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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--FEMALE Respondents Only

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Breast*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,642 142 5.4 4.2- 6.9 2,500 94.6 93.1-95.8
RACE
White 2,098 123 5.6 4.3- 7.1 1,975 94.4 92.9-95.7
African American 392 12 5.2 2.3-11.3 380 94.8 88.7-97.7
Asian 16 1 5.1 0.7-30.4 15 94.9 69.6-99.3
Native American 73 4 9.5 2.3-31.4 69 90.5 68.6-97.7
Other Minorities 47 2 2.0 0.5- 8.2 45 98.0 91.8-99.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 2 1.3 0.2- 7.6 56 98.7 92.4-99.8
-English Speaking 36 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 35 99.8 98.3- 100
-Spanish Speaking 22 1 3.4 0.4-21.3 21 96.6 78.7-99.6
Non-Hispanic 2,581 140 5.5 4.3- 7.0 2,441 94.5 93.0-95.7
AGE
40-44 381 4 2.8 0.8- 9.5 377 97.2 90.5-99.2
45-54 774 26 4.3 2.5- 7.4 748 95.7 92.6-97.5
55-64 582 25 3.8 2.3- 6.4 557 96.2 93.6-97.7
65-74 493 42 7.6 5.0-11.3 451 92.4 88.7-95.0
75+ 412 45 11.8 7.9-17.2 367 88.2 82.8-92.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 27 5.0 2.8- 9.0 462 95.0 91.0-97.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 811 45 6.4 4.3- 9.6 766 93.6 90.4-95.7
Some Post-H.S. 624 34 5.8 3.5- 9.2 590 94.2 90.8-96.5
College Graduate 712 36 3.8 2.5- 5.7 676 96.2 94.3-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 26 10.8 6.0-18.6 317 89.2 81.4-94.0
$15,000- 24,999 431 27 7.1 4.0-12.2 404 92.9 87.8-96.0
$25,000- 34,999 288 14 5.1 2.7- 9.5 274 94.9 90.5-97.3
$35,000- 49,999 289 14 5.1 2.3-10.8 275 94.9 89.2-97.7
$50,000-74,999 272 7 2.2 0.8- 6.2 265 97.8 93.8-99.2
$75,000+ 282 15 5.4 2.9- 9.8 267 94.6 90.2-97.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 12 6.7 3.7-12.0 161 93.3 88.0-96.3
Forsyth 189 7 3.4 1.5- 7.4 182 96.6 92.6-98.5
Guilford 178 17 8.1 4.8-13.4 161 91.9 86.6-95.2
Henderson/Transylvania 209 9 4.0 2.0- 8.0 200 96.0 92.0-98.0
Mecklenburg 164 8 4.4 2.1- 8.8 156 95.6 91.2-97.9
Orange 153 9 6.5 3.0-13.5 144 93.5 86.5-97.0
Pitt 150 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7 144 97.6 94.3-99.0
Randolph 166 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 162 98.3 95.3-99.4
Robeson 181 6 3.6 1.6- 7.9 175 96.4 92.1-98.4
Wake 123 5 4.0 1.5-10.1 118 96.0 89.9-98.5
Western NC 253 19 7.2 4.5-11.4 234 92.8 88.6-95.5
Piedmont NC 368 24 6.7 4.3-10.5 344 93.3 89.5-95.7
Eastern NC 335 16 4.2 2.2- 8.0 319 95.8 92.0-97.8

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* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older (females only).

#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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