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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--FEMALE Respondents Only

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Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,642 15 0.4 0.2- 0.8 2,627 99.6 99.2-99.8
RACE
White 2,098 14 0.5 0.2- 1.0 2,084 99.5 99.0-99.8
African American 392 0 0.0 . - . 392 100 . - .
Asian 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Native American 73 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 72 99.1 93.6-99.9
Other Minorities 47 0 0.0 . - . 47 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
-English Speaking 36 0 0.0 . - . 36 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 22 0 0.0 . - . 22 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,581 15 0.4 0.2- 0.8 2,566 99.6 99.2-99.8
AGE
40-44 381 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 380 99.6 97.4-99.9
45-54 774 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 772 99.7 98.7-99.9
55-64 582 4 0.5 0.1- 2.2 578 99.5 97.8-99.9
65-74 493 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 490 99.8 99.2-99.9
75+ 412 5 0.9 0.3- 2.9 407 99.1 97.1-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 4 0.2 0.1- 0.7 485 99.8 99.3-99.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 811 7 0.6 0.3- 1.6 804 99.4 98.4-99.7
Some Post-H.S. 624 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 623 100 99.7- 100
College Graduate 712 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 709 99.4 97.7-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 2 0.5 0.1- 2.9 341 99.5 97.1-99.9
$15,000- 24,999 431 2 0.5 0.1- 2.9 429 99.5 97.1-99.9
$25,000- 34,999 288 0 0.0 . - . 288 100 . - .
$35,000- 49,999 289 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6 287 98.9 95.4-99.7
$50,000-74,999 272 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0 270 99.6 98.0-99.9
$75,000+ 282 0 0.0 . - . 282 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 172 99.7 97.7- 100
Forsyth 189 2 1.4 0.3- 6.7 187 98.6 93.3-99.7
Guilford 178 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 177 98.7 91.5-99.8
Henderson/Transylvania 209 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 206 98.9 96.5-99.7
Mecklenburg 164 0 0.0 . - . 164 100 . - .
Orange 153 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 152 99.6 97.4-99.9
Pitt 150 0 0.0 . - . 150 100 . - .
Randolph 166 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 165 99.7 97.7- 100
Robeson 181 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 180 99.3 95.5-99.9
Wake 123 0 0.0 . - . 123 100 . - .
Western NC 253 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 250 98.9 96.0-99.7
Piedmont NC 368 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 367 99.7 98.2- 100
Eastern NC 335 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 334 99.8 98.6- 100

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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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