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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 138 9.5 7.3-12.2 1,550 90.5 87.8-92.7
-Eastern NC 433 36 8.9 5.5-14.0 397 91.1 86.0-94.5
GENDER
Male 151 7 2.8 1.1- 6.7 144 97.2 93.3-98.9
Female 282 29 13.2 7.9-21.3 253 86.8 78.7-92.1
RACE
White 344 29 8.7 5.2-14.3 315 91.3 85.7-94.8
African American 58 4 9.3 2.5-28.8 54 90.7 71.2-97.5
Other Minorities 30 3 10.9 2.9-33.2 27 89.1 66.8-97.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 1 6.3 0.7-39.8 7 93.7 60.2-99.3
Non-Hispanic 424 35 9.0 5.6-14.2 389 91.0 85.8-94.4
AGE
18-44 38 4 5.6 1.8-16.4 34 94.4 83.6-98.2
45-54 62 10 20.5 9.1-40.0 52 79.5 60.0-90.9
55-64 76 6 9.7 3.6-23.7 70 90.3 76.3-96.4
65+ 253 16 5.0 2.3-10.3 237 95.0 89.7-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 60 7 9.9 3.2-26.5 53 90.1 73.5-96.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 150 14 7.3 3.4-15.1 136 92.7 84.9-96.6
Some Post-H.S. 115 10 8.4 3.8-17.4 105 91.6 82.6-96.2
College Graduate 108 5 11.6 4.0-29.1 103 88.4 70.9-96.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 59 8 16.9 5.6-41.2 51 83.1 58.8-94.4
$15,000- 24,999 78 10 15.6 6.6-32.8 68 84.4 67.2-93.4
$25,000- 34,999 56 6 13.1 4.6-31.9 50 86.9 68.1-95.4
$35,000- 49,999 61 2 5.3 1.0-23.3 59 94.7 76.7-99.0
$50,000-74,999 48 5 8.4 2.3-26.6 43 91.6 73.4-97.7
$75,000+ 58 0 0.0 . - . 58 100 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 234 32 15.2 9.1-24.2 202 84.8 75.8-90.9
No 197 4 2.6 0.7- 8.5 193 97.4 91.5-99.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 6 6.5 2.5-15.9 70 93.5 84.1-97.5
Non-Veteran 319 26 9.5 5.5-16.1 293 90.5 83.9-94.5

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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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