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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 4,265 170 3.2 2.5- 3.9 4,095 96.8 96.1-97.5
GENDER
Male 1,623 44 2.0 1.3- 3.1 1,579 98.0 96.9-98.7
Female 2,642 126 4.1 3.2- 5.3 2,516 95.9 94.7-96.8
RACE
White 3,378 136 3.1 2.4- 4.0 3,242 96.9 96.0-97.6
African American 619 26 4.0 2.4- 6.8 593 96.0 93.2-97.6
Asian 34 1 1.1 0.1- 8.0 33 98.9 92.0-99.9
Native American 119 4 1.9 0.4- 7.7 115 98.1 92.3-99.6
Other Minorities 92 0 0.0 . - . 92 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 0 0.0 . - . 102 100 . - .
-English Speaking 60 0 0.0 . - . 60 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 42 0 0.0 . - . 42 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,158 170 3.2 2.6- 4.1 3,988 96.8 95.9-97.4
AGE
40-44 659 16 3.0 1.5- 5.7 643 97.0 94.3-98.5
45-54 1,288 46 2.3 1.5- 3.6 1,242 97.7 96.4-98.5
55-64 943 34 2.8 1.8- 4.5 909 97.2 95.5-98.2
65-74 783 41 4.3 2.8- 6.6 742 95.7 93.4-97.2
75+ 592 33 4.9 2.7- 8.4 559 95.1 91.6-97.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 778 43 3.7 2.2- 6.1 735 96.3 93.9-97.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,265 43 3.3 2.2- 4.9 1,222 96.7 95.1-97.8
Some Post-H.S. 943 38 3.3 2.0- 5.2 905 96.7 94.8-98.0
College Graduate 1,269 46 2.5 1.6- 3.7 1,223 97.5 96.3-98.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 480 27 4.9 2.8- 8.4 453 95.1 91.6-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 665 24 2.2 1.2- 4.1 641 97.8 95.9-98.8
$25,000- 34,999 459 19 3.5 2.0- 6.1 440 96.5 93.9-98.0
$35,000- 49,999 535 21 3.6 2.0- 6.5 514 96.4 93.5-98.0
$50,000-74,999 456 16 2.5 1.3- 5.0 440 97.5 95.0-98.7
$75,000+ 584 12 1.1 0.5- 2.3 572 98.9 97.7-99.5
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
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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