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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence--WHITE Respondents Only

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Skin*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,378 154 3.8 3.0- 4.8 3,224 96.2 95.2-97.0
GENDER
Male 1,280 63 3.8 2.7- 5.5 1,217 96.2 94.5-97.3
Female 2,098 91 3.8 2.8- 5.1 2,007 96.2 94.9-97.2
AGE
40-44 471 6 1.2 0.3- 3.8 465 98.8 96.2-99.7
45-54 989 29 2.5 1.5- 4.2 960 97.5 95.8-98.5
55-64 754 32 3.6 2.2- 6.1 722 96.4 93.9-97.8
65-74 658 44 6.2 4.0- 9.5 614 93.8 90.5-96.0
75+ 506 43 8.0 5.2-12.0 463 92.0 88.0-94.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 520 16 2.3 1.2- 4.5 504 97.7 95.5-98.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,010 51 4.2 2.8- 6.2 959 95.8 93.8-97.2
Some Post-H.S. 748 32 3.3 2.0- 5.4 716 96.7 94.6-98.0
College Graduate 1,095 55 4.7 3.1- 7.0 1,040 95.3 93.0-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 324 21 7.9 4.4-13.7 303 92.1 86.3-95.6
$15,000- 24,999 466 16 2.6 1.3- 5.1 450 97.4 94.9-98.7
$25,000- 34,999 360 12 2.6 1.2- 5.7 348 97.4 94.3-98.8
$35,000- 49,999 450 20 4.5 2.5- 8.2 430 95.5 91.8-97.5
$50,000-74,999 397 22 4.3 2.3- 8.0 375 95.7 92.0-97.7
$75,000+ 517 13 2.3 1.0- 4.9 504 97.7 95.1-99.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 253 7 3.1 1.4- 6.6 246 96.9 93.4-98.6
Forsyth 230 8 3.8 1.7- 8.2 222 96.2 91.8-98.3
Guilford 195 7 3.3 1.5- 7.1 188 96.7 92.9-98.5
Henderson/Transylvania 325 23 6.4 4.1- 9.7 302 93.6 90.3-95.9
Mecklenburg 174 11 5.3 2.8- 9.7 163 94.7 90.3-97.2
Orange 219 15 9.0 4.2-18.2 204 91.0 81.8-95.8
Pitt 161 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3 155 97.8 94.7-99.1
Randolph 263 10 3.3 1.7- 6.4 253 96.7 93.6-98.3
Robeson 132 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5 126 96.3 91.5-98.4
Wake 172 4 1.8 0.6- 5.2 168 98.2 94.8-99.4
Western NC 423 15 3.2 1.8- 5.4 408 96.8 94.6-98.2
Piedmont NC 481 29 4.3 2.8- 6.7 452 95.7 93.3-97.2
Eastern NC 350 13 3.6 1.9- 6.6 337 96.4 93.4-98.1

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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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