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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--WHITE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,378 480 12.3 10.7-14.1 2,898 87.7 85.9-89.3
GENDER
Male 1,280 161 11.0 8.5-14.1 1,119 89.0 85.9-91.5
Female 2,098 319 13.4 11.5-15.6 1,779 86.6 84.4-88.5
AGE
40-44 471 25 6.1 3.6-10.1 446 93.9 89.9-96.4
45-54 989 84 6.7 4.8- 9.1 905 93.3 90.9-95.2
55-64 754 94 10.3 7.6-13.9 660 89.7 86.1-92.4
65-74 658 138 19.0 15.2-23.5 520 81.0 76.5-84.8
75+ 506 139 30.3 23.3-38.4 367 69.7 61.6-76.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 520 81 11.8 8.6-16.1 439 88.2 83.9-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,010 142 14.3 11.0-18.2 868 85.7 81.8-89.0
Some Post-H.S. 748 107 11.9 9.0-15.4 641 88.1 84.6-91.0
College Graduate 1,095 150 10.5 8.3-13.3 945 89.5 86.7-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 68 27.2 18.5-38.1 256 72.8 61.9-81.5
$15,000- 24,999 466 70 13.2 9.4-18.3 396 86.8 81.7-90.6
$25,000- 34,999 360 44 10.0 6.7-14.5 316 90.0 85.5-93.3
$35,000- 49,999 450 65 15.1 10.7-20.8 385 84.9 79.2-89.3
$50,000-74,999 397 44 7.8 5.0-12.1 353 92.2 87.9-95.0
$75,000+ 517 48 7.1 4.8-10.2 469 92.9 89.8-95.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 253 44 16.1 11.7-21.7 209 83.9 78.3-88.3
Forsyth 230 28 10.3 6.8-15.3 202 89.7 84.7-93.2
Guilford 195 35 17.8 12.4-24.9 160 82.2 75.1-87.6
Henderson/Transylvania 325 51 14.1 10.5-18.7 274 85.9 81.3-89.5
Mecklenburg 174 24 12.7 8.2-19.0 150 87.3 81.0-91.8
Orange 219 39 19.2 12.9-27.8 180 80.8 72.2-87.1
Pitt 161 17 6.7 3.8-11.3 144 93.3 88.7-96.2
Randolph 263 29 9.7 6.4-14.3 234 90.3 85.7-93.6
Robeson 132 23 14.5 9.4-21.5 109 85.5 78.5-90.6
Wake 172 17 8.9 5.3-14.7 155 91.1 85.3-94.7
Western NC 423 58 12.1 9.2-15.6 365 87.9 84.4-90.8
Piedmont NC 481 74 14.1 10.4-18.7 407 85.9 81.3-89.6
Eastern NC 350 41 9.8 6.8-13.8 309 90.2 86.2-93.2

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* Data for this table includes respondents (age 40 years or older) reported having being diagnosed with a cancer (including prostate cancer).

#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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