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| Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,666 | 432 | 11.3 | 9.8-13.0 | 3,234 | 88.7 | 87.0-90.2 |
| Buncombe County | 267 | 42 | 14.0 | 10.2-19.0 | 225 | 86.0 | 81.0-89.8 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 99 | 13 | 10.7 | 6.0-18.1 | 86 | 89.3 | 81.9-94.0 |
| Female | 168 | 29 | 17.1 | 11.7-24.2 | 139 | 82.9 | 75.8-88.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 242 | 40 | 14.9 | 10.8-20.2 | 202 | 85.1 | 79.8-89.2 |
| Other | 24 | 2 | 6.9 | 1.2-30.1 | 22 | 93.1 | 69.9-98.8 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 36 | 1 | 2.7 | 0.4-16.9 | 35 | 97.3 | 83.1-99.6 |
| 45+ | 231 | 41 | 15.9 | 11.5-21.5 | 190 | 84.1 | 78.5-88.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 118 | 21 | 15.5 | 9.8-23.7 | 97 | 84.5 | 76.3-90.2 |
| Some College + | 149 | 21 | 12.8 | 8.2-19.4 | 128 | 87.2 | 80.6-91.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 139 | 28 | 18.1 | 12.2-26.0 | 111 | 81.9 | 74.0-87.8 |
| $50,000+ | 71 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.1-16.0 | 65 | 92.8 | 84.0-96.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 213 | 30 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.9 | 183 | 85.5 | 79.1-90.2 |
| Durham | 207 | 31 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.6 | 176 | 84.4 | 77.4-89.5 |
| Forsyth | 304 | 32 | 9.7 | 6.7-13.7 | 272 | 90.3 | 86.3-93.3 |
| Gaston | 283 | 33 | 10.8 | 7.6-15.2 | 250 | 89.2 | 84.8-92.4 |
| Guilford | 250 | 27 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.5 | 223 | 93.0 | 89.5-95.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 239 | 23 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.2 | 216 | 90.7 | 85.8-94.0 |
| New Hanover | 236 | 30 | 12.4 | 8.5-17.8 | 206 | 87.6 | 82.2-91.5 |
| Onslow | 217 | 22 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.3 | 195 | 90.4 | 84.7-94.1 |
| Wake | 210 | 16 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.6 | 194 | 94.2 | 90.4-96.6 |
| Western NC | 432 | 49 | 10.7 | 8.0-14.3 | 383 | 89.3 | 85.7-92.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 425 | 50 | 12.9 | 9.4-17.5 | 375 | 87.1 | 82.5-90.6 |
| Eastern NC | 383 | 47 | 11.6 | 8.4-16.0 | 336 | 88.4 | 84.0-91.6 |
* Data for this table includes respondents (age 40 years or older) reported having being diagnosed with a cancer (including prostate cancer).
#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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