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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,012 2,733 65.1 62.8-67.3 1,279 34.9 32.7-37.2
-Western NC 803 564 67.0 62.4-71.3 239 33.0 28.7-37.6
GENDER
Male 267 199 71.6 63.6-78.5 68 28.4 21.5-36.4
Female 536 365 63.6 58.0-68.8 171 36.4 31.2-42.0
RACE
White 745 526 67.8 63.2-72.0 219 32.2 28.0-36.8
African American 27 19 82.1 63.8-92.3 8 17.9 7.7-36.2
Other Minorities 30 19 43.2 19.2-70.8 11 56.8 29.2-80.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 10 38.7 13.6-71.7 7 61.3 28.3-86.4
Non-Hispanic 785 554 68.0 63.6-72.1 231 32.0 27.9-36.4
AGE
18-24 19 12 52.7 27.1-76.9 7 47.3 23.1-72.9
25-34 69 39 55.7 42.3-68.4 30 44.3 31.6-57.7
35-44 106 66 63.3 52.5-72.9 40 36.7 27.1-47.5
45-54 166 107 66.8 57.7-74.9 59 33.2 25.1-42.3
55-64 194 152 79.5 72.6-85.0 42 20.5 15.0-27.4
65-74 158 122 76.2 67.7-83.0 36 23.8 17.0-32.3
75+ 89 64 69.8 57.9-79.6 25 30.2 20.4-42.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 107 79 75.5 64.6-83.9 28 24.5 16.1-35.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 224 163 65.5 55.4-74.4 61 34.5 25.6-44.6
Some Post-H.S. 219 153 67.5 59.3-74.7 66 32.5 25.3-40.7
College Graduate 252 169 64.7 56.7-72.0 83 35.3 28.0-43.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 72 68.0 52.9-80.1 21 32.0 19.9-47.1
$15,000- 24,999 151 107 69.5 59.6-77.9 44 30.5 22.1-40.4
$25,000- 34,999 88 65 62.9 43.9-78.7 23 37.1 21.3-56.1
$35,000- 49,999 134 91 60.6 49.6-70.5 43 39.4 29.5-50.4
$50,000-74,999 119 72 61.5 50.2-71.7 47 38.5 28.3-49.8
$75,000+ 133 96 78.4 69.8-85.0 37 21.6 15.0-30.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 333 252 73.3 66.6-79.0 81 26.7 21.0-33.4
No 467 310 63.8 57.7-69.5 157 36.2 30.5-42.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 90 77.7 67.2-85.5 25 22.3 14.5-32.8
Non-Veteran 688 474 65.4 60.3-70.1 214 34.6 29.9-39.7

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*Asked of those who reported that their physician had discussed their risk for certain diseases

^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.

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