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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake County

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
Wake County 210 16 5.8 3.4- 9.6 194 94.2 90.4-96.6
GENDER
Male 74 2 2.3 0.6- 9.1 72 97.7 90.9-99.4
Female 136 14 8.6 4.9-14.5 122 91.4 85.5-95.1
RACE
White 169 16 7.2 4.2-11.8 153 92.8 88.2-95.8
Other 38 0 0.0 . - . 38 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 55 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 54 99.1 93.9-99.9
45+ 155 15 7.7 4.5-12.8 140 92.3 87.2-95.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 4 4.5 1.6-11.5 51 95.5 88.5-98.4
Some College + 153 12 6.3 3.4-11.2 141 93.7 88.8-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 68 7 7.8 3.6-16.4 61 92.2 83.6-96.4
$50,000+ 96 3 3.3 1.1- 9.8 93 96.7 90.2-98.9
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
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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