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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,265 170 3.2 2.5- 3.9 4,095 96.8 96.1-97.5
Eastern NC 506 20 3.6 2.1- 6.0 486 96.4 94.0-97.9
GENDER
Male 171 3 1.6 0.4- 6.1 168 98.4 93.9-99.6
Female 335 17 5.0 2.8- 8.6 318 95.0 91.4-97.2
RACE
White 350 12 3.0 1.5- 6.0 338 97.0 94.0-98.5
Other 153 8 4.8 2.1-10.8 145 95.2 89.2-97.9
AGE
18-44 85 2 2.8 0.7-10.9 83 97.2 89.1-99.3
45+ 421 18 3.8 2.1- 6.6 403 96.2 93.4-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 281 13 3.9 2.0- 7.5 268 96.1 92.5-98.0
Some College + 224 7 3.1 1.3- 7.4 217 96.9 92.6-98.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 10 3.3 1.6- 6.8 261 96.7 93.2-98.4
$50,000+ 92 0 0.0 . - . 92 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 19 5.4 3.2- 8.8 260 94.6 91.2-96.8
Forsyth 299 13 3.6 2.0- 6.2 286 96.4 93.8-98.0
Guilford 273 11 4.1 2.0- 8.3 262 95.9 91.7-98.0
Henderson/Transylvania 344 11 2.8 1.5- 5.3 333 97.2 94.7-98.5
Mecklenburg 258 10 3.7 1.9- 7.0 248 96.3 93.0-98.1
Orange 260 13 4.2 2.2- 8.0 247 95.8 92.0-97.8
Pitt 231 7 2.3 1.0- 5.1 224 97.7 94.9-99.0
Randolph 282 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7 274 97.7 95.3-98.9
Robeson 291 16 4.2 2.4- 7.0 275 95.8 93.0-97.6
Wake 221 5 1.5 0.6- 4.0 216 98.5 96.0-99.4
Western NC 450 20 4.0 2.5- 6.2 430 96.0 93.8-97.5
Piedmont NC 571 17 2.3 1.3- 4.0 554 97.7 96.0-98.7

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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