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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Survivorship-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 126 113 93.3 86.8-96.7 13 6.7 3.3-13.2
GENDER
Male 33 30 97.8 92.0-99.4 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0
Female 93 83 90.8 81.2-95.8 10 9.2 4.2-18.8
HISPANIC
Non-Hispanic 126 113 93.3 86.8-96.7 13 6.7 3.3-13.2
AGE
18-44 10 10 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45-54 20 19 98.6 89.9-99.8 1 1.4 0.2-10.1
55-64 34 30 89.4 69.8-96.9 4 10.6 3.1-30.2
65+ 61 53 89.1 75.2-95.7 8 10.9 4.3-24.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 17 75.5 48.1-91.1 7 24.5 8.9-51.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 45 39 93.5 82.5-97.7 6 6.5 2.3-17.5
Some Post-H.S. 29 29 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
College Graduate 28 28 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 29 82.7 61.5-93.5 7 17.3 6.5-38.5
$15,000- 24,999 19 18 97.0 79.5-99.6 1 3.0 0.4-20.5
$25,000- 34,999 16 15 96.1 75.4-99.5 1 3.9 0.5-24.6
$35,000- 49,999 14 14 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$50,000- 74,999 12 12 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 11 11 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 72 62 92.0 82.3-96.6 10 8.0 3.4-17.7
No 52 49 94.3 80.2-98.5 3 5.7 1.5-19.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 20 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 88 77 93.3 85.6-97.0 11 6.7 3.0-14.4

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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.

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