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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

Did any doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER give you a written summary
of all the treatments that you received?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,570 622 38.7 34.9-42.5 948 61.3 57.5-65.1
-Eastern NC 409 166 40.8 32.9-49.2 243 59.2 50.8-67.1
GENDER
Male 139 54 53.1 39.3-66.4 85 46.9 33.6-60.7
Female 270 112 32.6 24.9-41.3 158 67.4 58.7-75.1
RACE
White 324 130 37.6 29.8-46.1 194 62.4 53.9-70.2
African American 54 29 56.4 33.2-77.1 25 43.6 22.9-66.8
Other Minorities 30 7 26.5 10.8-52.0 23 73.5 48.0-89.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 1 2.6 0.3-20.2 7 97.4 79.8-99.7
Non-Hispanic 400 165 41.8 33.8-50.3 235 58.2 49.7-66.2
AGE
18-44 36 17 65.9 42.0-83.7 19 34.1 16.3-58.0
45-54 62 27 37.9 22.5-56.3 35 62.1 43.7-77.5
55-64 71 34 43.6 27.8-60.8 37 56.4 39.2-72.2
65+ 237 86 31.4 23.2-41.0 151 68.6 59.0-76.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 56 15 30.6 14.7-53.0 41 69.4 47.0-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 142 51 35.5 21.7-52.1 91 64.5 47.9-78.3
Some Post-H.S. 106 48 40.4 27.4-55.0 58 59.6 45.0-72.6
College Graduate 105 52 53.8 39.0-68.0 53 46.2 32.0-61.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 54 17 20.6 10.1-37.4 37 79.4 62.6-89.9
$15,000- 24,999 76 28 49.9 30.4-69.4 48 50.1 30.6-69.6
$25,000- 34,999 52 23 35.7 20.6-54.2 29 64.3 45.8-79.4
$35,000- 49,999 61 23 32.7 18.4-51.2 38 67.3 48.8-81.6
$50,000-74,999 43 18 53.6 27.7-77.7 25 46.4 22.3-72.3
$75,000+ 56 30 49.5 31.0-68.2 26 50.5 31.8-69.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 217 81 36.2 25.4-48.6 136 63.8 51.4-74.6
No 188 83 43.9 33.4-54.8 105 56.1 45.2-66.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 32 46.1 29.6-63.4 37 53.9 36.6-70.4
Non-Veteran 306 116 39.1 29.8-49.2 190 60.9 50.8-70.2

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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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