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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Cancer Prevalence

What type of cancer was/is it?
Breast*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,642 142 5.4 4.2- 6.9 2,500 94.6 93.1-95.8
Henderson/ Transylvania 209 9 4.0 2.0- 8.0 200 96.0 92.0-98.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 12 6.7 3.7-12.0 161 93.3 88.0-96.3
Forsyth 189 7 3.4 1.5- 7.4 182 96.6 92.6-98.5
Guilford 178 17 8.1 4.8-13.4 161 91.9 86.6-95.2
Mecklenburg 164 8 4.4 2.1- 8.8 156 95.6 91.2-97.9
Orange 153 9 6.5 3.0-13.5 144 93.5 86.5-97.0
Pitt 150 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 144 97.6 94.3-99.0
Randolph 166 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 162 98.3 95.3-99.4
Robeson 181 6 3.6 1.6- 7.9 175 96.4 92.1-98.4
Wake 123 5 4.0 1.5-10.1 118 96.0 89.9-98.5
Western NC 253 19 7.2 4.5-11.4 234 92.8 88.6-95.5
Piedmont NC 368 24 6.7 4.3-10.5 344 93.3 89.5-95.7
Eastern NC 335 16 4.2 2.2- 8.0 319 95.8 92.0-97.8

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older (females only).

#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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