5-14

Baseline: 55 percent of adults aged 18 years and older with diabetes had at least an annual foot examination (mean value of data from 39 States in 1998; age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Data source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Annual Foot Examination
Adults Aged 18 Years and Older With Diabetes, 1998	Percent
TOTAL	55
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	40
Asian or Pacific Islander	57
Asian	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC
Black or African American	55
White	55

Hispanic or Latino	56
Not Hispanic or Latino	54
Black or African American	54
White	54
Gender
Female	51
Male	59
Education level (aged 25 years and older)
Less than high school	46
High school graduate	56
At least some college	59
Select populations
Age groups (not age adjusted)
18 to 44 years	53
45 to 64 years	59
65 to 74 years	56
75 years and older	51

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.


5-14.		Increase the proportion of adults with diabetes who have at least an annual foot examination.