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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,265 553 11.3 9.9-12.8 3,712 88.7 87.2-90.1
GENDER
Male 1,623 179 9.3 7.3-11.8 1,444 90.7 88.2-92.7
Female 2,642 374 12.9 11.1-14.9 2,268 87.1 85.1-88.9
RACE
White 3,378 480 12.3 10.7-14.1 2,898 87.7 85.9-89.3
African American 619 48 8.0 5.3-12.0 571 92.0 88.0-94.7
Asian 34 2 3.5 0.7-14.6 32 96.5 85.4-99.3
Native American 119 13 8.2 3.5-17.9 106 91.8 82.1-96.5
Other Minorities 92 4 3.8 0.9-14.7 88 96.2 85.3-99.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 6 5.9 1.9-16.8 96 94.1 83.2-98.1
-English Speaking 60 4 4.3 1.3-13.6 56 95.7 86.4-98.7
-Spanish Speaking 42 2 7.7 1.5-31.8 40 92.3 68.2-98.5
Non-Hispanic 4,158 546 11.4 10.0-13.0 3,612 88.6 87.0-90.0
AGE
40-44 659 27 5.5 3.3- 9.2 632 94.5 90.8-96.7
45-54 1,288 105 6.7 5.0- 8.9 1,183 93.3 91.1-95.0
55-64 943 107 9.5 7.2-12.5 836 90.5 87.5-92.8
65-74 783 158 17.7 14.3-21.7 625 82.3 78.3-85.7
75+ 592 156 28.3 22.0-35.5 436 71.7 64.5-78.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 778 114 11.4 8.6-14.9 664 88.6 85.1-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,265 158 12.8 10.0-16.2 1,107 87.2 83.8-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 943 118 10.4 8.0-13.4 825 89.6 86.6-92.0
College Graduate 1,269 162 9.9 7.9-12.3 1,107 90.1 87.7-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 480 88 21.8 15.3-30.1 392 78.2 69.9-84.7
$15,000- 24,999 665 87 11.4 8.4-15.4 578 88.6 84.6-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 459 51 9.1 6.4-12.9 408 90.9 87.1-93.6
$35,000- 49,999 535 69 13.2 9.5-18.0 466 86.8 82.0-90.5
$50,000-74,999 456 48 7.7 5.1-11.5 408 92.3 88.5-94.9
$75,000+ 584 50 6.4 4.4- 9.3 534 93.6 90.7-95.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 48 15.3 11.3-20.4 231 84.7 79.6-88.7
Forsyth 299 33 9.6 6.6-13.7 266 90.4 86.3-93.4
Guilford 273 42 14.1 10.1-19.5 231 85.9 80.5-89.9
Henderson/Transylvania 344 54 14.6 10.9-19.4 290 85.4 80.6-89.1
Mecklenburg 258 31 10.4 7.1-14.9 227 89.6 85.1-92.9
Orange 260 41 16.8 11.3-24.3 219 83.2 75.7-88.7
Pitt 231 21 6.3 3.8-10.1 210 93.7 89.9-96.2
Randolph 282 30 9.5 6.4-14.0 252 90.5 86.0-93.6
Robeson 291 37 10.0 7.1-13.9 254 90.0 86.1-92.9
Wake 221 17 6.9 4.1-11.5 204 93.1 88.5-95.9
Western NC 450 62 12.1 9.3-15.5 388 87.9 84.5-90.7
Piedmont NC 571 79 12.8 9.6-16.8 492 87.2 83.2-90.4
Eastern NC 506 58 9.9 7.3-13.4 448 90.1 86.6-92.7

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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, 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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