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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Eastern North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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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
Eastern NC 383 47 11.6 8.4-16.0 336 88.4 84.0-91.6
GENDER
Male 130 12 8.0 4.2-14.8 118 92.0 85.2-95.8
Female 253 35 14.5 10.0-20.7 218 85.5 79.3-90.0
RACE
White 270 42 15.6 11.1-21.6 228 84.4 78.4-88.9
Other 110 5 3.9 1.4-10.2 105 96.1 89.8-98.6
AGE
18-44 68 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 67 98.6 90.9-99.8
45+ 315 46 14.2 10.3-19.4 269 85.8 80.6-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 226 23 10.4 6.5-16.4 203 89.6 83.6-93.5
Some College + 155 24 13.9 8.9-21.1 131 86.1 78.9-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 25 11.4 7.1-17.8 195 88.6 82.2-92.9
$50,000+ 75 8 9.7 4.7-19.1 67 90.3 80.9-95.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 267 42 14.0 10.2-19.0 225 86.0 81.0-89.8
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

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* 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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