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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--WHITE Respondents Only

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Breast*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,098 123 5.6 4.3- 7.1 1,975 94.4 92.9-95.7
AGE
40-44 270 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 267 98.4 94.8-99.5
45-54 590 19 4.4 2.2- 8.4 571 95.6 91.6-97.8
55-64 468 22 4.5 2.6- 7.7 446 95.5 92.3-97.4
65-74 416 37 8.1 5.2-12.3 379 91.9 87.7-94.8
75+ 354 42 11.8 8.0-17.1 312 88.2 82.9-92.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 334 21 6.4 3.3-12.0 313 93.6 88.0-96.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 645 38 6.0 4.0- 8.9 607 94.0 91.1-96.0
Some Post-H.S. 505 31 5.9 3.5- 9.7 474 94.1 90.3-96.5
College Graduate 610 33 3.9 2.5- 6.0 577 96.1 94.0-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 237 20 9.6 5.5-16.3 217 90.4 83.7-94.5
$15,000- 24,999 312 23 8.6 4.7-15.4 289 91.4 84.6-95.3
$25,000- 34,999 228 13 5.7 2.9-11.0 215 94.3 89.0-97.1
$35,000- 49,999 242 13 5.7 2.5-12.5 229 94.3 87.5-97.5
$50,000-74,999 239 5 1.6 0.4- 5.7 234 98.4 94.3-99.6
$75,000+ 250 13 5.7 3.0-10.6 237 94.3 89.4-97.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 162 12 7.2 4.0-12.8 150 92.8 87.2-96.0
Forsyth 149 5 2.6 1.0- 6.6 144 97.4 93.4-99.0
Guilford 129 14 9.4 5.3-16.3 115 90.6 83.7-94.7
Henderson/Transylvania 195 9 4.5 2.2- 8.9 186 95.5 91.1-97.8
Mecklenburg 115 6 4.9 2.1-10.7 109 95.1 89.3-97.9
Orange 131 9 7.7 3.5-15.9 122 92.3 84.1-96.5
Pitt 109 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 104 97.3 93.1-99.0
Randolph 155 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 151 98.2 95.1-99.4
Robeson 83 4 4.9 1.8-12.8 79 95.1 87.2-98.2
Wake 95 5 5.1 2.0-12.7 90 94.9 87.3-98.0
Western NC 242 18 7.1 4.4-11.3 224 92.9 88.7-95.6
Piedmont NC 307 22 7.0 4.3-11.2 285 93.0 88.8-95.7
Eastern NC 226 10 3.2 1.5- 6.5 216 96.8 93.5-98.5

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* Data for this table includes respondents who reported being age 40 or older (females only).

#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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