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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,623 44 2.0 1.3- 3.1 1,579 98.0 96.9-98.7
RACE
White 1,280 39 2.5 1.6- 3.9 1,241 97.5 96.1-98.4
African American 227 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0 224 99.7 99.0-99.9
Asian 18 1 2.1 0.3-14.9 17 97.9 85.1-99.7
Native American 46 0 0.0 . - . 46 100 . - .
Other Minorities 45 0 0.0 . - . 45 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 0 0.0 . - . 44 100 . - .
-English Speaking 24 0 0.0 . - . 24 100 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 20 0 0.0 . - . 20 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,577 44 2.1 1.4- 3.2 1,533 97.9 96.8-98.6
AGE
40-44 278 6 2.4 0.8- 6.5 272 97.6 93.5-99.2
45-54 514 6 0.7 0.3- 2.0 508 99.3 98.0-99.7
55-64 361 7 1.2 0.5- 3.1 354 98.8 96.9-99.5
65-74 290 15 2.6 1.3- 5.0 275 97.4 95.0-98.7
75+ 180 10 7.1 3.0-16.0 170 92.9 84.0-97.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 289 7 1.8 0.7- 4.5 282 98.2 95.5-99.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 454 13 2.1 0.9- 4.7 441 97.9 95.3-99.1
Some Post-H.S. 319 8 2.4 0.9- 6.4 311 97.6 93.6-99.1
College Graduate 557 16 1.8 0.9- 3.6 541 98.2 96.4-99.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 137 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4 132 97.2 92.6-99.0
$15,000- 24,999 234 4 1.5 0.3- 6.3 230 98.5 93.7-99.7
$25,000- 34,999 171 6 2.4 0.8- 6.5 165 97.6 93.5-99.2
$35,000- 49,999 246 8 3.7 1.5- 8.9 238 96.3 91.1-98.5
$50,000-74,999 184 5 1.6 0.5- 4.7 179 98.4 95.3-99.5
$75,000+ 302 5 0.9 0.3- 3.0 297 99.1 97.0-99.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 106 3 2.8 0.8-10.0 103 97.2 90.0-99.2
Forsyth 110 2 0.9 0.2- 3.4 108 99.1 96.6-99.8
Guilford 95 6 6.5 2.6-15.7 89 93.5 84.3-97.4
Henderson/Transylvania 135 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7 132 97.8 93.3-99.3
Mecklenburg 94 2 2.5 0.6- 9.8 92 97.5 90.2-99.4
Orange 107 4 4.8 1.7-12.8 103 95.2 87.2-98.3
Pitt 81 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 80 98.9 92.8-99.9
Randolph 116 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2 112 97.3 92.8-99.0
Robeson 110 4 2.5 0.9- 7.1 106 97.5 92.9-99.1
Wake 98 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 97 98.9 92.3-99.8
Western NC 197 6 2.2 0.9- 5.1 191 97.8 94.9-99.1
Piedmont NC 203 5 1.6 0.6- 4.5 198 98.4 95.5-99.4
Eastern NC 171 3 1.6 0.4- 6.1 168 98.4 93.9-99.6

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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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