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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe County

Cancer Prevalence

What type of cancer was/is it?
Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,666 29 0.8 0.5- 1.3 3,637 99.2 98.7-99.5
Buncombe County 267 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 265 98.8 95.3-99.7
GENDER
Male 99 0 0.0 . - . 99 100 . - .
Female 168 2 2.2 0.5- 8.6 166 97.8 91.4-99.5
RACE
White 242 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 240 98.7 94.8-99.7
Other 24 0 0.0 . - . 24 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 36 0 0.0 . - . 36 100 . - .
45+ 231 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 229 98.6 94.6-99.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 2 2.6 0.6- 9.9 116 97.4 90.1-99.4
Some College + 149 0 0.0 . - . 149 100 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 137 97.7 91.0-99.4
$50,000+ 71 0 0.0 . - . 71 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 213 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 212 99.5 96.2-99.9
Durham 207 0 0.0 . - . 207 100 . - .
Forsyth 304 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 303 99.7 98.0- 100
Gaston 283 2 0.7 0.1- 2.8 281 99.3 97.2-99.9
Guilford 250 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 248 99.5 98.0-99.9
Mecklenburg 239 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 236 98.8 96.0-99.6
New Hanover 236 6 1.8 0.8- 4.1 230 98.2 95.9-99.2
Onslow 217 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 216 99.7 98.0- 100
Wake 210 0 0.0 . - . 210 100 . - .
Western NC 432 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 429 99.2 97.6-99.8
Piedmont NC 425 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 421 99.1 97.2-99.7
Eastern NC 383 4 0.8 0.3- 2.4 379 99.2 97.6-99.7

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* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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