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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Cancer Prevalence

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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
Western NC 450 15 3.0 1.7- 5.1 435 97.0 94.9-98.3
GENDER
Male 197 8 3.5 1.6- 7.3 189 96.5 92.7-98.4
Female 253 7 2.4 1.1- 5.1 246 97.6 94.9-98.9
RACE
White 423 15 3.2 1.8- 5.4 408 96.8 94.6-98.2
Other 27 0 0.0 . - . 27 100 . - .
AGE
18-44 52 0 0.0 . - . 52 100 . - .
45+ 398 15 3.5 2.0- 6.0 383 96.5 94.0-98.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 267 10 3.0 1.5- 5.9 257 97.0 94.1-98.5
Some College + 182 5 3.0 1.2- 7.1 177 97.0 92.9-98.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 264 9 3.6 1.8- 7.2 255 96.4 92.8-98.2
$50,000+ 77 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 76 99.1 93.8-99.9
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
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
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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