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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Survivorship-FEMALES

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,661 1,153 69.8 66.3-73.1 508 30.2 26.9-33.7
-FEMALES 1,087 756 67.6 62.9-72.0 331 32.4 28.0-37.1
RACE
White 951 663 68.7 63.9-73.1 288 31.3 26.9-36.1
African American 93 69 67.6 50.1-81.3 24 32.4 18.7-49.9
Other Minorities 40 23 49.3 23.2-75.8 17 50.7 24.2-76.8
AGE
18-44 104 79 76.5 62.9-86.2 25 23.5 13.8-37.1
45-54 157 112 70.9 59.5-80.1 45 29.1 19.9-40.5
55-64 221 163 71.3 61.0-79.8 58 28.7 20.2-39.0
65+ 594 396 61.2 54.3-67.7 198 38.8 32.3-45.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 81 60.5 45.7-73.7 54 39.5 26.3-54.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 338 221 60.9 52.2-69.0 117 39.1 31.0-47.8
Some Post-H.S. 283 196 64.5 55.9-72.3 87 35.5 27.7-44.1
College Graduate 330 257 78.0 69.1-85.0 73 22.0 15.0-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 165 102 54.0 40.2-67.1 63 46.0 32.9-59.8
$15,000- 24,999 191 132 71.0 61.4-79.0 59 29.0 21.0-38.6
$25,000- 34,999 116 82 65.5 46.6-80.4 34 34.5 19.6-53.4
$35,000- 49,999 145 107 70.2 57.5-80.4 38 29.8 19.6-42.5
$50,000- 74,999 138 100 74.5 63.7-82.8 38 25.5 17.2-36.3
$75,000+ 157 129 77.5 65.4-86.3 28 22.5 13.7-34.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 523 349 68.1 61.3-74.2 174 31.9 25.8-38.7
No 552 399 67.7 61.1-73.7 153 32.3 26.3-38.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 16 65.1 40.6-83.6 9 34.9 16.4-59.4
Non-Veteran 975 672 67.7 62.9-72.2 303 32.3 27.8-37.1

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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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