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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

Were you EVER denied health insurance or life insurance coverage because of your cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 142 9.2 7.0-12.0 1,546 90.8 88.0-93.0
-Eastern NC 435 36 11.2 6.2-19.4 399 88.8 80.6-93.8
GENDER
Male 152 10 11.3 3.5-31.4 142 88.7 68.6-96.5
Female 283 26 11.1 6.3-18.9 257 88.9 81.1-93.7
RACE
White 347 25 7.1 4.2-12.0 322 92.9 88.0-95.8
African American 57 6 24.2 7.9-54.4 51 75.8 45.6-92.1
Other Minorities 30 5 15.1 4.5-40.0 25 84.9 60.0-95.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 426 36 11.5 6.4-19.9 390 88.5 80.1-93.6
AGE
18-44 37 7 29.6 9.0-64.3 30 70.4 35.7-91.0
45-54 60 3 3.5 1.0-11.2 57 96.5 88.8-99.0
55-64 76 10 16.5 6.7-35.2 66 83.5 64.8-93.3
65+ 258 16 5.5 2.8-10.6 242 94.5 89.4-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 61 3 4.9 1.2-18.2 58 95.1 81.8-98.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 150 17 17.0 7.0-35.8 133 83.0 64.2-93.0
Some Post-H.S. 115 6 3.9 1.3-10.8 109 96.1 89.2-98.7
College Graduate 109 10 12.4 5.5-25.4 99 87.6 74.6-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 7 11.2 4.3-25.8 52 88.8 74.2-95.7
$15,000- 24,999 77 3 3.7 0.8-16.3 74 96.3 83.7-99.2
$25,000- 34,999 57 8 13.5 5.7-28.5 49 86.5 71.5-94.3
$35,000- 49,999 62 5 5.7 1.8-16.5 57 94.3 83.5-98.2
$50,000-74,999 48 6 28.3 8.1-63.7 42 71.7 36.3-91.9
$75,000+ 58 3 8.3 1.9-29.6 55 91.7 70.4-98.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 233 23 14.3 6.2-29.7 210 85.7 70.3-93.8
No 198 13 8.7 4.5-16.3 185 91.3 83.7-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 77 6 3.5 1.5- 8.1 71 96.5 91.9-98.5
Non-Veteran 320 25 12.9 6.7-23.6 295 87.1 76.4-93.3

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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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