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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--FEMALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,642 126 4.1 3.2- 5.3 2,516 95.9 94.7-96.8
RACE
White 2,098 97 3.7 2.7- 4.9 2,001 96.3 95.1-97.3
African American 392 23 6.9 4.0-11.6 369 93.1 88.4-96.0
Asian 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Native American 73 4 4.3 1.0-16.6 69 95.7 83.4-99.0
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 2,581 126 4.2 3.2- 5.5 2,455 95.8 94.5-96.8
AGE
40-44 381 10 3.5 1.5- 8.0 371 96.5 92.0-98.5
45-54 774 40 3.8 2.3- 6.2 734 96.2 93.8-97.7
55-64 582 27 4.3 2.5- 7.3 555 95.7 92.7-97.5
65-74 493 26 5.4 3.2- 9.0 467 94.6 91.0-96.8
75+ 412 23 3.3 1.9- 5.6 389 96.7 94.4-98.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 36 5.2 2.9- 9.3 453 94.8 90.7-97.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 811 30 4.2 2.7- 6.6 781 95.8 93.4-97.3
Some Post-H.S. 624 30 3.8 2.3- 6.5 594 96.2 93.5-97.7
College Graduate 712 30 3.2 2.0- 5.3 682 96.8 94.7-98.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 22 6.0 3.2-11.1 321 94.0 88.9-96.8
$15,000- 24,999 431 20 2.8 1.5- 5.2 411 97.2 94.8-98.5
$25,000- 34,999 288 13 4.3 2.2- 8.3 275 95.7 91.7-97.8
$35,000- 49,999 289 13 3.5 1.7- 7.2 276 96.5 92.8-98.3
$50,000-74,999 272 11 3.4 1.4- 8.0 261 96.6 92.0-98.6
$75,000+ 282 7 1.2 0.5- 3.2 275 98.8 96.8-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 16 7.7 4.6-12.7 157 92.3 87.3-95.4
Forsyth 189 11 5.9 3.2-10.6 178 94.1 89.4-96.8
Guilford 178 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 173 97.9 94.8-99.2
Henderson/Transylvania 209 8 3.4 1.6- 7.1 201 96.6 92.9-98.4
Mecklenburg 164 8 4.6 2.2- 9.3 156 95.4 90.7-97.8
Orange 153 9 3.8 1.8- 7.5 144 96.2 92.5-98.2
Pitt 150 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8 144 96.8 92.2-98.7
Randolph 166 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 162 98.2 94.9-99.4
Robeson 181 12 5.8 3.1-10.3 169 94.2 89.7-96.9
Wake 123 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 119 98.1 94.8-99.3
Western NC 253 14 5.9 3.4-10.0 239 94.1 90.0-96.6
Piedmont NC 368 12 2.9 1.5- 5.5 356 97.1 94.5-98.5
Eastern NC 335 17 5.0 2.8- 8.6 318 95.0 91.4-97.2

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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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