SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Cancer

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health care provider ever asked you about your family
history of illnesses or health problems?

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,949 6,092 85.4 83.9-86.8 857 14.6 13.2-16.1
-Piedmont NC 3,319 2,957 87.1 84.9-88.9 362 12.9 11.1-15.1
GENDER
Male 1,192 1,014 82.0 78.1-85.4 178 18.0 14.6-21.9
Female 2,127 1,943 91.6 89.7-93.2 184 8.4 6.8-10.3
RACE
White 2,639 2,396 90.6 88.7-92.3 243 9.4 7.7-11.3
African American 485 415 84.5 78.7-88.9 70 15.5 11.1-21.3
Other Minorities 188 139 68.3 57.4-77.5 49 31.7 22.5-42.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 153 107 62.9 50.6-73.8 46 37.1 26.2-49.4
Non-Hispanic 3,160 2,846 89.5 87.7-91.1 314 10.5 8.9-12.3
AGE
18-24 105 82 74.8 62.2-84.3 23 25.2 15.7-37.8
25-34 359 315 84.9 78.8-89.4 44 15.1 10.6-21.2
35-44 576 519 88.6 84.6-91.6 57 11.4 8.4-15.4
45-54 693 646 93.3 90.4-95.4 47 6.7 4.6- 9.6
55-64 667 609 90.1 86.7-92.7 58 9.9 7.3-13.3
65-74 521 467 90.1 86.6-92.8 54 9.9 7.2-13.4
75+ 382 306 82.3 77.0-86.6 76 17.7 13.4-23.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 424 323 69.2 60.6-76.6 101 30.8 23.4-39.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 926 794 83.8 79.6-87.3 132 16.2 12.7-20.4
Some Post-H.S. 864 795 90.3 86.4-93.2 69 9.7 6.8-13.6
College Graduate 1,103 1,043 95.0 92.5-96.7 60 5.0 3.3- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 278 230 78.1 67.3-86.1 48 21.9 13.9-32.7
$15,000- 24,999 494 402 74.9 67.6-81.0 92 25.1 19.0-32.4
$25,000- 34,999 366 311 84.7 77.9-89.7 55 15.3 10.3-22.1
$35,000- 49,999 438 400 91.1 86.1-94.4 38 8.9 5.6-13.9
$50,000-74,999 506 475 92.7 88.7-95.4 31 7.3 4.6-11.3
$75,000+ 805 768 95.5 92.9-97.2 37 4.5 2.8- 7.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,151 1,029 89.2 85.6-91.9 122 10.8 8.1-14.4
No 2,150 1,910 86.1 83.4-88.5 240 13.9 11.5-16.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 431 376 87.5 82.2-91.4 55 12.5 8.6-17.8
Non-Veteran 2,888 2,581 87.0 84.7-89.0 307 13.0 11.0-15.3

Back to Cancer.

^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.

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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 02JUN08.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook