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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivors

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had cancer?

(Also see CDC - Optional Module:Cancer Survivorship)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,615 1,906 10.3 9.6-11.0 10,709 89.7 89.0-90.4
-Eastern NC 3,454 495 10.9 9.4-12.6 2,959 89.1 87.4-90.6
GENDER
Male 1,241 171 8.6 6.6-11.1 1,070 91.4 88.9-93.4
Female 2,213 324 13.1 11.0-15.5 1,889 86.9 84.5-89.0
RACE
White 2,328 392 12.3 10.5-14.3 1,936 87.7 85.7-89.5
African American 778 68 9.8 6.5-14.6 710 90.2 85.4-93.5
Other Minorities 328 33 5.9 3.2-10.6 295 94.1 89.4-96.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 139 8 2.9 0.9- 8.6 131 97.1 91.4-99.1
Non-Hispanic 3,308 486 11.5 10.0-13.3 2,822 88.5 86.7-90.0
AGE
18-44 1,000 39 3.1 1.8- 5.2 961 96.9 94.8-98.2
45-54 673 72 11.7 8.4-16.0 601 88.3 84.0-91.6
55-64 713 90 16.3 12.3-21.4 623 83.7 78.6-87.7
65+ 1,046 289 27.1 23.0-31.7 757 72.9 68.3-77.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 467 70 9.1 6.2-13.2 397 90.9 86.8-93.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,096 167 12.9 9.9-16.7 929 87.1 83.3-90.1
Some Post-H.S. 967 130 9.4 7.1-12.3 837 90.6 87.7-92.9
College Graduate 918 128 11.2 8.6-14.6 790 88.8 85.4-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 440 66 11.2 7.3-16.9 374 88.8 83.1-92.7
$15,000- 24,999 599 92 11.3 7.8-15.9 507 88.7 84.1-92.2
$25,000- 34,999 351 66 12.0 7.9-17.8 285 88.0 82.2-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 466 67 13.0 9.0-18.3 399 87.0 81.7-91.0
$50,000-74,999 469 51 10.1 6.2-16.0 418 89.9 84.0-93.8
$75,000+ 651 67 6.8 4.7- 9.6 584 93.2 90.4-95.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,316 270 17.3 14.1-21.1 1,046 82.7 78.9-85.9
No 2,055 216 7.3 6.0- 8.9 1,839 92.7 91.1-94.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 545 87 10.4 7.5-14.1 458 89.6 85.9-92.5
Non-Veteran 2,612 365 11.2 9.4-13.3 2,247 88.8 86.7-90.6

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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