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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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By treatment, we mean surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or chemotherapy drugs.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,880 175 8.5 6.9-10.4 1,705 91.5 89.6-93.1
-Eastern NC 485 45 8.6 5.3-13.6 440 91.4 86.4-94.7
GENDER
Male 169 17 5.3 2.9- 9.5 152 94.7 90.5-97.1
Female 316 28 10.8 5.9-18.7 288 89.2 81.3-94.1
RACE
White 386 35 8.1 5.1-12.7 351 91.9 87.3-94.9
African American 64 6 5.0 1.7-14.0 58 95.0 86.0-98.3
Other Minorities 33 3 25.3 4.9-68.7 30 74.7 31.3-95.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 0 0.0 . - . 8 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 476 45 8.8 5.5-13.9 431 91.2 86.1-94.5
AGE
18-44 39 1 3.2 0.4-20.0 38 96.8 80.0-99.6
45-54 71 8 14.5 4.9-35.8 63 85.5 64.2-95.1
55-64 88 11 9.7 3.8-22.6 77 90.3 77.4-96.2
65+ 283 25 7.3 4.4-11.9 258 92.7 88.1-95.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 68 7 7.8 3.2-18.2 61 92.2 81.8-96.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 164 12 7.5 2.5-20.1 152 92.5 79.9-97.5
Some Post-H.S. 128 11 10.7 4.7-22.4 117 89.3 77.6-95.3
College Graduate 125 15 8.6 4.6-15.5 110 91.4 84.5-95.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 3 6.4 1.6-21.7 61 93.6 78.3-98.4
$15,000- 24,999 91 13 16.0 7.2-32.1 78 84.0 67.9-92.8
$25,000- 34,999 64 7 19.0 5.2-50.2 57 81.0 49.8-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 67 5 4.5 1.2-15.6 62 95.5 84.4-98.8
$50,000-74,999 51 3 3.2 0.7-14.2 48 96.8 85.8-99.3
$75,000+ 66 8 9.3 4.1-19.6 58 90.7 80.4-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 266 28 10.9 5.7-19.9 238 89.1 80.1-94.3
No 215 17 6.5 3.6-11.5 198 93.5 88.5-96.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 86 9 7.8 3.4-16.7 77 92.2 83.3-96.6
Non-Veteran 357 32 8.8 5.0-15.2 325 91.2 84.8-95.0

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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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