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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 258 10 3.7 1.9- 7.0 248 96.3 93.0-98.1
GENDER
Male 94 2 2.5 0.6- 9.8 92 97.5 90.2-99.4
Female 164 8 4.6 2.2- 9.3 156 95.4 90.7-97.8
RACE
White 174 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9 169 96.9 92.1-98.8
Other 84 5 4.7 1.9-11.3 79 95.3 88.7-98.1
AGE
18-44 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
45+ 200 10 4.9 2.5- 9.4 190 95.1 90.6-97.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 96 4 4.4 1.4-12.4 92 95.6 87.6-98.6
Some College + 162 6 3.2 1.4- 7.3 156 96.8 92.7-98.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 111 6 5.5 2.3-12.8 105 94.5 87.2-97.7
$50,000+ 89 3 3.2 1.0- 9.6 86 96.8 90.4-99.0
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
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
Eastern NC 506 20 3.6 2.1- 6.0 486 96.4 94.0-97.9

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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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