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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--WHITE Respondents Only

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Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,378 32 0.7 0.5- 1.2 3,346 99.3 98.8-99.5
GENDER
Male 1,280 18 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,262 99.0 98.1-99.5
Female 2,098 14 0.5 0.2- 1.0 2,084 99.5 99.0-99.8
AGE
40-44 471 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 470 99.7 98.1- 100
45-54 989 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9 985 99.7 99.1-99.9
55-64 754 4 0.3 0.1- 1.4 750 99.7 98.6-99.9
65-74 658 11 1.4 0.6- 3.3 647 98.6 96.7-99.4
75+ 506 12 2.5 1.2- 5.4 494 97.5 94.6-98.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 520 9 1.8 0.7- 4.5 511 98.2 95.5-99.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,010 12 0.7 0.3- 1.3 998 99.3 98.7-99.7
Some Post-H.S. 748 4 0.3 0.1- 0.8 744 99.7 99.2-99.9
College Graduate 1,095 7 0.6 0.3- 1.5 1,088 99.4 98.5-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 322 99.3 97.0-99.8
$15,000- 24,999 466 6 2.0 0.7- 5.5 460 98.0 94.5-99.3
$25,000- 34,999 360 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7 358 99.8 99.3- 100
$35,000- 49,999 450 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 446 99.1 97.2-99.7
$50,000-74,999 397 2 0.2 0.0- 1.2 395 99.8 98.8- 100
$75,000+ 517 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 515 99.7 98.5-99.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 253 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 249 98.4 95.1-99.5
Forsyth 230 5 2.3 0.9- 6.0 225 97.7 94.0-99.1
Guilford 195 2 1.3 0.3- 6.0 193 98.7 94.0-99.7
Henderson/Transylvania 325 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 320 98.9 97.2-99.6
Mecklenburg 174 0 0.0 . - . 174 100 . - .
Orange 219 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 218 99.8 98.4- 100
Pitt 161 0 0.0 . - . 161 100 . - .
Randolph 263 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 260 98.6 95.0-99.6
Robeson 132 0 0.0 . - . 132 100 . - .
Wake 172 0 0.0 . - . 172 100 . - .
Western NC 423 6 1.2 0.5- 2.9 417 98.8 97.1-99.5
Piedmont NC 481 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 480 99.8 98.8- 100
Eastern NC 350 5 1.2 0.4- 3.1 345 98.8 96.9-99.6

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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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