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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--MALE Respondents Only

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Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,623 18 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,605 99.2 98.5-99.6
RACE
White 1,280 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,262 99.0 98.1-99.5
African American 227 0 0.0 . - . 227 100 . - .
Asian 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
Native American 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
Other Minorities 45 0 0.0 . - . 45 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 42 97.9 91.6-99.5
-English Speaking 24 2 5.4 1.3-20.4 22 94.6 79.6-98.7
-Spanish Speaking 20 0 0.0 . - . 20 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,577 16 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,561 99.2 98.5-99.6
AGE
40-44 278 0 0.0 . - . 278 100 . - .
45-54 514 2 0.1 0.0- 0.5 512 99.9 99.5- 100
55-64 361 0 0.0 . - . 361 100 . - .
65-74 290 8 2.6 1.0- 6.5 282 97.4 93.5-99.0
75+ 180 8 4.1 1.7- 9.7 172 95.9 90.3-98.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 289 5 2.4 0.9- 6.4 284 97.6 93.6-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 454 6 0.4 0.2- 0.9 448 99.6 99.1-99.8
Some Post-H.S. 319 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5 316 99.5 98.5-99.9
College Graduate 557 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4 553 99.5 98.6-99.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 137 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 136 99.6 97.2-99.9
$15,000- 24,999 234 4 2.6 0.8- 8.3 230 97.4 91.7-99.2
$25,000- 34,999 171 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 169 99.7 98.6-99.9
$35,000- 49,999 246 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 244 99.5 97.6-99.9
$50,000-74,999 184 0 0.0 . - . 184 100 . - .
$75,000+ 302 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 300 99.5 97.8-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 106 3 2.7 0.8- 8.9 103 97.3 91.1-99.2
Forsyth 110 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 107 97.8 93.2-99.3
Guilford 95 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 94 99.5 96.6-99.9
Henderson/Transylvania 135 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 133 99.0 96.0-99.8
Mecklenburg 94 0 0.0 . - . 94 100 . - .
Orange 107 0 0.0 . - . 107 100 . - .
Pitt 81 0 0.0 . - . 81 100 . - .
Randolph 116 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 114 97.8 91.0-99.5
Robeson 110 0 0.0 . - . 110 100 . - .
Wake 98 0 0.0 . - . 98 100 . - .
Western NC 197 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 194 98.8 96.3-99.6
Piedmont NC 203 0 0.0 . - . 203 100 . - .
Eastern NC 171 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0 167 98.3 95.0-99.4

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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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