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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 96 3.0 2.3- 4.1 2,546 97.0 95.9-97.7
RACE
White 2,098 91 3.8 2.8- 5.1 2,007 96.2 94.9-97.2
African American 392 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 391 99.9 99.6- 100
Asian 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
Native American 73 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 72 98.1 87.5-99.7
Other Minorities 47 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 46 99.8 98.2- 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 95 3.1 2.3- 4.2 2,486 96.9 95.8-97.7
AGE
40-44 381 5 1.2 0.3- 5.0 376 98.8 95.0-99.7
45-54 774 18 1.8 1.0- 3.4 756 98.2 96.6-99.0
55-64 582 21 2.7 1.4- 4.9 561 97.3 95.1-98.6
65-74 493 25 4.5 2.4- 8.1 468 95.5 91.9-97.6
75+ 412 27 7.4 4.3-12.6 385 92.6 87.4-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 489 9 1.5 0.7- 3.1 480 98.5 96.9-99.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 811 32 3.8 2.3- 6.2 779 96.2 93.8-97.7
Some Post-H.S. 624 23 3.4 1.9- 6.0 601 96.6 94.0-98.1
College Graduate 712 32 2.9 1.7- 4.8 680 97.1 95.2-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 16 5.8 2.9-11.2 327 94.2 88.8-97.1
$15,000- 24,999 431 9 1.3 0.5- 3.1 422 98.7 96.9-99.5
$25,000- 34,999 288 6 1.2 0.3- 5.3 282 98.8 94.7-99.7
$35,000- 49,999 289 11 3.8 1.5- 9.3 278 96.2 90.7-98.5
$50,000-74,999 272 12 3.1 1.5- 6.5 260 96.9 93.5-98.5
$75,000+ 282 6 1.4 0.4- 5.5 276 98.6 94.5-99.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 170 98.3 94.6-99.5
Forsyth 189 7 3.8 1.6- 8.4 182 96.2 91.6-98.4
Guilford 178 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 176 99.0 95.9-99.8
Henderson/Transylvania 209 15 7.0 4.0-12.0 194 93.0 88.0-96.0
Mecklenburg 164 7 3.3 1.5- 6.9 157 96.7 93.1-98.5
Orange 153 8 8.0 2.3-23.8 145 92.0 76.2-97.7
Pitt 150 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0 145 98.0 95.0-99.2
Randolph 166 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9 159 96.0 91.1-98.2
Robeson 181 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 179 99.1 96.5-99.8
Wake 123 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 121 99.1 96.4-99.8
Western NC 253 7 2.4 1.1- 5.1 246 97.6 94.9-98.9
Piedmont NC 368 23 4.5 2.7- 7.4 345 95.5 92.6-97.3
Eastern NC 335 8 2.2 1.0- 4.9 327 97.8 95.1-99.0

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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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