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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

With your most recent diagnosis of cancer, did you have health insurance that paid for all
or part of your cancer treatment?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,671 1,538 91.3 88.6-93.4 133 8.7 6.6-11.4
-Eastern NC 426 380 90.3 85.4-93.7 46 9.7 6.3-14.6
GENDER
Male 148 136 94.3 87.7-97.5 12 5.7 2.5-12.3
Female 278 244 87.5 80.0-92.5 34 12.5 7.5-20.0
RACE
White 339 305 89.0 82.5-93.2 34 11.0 6.8-17.5
African American 57 52 97.8 94.0-99.2 5 2.2 0.8- 6.0
Other Minorities 29 22 77.9 53.6-91.5 7 22.1 8.5-46.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 7 93.7 60.5-99.3 1 6.3 0.7-39.5
Non-Hispanic 417 372 90.2 85.1-93.7 45 9.8 6.3-14.9
AGE
18-44 36 33 95.0 81.1-98.8 3 5.0 1.2-18.9
45-54 62 49 81.1 62.4-91.7 13 18.9 8.3-37.6
55-64 75 66 92.8 83.2-97.1 9 7.2 2.9-16.8
65+ 249 229 91.3 84.0-95.5 20 8.7 4.5-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 57 46 90.4 81.6-95.2 11 9.6 4.8-18.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 149 127 87.4 76.9-93.5 22 12.6 6.5-23.1
Some Post-H.S. 114 103 89.6 78.7-95.3 11 10.4 4.7-21.3
College Graduate 106 104 95.9 82.0-99.2 2 4.1 0.8-18.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 56 46 88.6 77.2-94.7 10 11.4 5.3-22.8
$15,000- 24,999 77 65 86.7 69.7-94.9 12 13.3 5.1-30.3
$25,000- 34,999 55 50 91.1 75.2-97.2 5 8.9 2.8-24.8
$35,000- 49,999 61 56 87.6 69.6-95.6 5 12.4 4.4-30.4
$50,000-74,999 48 45 97.3 90.3-99.3 3 2.7 0.7- 9.7
$75,000+ 57 56 91.0 58.0-98.7 1 9.0 1.3-42.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 228 204 90.8 84.1-94.8 24 9.2 5.2-15.9
No 194 173 91.7 85.0-95.6 21 8.3 4.4-15.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 69 90.4 73.7-97.0 5 9.6 3.0-26.3
Non-Veteran 315 276 89.7 83.6-93.6 39 10.3 6.4-16.4

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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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