BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Were you EVER denied health insurance or life insurance coverage because of your cancer?)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Cancer Survivorship

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	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,688	142	9.2	7.0-12.0	1,546	90.8	88.0-93.0
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	44	2	8.6	2.1-29.6	42	91.4	70.4-97.9
Buncombe	66	4	8.6	3.1-21.6	62	91.4	78.4-96.9
Cabarrus	37	1	2.8	0.4-17.5	36	97.2	82.5-99.6
Catawba	58	6	14.3	6.5-28.5	52	85.7	71.5-93.5
Cumberland	35	3	6.2	1.8-19.2	32	93.8	80.8-98.2
Davidson	55	7	10.4	4.6-21.8	48	89.6	78.2-95.4
Durham	62	2	2.7	0.6-11.3	60	97.3	88.7-99.4
Forsyth	50	8	15.6	7.6-29.5	42	84.4	70.5-92.4
Gaston	46	7	16.9	7.6-33.2	39	83.1	66.8-92.4
Guilford	50	6	8.9	3.8-19.6	44	91.1	80.4-96.2
Iredell	50	5	10.9	4.5-24.0	45	89.1	76.0-95.5
Johnston	43	8	18.3	8.3-35.5	35	81.7	64.5-91.7
Mecklenburg	67	5	7.4	2.9-17.7	62	92.6	82.3-97.1
New Hanover	63	3	5.4	1.7-15.8	60	94.6	84.2-98.3
Onslow	48	2	3.8	0.8-16.9	46	96.2	83.1-99.2
Orange	55	6	10.9	4.5-23.8	49	89.1	76.2-95.5
Pitt	51	1	3.8	0.5-22.2	50	96.2	77.8-99.5
Randolph	48	3	5.5	1.6-17.2	45	94.5	82.8-98.4
Robeson	33	4	21.3	5.9-53.9	29	78.7	46.1-94.1
Rowan	60	4	9.4	3.2-24.6	56	90.6	75.4-96.8
Union	41	2	3.4	0.8-13.1	39	96.6	86.9-99.2
Wake	68	6	8.1	3.5-17.9	62	91.9	82.1-96.5
Wayne	40	2	8.0	2.0-26.6	38	92.0	73.4-98.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	435	36	11.2	6.2-19.4	399	88.8	80.6-93.8
Piedmont	865	76	8.5	6.2-11.5	789	91.5	88.5-93.8
Western NC	388	30	8.2	5.3-12.5	358	91.8	87.5-94.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	290	24	8.8	5.3-14.3	266	91.2	85.7-94.7
Northwest	382	36	10.3	7.2-14.6	346	89.7	85.4-92.8
Charlotte	212	17	11.4	5.7-21.4	195	88.6	78.6-94.3
Greensboro	217	21	7.6	4.6-12.4	196	92.4	87.6-95.4
Southern Regional	119	12	6.5	3.1-13.4	107	93.5	86.6-96.9
Coastal	82	4	3.4	1.2- 9.2	78	96.6	90.8-98.8
Wake	187	16	6.1	3.3-11.1	171	93.9	88.9-96.7
Area L	20	4	31.0	10.6-62.9	16	69.0	37.1-89.4
Eastern	179	8	5.9	2.5-13.3	171	94.1	86.7-97.5

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,688

142

9.2

7.0-12.0

1,546

90.8

88.0-93.0

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

8.6

2.1-29.6

91.4

70.4-97.9

Buncombe

8.6

3.1-21.6

91.4

78.4-96.9

Cabarrus

2.8

0.4-17.5

97.2

82.5-99.6

Catawba

14.3

6.5-28.5

85.7

71.5-93.5

Cumberland

6.2

1.8-19.2

93.8

80.8-98.2

Davidson

10.4

4.6-21.8

89.6

78.2-95.4

Durham

2.7

0.6-11.3

97.3

88.7-99.4

Forsyth

15.6

7.6-29.5

84.4

70.5-92.4

Gaston

16.9

7.6-33.2

83.1

66.8-92.4

Guilford

8.9

3.8-19.6

91.1

80.4-96.2

Iredell

10.9

4.5-24.0

89.1

76.0-95.5

Johnston

18.3

8.3-35.5

81.7

64.5-91.7

Mecklenburg

7.4

2.9-17.7

92.6

82.3-97.1

New Hanover

5.4

1.7-15.8

94.6

84.2-98.3

Onslow

3.8

0.8-16.9

96.2

83.1-99.2

Orange

10.9

4.5-23.8

89.1

76.2-95.5

Pitt

3.8

0.5-22.2

96.2

77.8-99.5

Randolph

5.5

1.6-17.2

94.5

82.8-98.4

Robeson

21.3

5.9-53.9

78.7

46.1-94.1

Rowan

9.4

3.2-24.6

90.6

75.4-96.8

Union

3.4

0.8-13.1

96.6

86.9-99.2

Wake

8.1

3.5-17.9

91.9

82.1-96.5

Wayne

8.0

2.0-26.6

92.0

73.4-98.0

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

435

11.2

6.2-19.4

399

88.8

80.6-93.8

Piedmont

865

8.5

6.2-11.5

789

91.5

88.5-93.8

Western NC

388

8.2

5.3-12.5

358

91.8

87.5-94.7

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

290

8.8

5.3-14.3

266

91.2

85.7-94.7

Northwest

382

10.3

7.2-14.6

346

89.7

85.4-92.8

Charlotte

212

11.4

5.7-21.4

195

88.6

78.6-94.3

Greensboro

217

7.6

4.6-12.4

196

92.4

87.6-95.4

Southern Regional

119

6.5

3.1-13.4

107

93.5

86.6-96.9

Coastal

3.4

1.2- 9.2

96.6

90.8-98.8

Wake

187

6.1

3.3-11.1

171

93.9

88.9-96.7

Area L

31.0

10.6-62.9

69.0

37.1-89.4

Eastern

179

5.9

2.5-13.3

171

94.1

86.7-97.5

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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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