.6	71.2	73.0
No		31.9	57.0	25.1	36.0	40.4	28.8	27.0
Male	Yes	73.3	100.0	100.0	75.0	58.6	77.9	78.6
Male	No	26.7			25.0	41.4	22.1	21.4
Female	Yes	62.7	11.1	54.5	47.8	61.5	65.9	68.3
Female	No	37.3	88.9	45.5	52.2	38.5	34.1	31.7
Denominator is: All survey respondents who were told by their doctors that they had diabetes.

During the past 12 months, did a doctor, nurse, or other health
professional test the feeling in your feet or lower legs by touching
you with something and asking if you could feel it?
(Unweighted Frequencies)
		Total	Age Groups
		Total	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Total		333	7	9	31	71	90	125
Yes		220	3	6	17	43	62	89
No		110	4	3	14	27	27	35
Don't know/Not sure		1						1
Refused		2				1	1
Male	Total	133	2	3	14	38	32	44
	Yes	94	2	3	8	23	24	34
	No	38			6	15	7	10
	Refused	1					1
Female	Total	200	5	6	17	33	58	81
	Yes	126	1	3	9	20	38	55
	No	72	4	3	8	12	20	25
	Don't know/Not sure	1						1
	Refused	1				1
Denominator is: All survey respondents who were told by their doctors that they had diabetes.