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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Robeson 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
Robeson County 291 6 1.6 0.7- 3.8 285 98.4 96.2-99.3
GENDER
Male 110 4 2.4 0.8- 6.6 106 97.6 93.4-99.2
Female 181 2 0.9 0.2- 3.5 179 99.1 96.5-99.8
RACE
White 132 6 3.7 1.6- 8.5 126 96.3 91.5-98.4
Other 156 0 0.0 . - . 156 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 33 0 0.0 . - . 33 100 . - .
45+ 258 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4 252 98.1 95.6-99.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5 184 99.2 97.5-99.7
Some College + 103 3 3.3 1.0- 9.9 100 96.7 90.1-99.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 182 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0 179 98.8 96.0-99.7
$50,000+ 31 1 2.7 0.4-16.7 30 97.3 83.3-99.6
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
Randolph 282 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 271 96.5 93.5-98.1
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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