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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,265 33 0.6 0.4- 0.9 4,232 99.4 99.1-99.6
GENDER
Male 1,623 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,605 99.2 98.5-99.6
Female 2,642 15 0.4 0.2- 0.8 2,627 99.6 99.2-99.8
RACE
White 3,378 32 0.7 0.5- 1.2 3,346 99.3 98.8-99.5
African American 619 0 0.0 . - . 619 100 . - .
Asian 34 0 0.0 . - . 34 100 . - .
Native American 119 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 118 99.6 97.1-99.9
Other Minorities 92 0 0.0 . - . 92 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 100 99.0 96.0-99.8
-English Speaking 60 2 1.9 0.5- 7.7 58 98.1 92.3-99.5
-Spanish Speaking 42 0 0.0 . - . 42 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,158 31 0.6 0.4- 0.9 4,127 99.4 99.1-99.6
AGE
40-44 659 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 658 99.8 98.6- 100
45-54 1,288 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 1,284 99.8 99.3-99.9
55-64 943 4 0.3 0.1- 1.1 939 99.7 98.9-99.9
65-74 783 11 1.1 0.5- 2.7 772 98.9 97.3-99.5
75+ 592 13 2.2 1.0- 4.6 579 97.8 95.4-99.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 778 9 1.2 0.5- 3.0 769 98.8 97.0-99.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,265 13 0.5 0.3- 1.1 1,252 99.5 98.9-99.7
Some Post-H.S. 943 4 0.2 0.1- 0.6 939 99.8 99.4-99.9
College Graduate 1,269 7 0.5 0.2- 1.3 1,262 99.5 98.7-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 480 3 0.5 0.1- 1.8 477 99.5 98.2-99.9
$15,000- 24,999 665 6 1.4 0.5- 3.8 659 98.6 96.2-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 459 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6 457 99.9 99.4- 100
$35,000- 49,999 535 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 531 99.2 97.7-99.7
$50,000-74,999 456 2 0.2 0.0- 1.1 454 99.8 98.9- 100
$75,000+ 584 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 582 99.7 98.7-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 275 98.5 95.6-99.5
Forsyth 299 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 294 98.2 95.5-99.3
Guilford 273 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 271 99.1 95.8-99.8
Henderson/Transylvania 344 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 339 99.0 97.4-99.6
Mecklenburg 258 0 0.0 . - . 258 100 . - .
Orange 260 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 259 99.8 98.7- 100
Pitt 231 0 0.0 . - . 231 100 . - .
Randolph 282 3 1.3 0.4- 4.7 279 98.7 95.3-99.6
Robeson 291 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 290 99.7 97.7- 100
Wake 221 0 0.0 . - . 221 100 . - .
Western NC 450 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 444 98.8 97.3-99.5
Piedmont NC 571 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 570 99.9 99.0- 100
Eastern NC 506 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 501 99.2 97.8-99.7

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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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