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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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Skin*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,265 160 3.0 2.4- 3.8 4,105 97.0 96.2-97.6
GENDER
Male 1,623 64 3.1 2.1- 4.3 1,559 96.9 95.7-97.9
Female 2,642 96 3.0 2.3- 4.1 2,546 97.0 95.9-97.7
RACE
White 3,378 154 3.8 3.0- 4.8 3,224 96.2 95.2-97.0
African American 619 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 618 100 99.8- 100
Asian 34 0 0.0 . - . 34 100 . - .
Native American 119 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 118 99.2 94.3-99.9
Other Minorities 92 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 91 99.9 99.1- 100
HISPANIC
Hispanic 102 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8 101 98.9 92.2-99.8
-English Speaking 60 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 59 97.8 85.8-99.7
-Spanish Speaking 42 0 0.0 . - . 42 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,158 158 3.1 2.5- 3.9 4,000 96.9 96.1-97.5
AGE
40-44 659 6 0.8 0.2- 2.8 653 99.2 97.2-99.8
45-54 1,288 30 1.9 1.1- 3.2 1,258 98.1 96.8-98.9
55-64 943 32 3.0 1.8- 4.9 911 97.0 95.1-98.2
65-74 783 48 5.2 3.4- 7.9 735 94.8 92.1-96.6
75+ 592 44 7.0 4.6-10.5 548 93.0 89.5-95.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 778 17 1.6 0.9- 3.0 761 98.4 97.0-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,265 52 3.4 2.3- 4.9 1,213 96.6 95.1-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 943 33 2.6 1.6- 4.1 910 97.4 95.9-98.4
College Graduate 1,269 58 4.2 2.8- 6.2 1,211 95.8 93.8-97.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 480 22 5.0 2.8- 8.7 458 95.0 91.3-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 665 18 1.9 1.0- 3.6 647 98.1 96.4-99.0
$25,000- 34,999 459 13 2.1 1.0- 4.6 446 97.9 95.4-99.0
$35,000- 49,999 535 20 3.7 2.0- 6.8 515 96.3 93.2-98.0
$50,000-74,999 456 23 3.9 2.1- 7.2 433 96.1 92.8-97.9
$75,000+ 584 13 2.0 0.9- 4.4 571 98.0 95.6-99.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 7 2.8 1.3- 5.9 272 97.2 94.1-98.7
Forsyth 299 8 2.8 1.3- 6.3 291 97.2 93.7-98.7
Guilford 273 7 2.3 1.1- 5.0 266 97.7 95.0-98.9
Henderson/Transylvania 344 26 7.5 4.8-11.4 318 92.5 88.6-95.2
Mecklenburg 258 11 3.4 1.8- 6.3 247 96.6 93.7-98.2
Orange 260 16 7.9 3.8-15.7 244 92.1 84.3-96.2
Pitt 231 6 1.6 0.6- 3.7 225 98.4 96.3-99.4
Randolph 282 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 271 96.5 93.5-98.1
Robeson 291 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 285 98.4 96.2-99.3
Wake 221 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 217 98.6 96.0-99.5
Western NC 450 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1 435 97.0 94.9-98.3
Piedmont NC 571 29 3.6 2.3- 5.6 542 96.4 94.4-97.7
Eastern NC 506 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7 492 97.4 95.3-98.6

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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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