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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Survivorship-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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
-AFRICAN AMERICANS 127 13 12.0 5.9-23.1 114 88.0 76.9-94.1
GENDER
Male 33 1 0.5 0.1- 4.1 32 99.5 95.9-99.9
Female 94 12 18.4 9.1-33.4 82 81.6 66.6-90.9
HISPANIC
Non-Hispanic 127 13 12.0 5.9-23.1 114 88.0 76.9-94.1
AGE
18-44 10 0 0.0 . - . 10 100 . - .
45-54 20 5 28.5 9.9-59.3 15 71.5 40.7-90.1
55-64 35 5 15.6 4.9-39.7 30 84.4 60.3-95.1
65+ 61 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8 59 98.2 92.2-99.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 2 10.4 1.8-42.4 22 89.6 57.6-98.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 46 6 7.5 2.4-21.1 40 92.5 78.9-97.6
Some Post-H.S. 29 2 14.0 3.3-43.6 27 86.0 56.4-96.7
College Graduate 28 3 22.2 5.8-56.9 25 77.8 43.1-94.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 36 5 24.9 8.7-53.8 31 75.1 46.2-91.3
$15,000- 24,999 20 1 1.1 0.1- 8.5 19 98.9 91.5-99.9
$25,000- 34,999 16 2 21.2 4.3-61.6 14 78.8 38.4-95.7
$35,000- 49,999 14 2 12.5 2.9-40.5 12 87.5 59.5-97.1
$50,000- 74,999 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
$75,000+ 11 1 11.8 1.6-52.5 10 88.2 47.5-98.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 73 11 16.9 7.6-33.7 62 83.1 66.3-92.4
No 52 2 5.7 1.0-27.0 50 94.3 73.0-99.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 20 2 5.7 1.3-21.6 18 94.3 78.4-98.7
Non-Veteran 89 8 12.4 5.3-26.2 81 87.6 73.8-94.7

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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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