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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Survivorship-WHITES

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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
-WHITES 1,468 1,019 69.6 66.0-73.0 449 30.4 27.0-34.0
GENDER
Male 517 356 71.0 65.4-76.0 161 29.0 24.0-34.6
Female 951 663 68.7 63.9-73.1 288 31.3 26.9-36.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 19 14 91.6 75.4-97.5 5 8.4 2.5-24.6
Non-Hispanic 1,448 1,005 69.1 65.4-72.5 443 30.9 27.5-34.6
AGE
18-44 105 80 77.9 65.1-87.0 25 22.1 13.0-34.9
45-54 181 130 69.7 59.3-78.3 51 30.3 21.7-40.7
55-64 301 219 73.3 65.8-79.7 82 26.7 20.3-34.2
65+ 870 583 65.4 60.5-69.9 287 34.6 30.1-39.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 177 106 58.2 45.9-69.6 71 41.8 30.4-54.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 417 277 61.9 54.4-69.0 140 38.1 31.0-45.6
Some Post-H.S. 369 252 70.1 63.1-76.3 117 29.9 23.7-36.9
College Graduate 504 383 78.1 72.7-82.6 121 21.9 17.4-27.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 154 96 51.7 38.8-64.3 58 48.3 35.7-61.2
$15,000- 24,999 237 167 68.0 57.8-76.8 70 32.0 23.2-42.2
$25,000- 34,999 163 105 66.8 55.7-76.4 58 33.2 23.6-44.3
$35,000- 49,999 203 145 67.4 57.0-76.3 58 32.6 23.7-43.0
$50,000- 74,999 195 138 74.4 65.7-81.5 57 25.6 18.5-34.3
$75,000+ 286 223 76.2 68.6-82.5 63 23.8 17.5-31.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 653 444 69.7 64.3-74.6 209 30.3 25.4-35.7
No 793 563 70.1 65.3-74.6 230 29.9 25.4-34.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 262 179 69.8 61.8-76.8 83 30.2 23.2-38.2
Non-Veteran 1,104 763 69.5 65.2-73.5 341 30.5 26.5-34.8

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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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