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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston County

Cancer Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,666 149 4.2 3.2- 5.6 3,517 95.8 94.4-96.8
Gaston County 283 13 4.5 2.5- 7.9 270 95.5 92.1-97.5
GENDER
Male 108 8 6.4 3.1-12.8 100 93.6 87.2-96.9
Female 175 5 2.6 1.0- 6.5 170 97.4 93.5-99.0
RACE
White 247 12 4.6 2.5- 8.3 235 95.4 91.7-97.5
Other 36 1 3.6 0.5-21.5 35 96.4 78.5-99.5
AGE
18-44 53 0 0.0 . - . 53 100 . - .
45+ 230 13 5.5 3.1- 9.6 217 94.5 90.4-96.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 162 9 4.9 2.4- 9.6 153 95.1 90.4-97.6
Some College + 121 4 4.0 1.5-10.3 117 96.0 89.7-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 10 5.4 2.8-10.3 152 94.6 89.7-97.2
$50,000+ 55 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 54 97.5 84.2-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 267 19 6.1 3.7- 9.7 248 93.9 90.3-96.3
Cumberland 213 14 6.6 3.6-11.7 199 93.4 88.3-96.4
Durham 207 12 5.8 2.9-11.0 195 94.2 89.0-97.1
Forsyth 304 8 2.5 1.2- 5.2 296 97.5 94.8-98.8
Guilford 250 8 1.7 0.8- 3.4 242 98.3 96.6-99.2
Mecklenburg 239 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4 236 98.5 94.6-99.6
New Hanover 236 5 2.2 0.7- 6.3 231 97.8 93.7-99.3
Onslow 217 10 5.0 2.3-10.5 207 95.0 89.5-97.7
Wake 210 5 1.6 0.6- 3.9 205 98.4 96.1-99.4
Western NC 432 18 4.2 2.6- 6.8 414 95.8 93.2-97.4
Piedmont NC 425 18 5.6 3.2- 9.7 407 94.4 90.3-96.8
Eastern NC 383 16 4.3 2.3- 7.7 367 95.7 92.3-97.7

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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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