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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 6,949 6,092 85.4 83.9-86.8 857 14.6 13.2-16.1
GENDER
Male 2,471 2,040 79.3 76.5-81.8 431 20.7 18.2-23.5
Female 4,478 4,052 91.0 89.7-92.1 426 9.0 7.9-10.3
RACE
White 5,419 4,868 89.2 87.8-90.5 551 10.8 9.5-12.2
African American 1,043 865 81.0 76.7-84.6 178 19.0 15.4-23.3
Asian 38 30 78.4 56.3-91.1 8 21.6 8.9-43.7
Native American 136 109 83.5 73.7-90.2 27 16.5 9.8-26.3
Other Minorities 295 204 63.2 54.5-71.2 91 36.8 28.8-45.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 294 205 62.9 54.0-71.0 89 37.1 29.0-46.0
-English Speaking 114 100 85.8 75.3-92.3 14 14.2 7.7-24.7
-Spanish Speaking 180 105 54.9 44.0-65.3 75 45.1 34.7-56.0
Non-Hispanic 6,634 5,876 87.5 86.1-88.8 758 12.5 11.2-13.9
AGE
18-24 217 170 74.3 65.7-81.3 47 25.7 18.7-34.3
25-34 755 650 82.0 77.7-85.6 105 18.0 14.4-22.3
35-44 1,098 989 87.9 85.1-90.3 109 12.1 9.7-14.9
45-54 1,401 1,270 90.7 88.5-92.4 131 9.3 7.6-11.5
55-64 1,432 1,289 89.3 87.0-91.2 143 10.7 8.8-13.0
65-74 1,164 1,035 89.0 86.6-91.0 129 11.0 9.0-13.4
75+ 851 662 79.1 75.5-82.4 189 20.9 17.6-24.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 973 710 67.2 61.5-72.4 263 32.8 27.6-38.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,088 1,766 82.1 79.3-84.6 322 17.9 15.4-20.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,843 1,686 89.2 86.5-91.5 157 10.8 8.5-13.5
College Graduate 2,040 1,925 94.3 92.5-95.7 115 5.7 4.3- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 705 566 74.2 67.3-80.1 139 25.8 19.9-32.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,178 946 75.9 71.4-79.8 232 24.1 20.2-28.6
$25,000- 34,999 815 702 84.9 80.6-88.4 113 15.1 11.6-19.4
$35,000- 49,999 964 879 90.4 87.3-92.8 85 9.6 7.2-12.7
$50,000-74,999 1,009 941 91.8 88.9-94.0 68 8.2 6.0-11.1
$75,000+ 1,371 1,303 94.0 91.4-95.8 68 6.0 4.2- 8.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,599 2,266 86.3 83.8-88.4 333 13.7 11.6-16.2
No 4,304 3,788 85.0 83.1-86.7 516 15.0 13.3-16.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,015 881 87.0 83.7-89.7 134 13.0 10.3-16.3
Non-Veteran 5,934 5,211 85.1 83.4-86.6 723 14.9 13.4-16.6

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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