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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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  Total
Respond.^		 Breast Female reproductive* Male reproductive* Skin Other*
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,855 339 17.5 15.1-20.3 223 12.2 10.0-14.8 183 9.8 8.1-11.9 685 36.7 33.4-40.2 425 23.7 20.7-27.0
-FEMALES 1,211 339 29.1 25.3-33.2 223 20.2 16.7-24.2 0 0.0 . - . 400 31.0 27.2-35.1 249 19.7 16.5-23.4
RACE
White 1,068 276 26.5 22.7-30.7 187 19.4 15.8-23.7 0 0.0 . - . 393 35.3 31.2-39.7 212 18.8 15.5-22.6
African American 100 52 54.2 39.5-68.1 22 24.6 13.7-40.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 21.3 12.6-33.5
Other Minorities 40 9 13.3 4.8-31.5 13 23.9 9.9-47.4 0 0.0 . - . 7 29.3 8.0-66.5 11 33.5 12.7-63.5
AGE
18-44 109 16 11.7 6.6-19.9 49 46.6 33.5-60.1 0 0.0 . - . 34 31.3 20.5-44.6 10 10.4 5.1-20.2
45-54 169 37 26.8 18.3-37.5 48 23.6 16.0-33.2 0 0.0 . - . 48 26.5 18.7-36.1 36 23.1 14.6-34.4
55-64 253 68 31.7 23.6-41.0 44 15.3 9.7-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 85 29.3 22.6-37.1 56 23.7 16.5-32.8
65+ 668 213 35.0 29.4-41.1 81 11.6 8.7-15.2 0 0.0 . - . 229 34.1 28.4-40.3 145 19.3 15.4-23.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 151 35 23.9 15.1-35.7 36 32.7 20.0-48.5 0 0.0 . - . 40 20.4 12.4-31.6 40 23.1 13.2-37.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 370 100 28.0 21.3-35.9 71 23.0 16.1-31.7 0 0.0 . - . 119 25.3 19.6-32.1 80 23.7 17.2-31.7
Some Post-H.S. 324 96 34.0 26.6-42.4 74 23.7 18.2-30.3 0 0.0 . - . 87 23.1 18.0-29.1 67 19.2 14.2-25.3
College Graduate 365 108 28.6 22.3-35.8 42 10.8 7.3-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 154 45.9 38.2-53.7 61 14.8 10.4-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 185 42 32.5 21.0-46.5 47 25.2 17.3-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 46 21.6 13.9-32.0 50 20.7 12.1-33.2
$15,000- 24,999 218 59 27.5 19.4-37.5 49 29.7 20.6-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 61 21.6 15.5-29.2 49 21.1 14.5-29.7
$25,000- 34,999 131 34 19.2 11.4-30.4 31 28.5 15.6-46.2 0 0.0 . - . 41 29.7 16.7-47.0 25 22.6 11.9-38.8
$35,000- 49,999 152 47 42.9 31.4-55.2 24 12.8 7.7-20.3 0 0.0 . - . 50 26.9 18.9-36.9 31 17.4 10.7-27.1
$50,000- 74,999 149 42 29.1 20.1-40.1 26 17.9 11.1-27.7 0 0.0 . - . 55 31.7 22.7-42.4 26 21.2 13.1-32.5
$75,000+ 172 49 26.9 19.1-36.3 21 10.4 6.2-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 78 50.5 40.5-60.4 24 12.3 7.6-19.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 596 164 31.1 25.3-37.6 107 23.0 17.4-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 177 24.0 19.5-29.1 148 21.9 17.1-27.6
No 597 170 27.0 22.2-32.4 113 17.8 13.8-22.6 0 0.0 . - . 220 37.4 31.7-43.5 94 17.8 13.6-23.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 5 9.4 3.4-23.6 3 9.8 2.6-30.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 51.0 28.4-73.2 7 29.8 12.3-56.3
Non-Veteran 1,087 300 29.8 25.7-34.2 202 20.7 17.0-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 363 30.3 26.5-34.5 222 19.1 15.7-23.1

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Female reproductive cancer includes cervical cancer, cancer of the uterus, and ovarian cancer.
Male reproductive cancer includes prostate and testicular cancer.
See 2009 questionnaire for other types of cancer listed.

^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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