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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Cancer Prevalence

What type of cancer was/is it?
Colorectal*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,265 33 0.6 0.4- 0.9 4,232 99.4 99.1-99.6
Randolph County 282 3 1.3 0.4- 4.7 279 98.7 95.3-99.6
GENDER
Male 116 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 114 97.8 91.0-99.5
Female 166 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 165 99.7 97.7- 100
RACE
White 263 3 1.4 0.4- 5.0 260 98.6 95.0-99.6
Other 18 0 0.0 . - . 18 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 41 0 0.0 . - . 41 100 . - .
45+ 241 3 1.6 0.4- 5.8 238 98.4 94.2-99.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 190 99.2 96.5-99.8
Some College + 90 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 89 97.6 85.0-99.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 0 0.0 . - . 155 100 . - .
$50,000+ 51 1 3.6 0.5-21.4 50 96.4 78.6-99.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4 275 98.5 95.6-99.5
Forsyth 299 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 294 98.2 95.5-99.3
Guilford 273 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 271 99.1 95.8-99.8
Henderson/Transylvania 344 5 1.0 0.4- 2.6 339 99.0 97.4-99.6
Mecklenburg 258 0 0.0 . - . 258 100 . - .
Orange 260 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 259 99.8 98.7- 100
Pitt 231 0 0.0 . - . 231 100 . - .
Robeson 291 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 290 99.7 97.7- 100
Wake 221 0 0.0 . - . 221 100 . - .
Western NC 450 6 1.2 0.5- 2.7 444 98.8 97.3-99.5
Piedmont NC 571 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 570 99.9 99.0- 100
Eastern NC 506 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 501 99.2 97.8-99.7

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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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