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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Cancer Prevalence

What type of cancer was/is it?
Skin*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,265 160 3.0 2.4- 3.8 4,105 97.0 96.2-97.6
Randolph County 282 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 271 96.5 93.5-98.1
GENDER
Male 116 4 3.0 1.1- 7.8 112 97.0 92.2-98.9
Female 166 7 4.0 1.8- 8.9 159 96.0 91.1-98.2
RACE
White 263 10 3.3 1.7- 6.4 253 96.7 93.6-98.3
Other 18 1 7.2 1.0-37.1 17 92.8 62.9-99.0
AGE
18-44 41 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9 40 99.2 94.1-99.9
45+ 241 10 4.1 2.1- 7.8 231 95.9 92.2-97.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 7 2.9 1.3- 6.2 185 97.1 93.8-98.7
Some College + 90 4 4.8 1.7-12.6 86 95.2 87.4-98.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9 149 97.0 93.1-98.7
$50,000+ 51 0 0.0 . - . 51 100 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 279 7 2.8 1.3- 5.9 272 97.2 94.1-98.7
Forsyth 299 8 2.8 1.3- 6.3 291 97.2 93.7-98.7
Guilford 273 7 2.3 1.1- 5.0 266 97.7 95.0-98.9
Henderson/Transylvania 344 26 7.5 4.8-11.4 318 92.5 88.6-95.2
Mecklenburg 258 11 3.4 1.8- 6.3 247 96.6 93.7-98.2
Orange 260 16 7.9 3.8-15.7 244 92.1 84.3-96.2
Pitt 231 6 1.6 0.6- 3.7 225 98.4 96.3-99.4
Robeson 291 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 285 98.4 96.2-99.3
Wake 221 4 1.4 0.5- 4.0 217 98.6 96.0-99.5
Western NC 450 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1 435 97.0 94.9-98.3
Piedmont NC 571 29 3.6 2.3- 5.6 542 96.4 94.4-97.7
Eastern NC 506 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7 492 97.4 95.3-98.6

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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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