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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 3,378 136 3.1 2.4- 4.0 3,242 96.9 96.0-97.6
GENDER
Male 1,280 39 2.5 1.6- 3.9 1,241 97.5 96.1-98.4
Female 2,098 97 3.7 2.7- 4.9 2,001 96.3 95.1-97.3
AGE
40-44 471 15 3.8 1.9- 7.5 456 96.2 92.5-98.1
45-54 989 34 1.9 1.2- 3.0 955 98.1 97.0-98.8
55-64 754 27 2.3 1.4- 3.9 727 97.7 96.1-98.6
65-74 658 33 4.2 2.6- 6.7 625 95.8 93.3-97.4
75+ 506 27 5.3 2.9- 9.6 479 94.7 90.4-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 520 26 2.6 1.5- 4.5 494 97.4 95.5-98.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,010 38 3.7 2.4- 5.7 972 96.3 94.3-97.6
Some Post-H.S. 748 32 3.6 2.1- 6.0 716 96.4 94.0-97.9
College Graduate 1,095 40 2.4 1.5- 3.7 1,055 97.6 96.3-98.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 20 5.8 3.2-10.3 304 94.2 89.7-96.8
$15,000- 24,999 466 17 1.9 0.8- 4.3 449 98.1 95.7-99.2
$25,000- 34,999 360 14 3.3 1.7- 6.3 346 96.7 93.7-98.3
$35,000- 49,999 450 19 3.9 2.1- 7.4 431 96.1 92.6-97.9
$50,000-74,999 397 15 2.6 1.3- 5.5 382 97.4 94.5-98.7
$75,000+ 517 12 1.2 0.5- 2.6 505 98.8 97.4-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 253 16 5.3 3.1- 9.1 237 94.7 90.9-96.9
Forsyth 230 10 3.4 1.8- 6.4 220 96.6 93.6-98.2
Guilford 195 8 5.0 2.2-11.1 187 95.0 88.9-97.8
Henderson/Transylvania 325 10 2.9 1.5- 5.6 315 97.1 94.4-98.5
Mecklenburg 174 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9 169 96.9 92.1-98.8
Orange 219 12 4.7 2.4- 9.1 207 95.3 90.9-97.6
Pitt 161 6 2.6 1.1- 6.3 155 97.4 93.7-98.9
Randolph 263 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0 255 97.6 95.0-98.9
Robeson 132 10 6.5 3.3-12.1 122 93.5 87.9-96.7
Wake 172 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2 167 98.0 94.8-99.3
Western NC 423 19 3.9 2.5- 6.3 404 96.1 93.7-97.5
Piedmont NC 481 15 2.5 1.4- 4.5 466 97.5 95.5-98.6
Eastern NC 350 12 3.0 1.5- 6.0 338 97.0 94.0-98.5

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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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