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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
-WHITES 1,646 276 15.8 13.4-18.5 187 11.6 9.3-14.3 157 9.7 7.9-11.8 666 41.5 38.0-45.2 360 21.4 18.7-24.5
GENDER
Male 578 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 157 24.0 19.7-28.8 273 50.7 44.8-56.6 148 25.3 20.7-30.6
Female 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 4 27.3 7.6-63.1 3 12.6 2.4-46.2 1 3.6 0.5-22.9 5 31.8 7.4-73.1 7 24.8 8.3-54.6
Non-Hispanic 1,623 271 15.5 13.1-18.2 184 11.5 9.2-14.3 156 9.8 8.0-12.0 659 41.7 38.2-45.4 353 21.4 18.6-24.5
AGE
18-44 113 14 8.5 4.6-15.2 41 35.4 23.7-49.1 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 42 38.2 26.7-51.2 14 16.3 9.1-27.3
45-54 196 27 17.1 10.7-26.4 38 15.7 10.3-23.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.4 81 41.2 32.6-50.4 46 24.1 16.7-33.5
55-64 339 50 15.3 10.4-22.1 35 6.6 4.3- 9.9 26 9.7 5.9-15.6 156 47.3 39.5-55.3 72 21.0 15.2-28.2
65+ 985 180 17.1 14.0-20.8 72 6.3 4.6- 8.4 124 14.5 11.7-17.9 383 39.9 35.4-44.6 226 22.2 18.8-26.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 25 13.2 7.8-21.6 26 16.7 8.4-30.6 32 17.4 11.1-26.3 64 26.1 18.2-35.9 59 26.6 17.9-37.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 460 78 17.8 12.9-24.0 60 15.1 10.0-22.1 39 7.7 5.0-11.8 190 38.2 31.8-45.0 93 21.2 16.1-27.5
Some Post-H.S. 418 79 15.7 11.4-21.2 66 13.8 10.2-18.4 31 7.9 5.1-11.9 149 41.2 33.7-49.1 93 21.5 16.3-27.7
College Graduate 561 94 15.1 11.5-19.6 35 6.0 3.9- 9.1 55 10.2 7.2-14.1 263 48.9 43.2-54.7 114 19.8 15.7-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 175 20 9.9 5.1-18.3 32 17.6 11.4-26.1 13 10.9 5.4-20.6 55 33.2 23.3-44.9 55 28.5 18.1-41.8
$15,000- 24,999 272 51 18.4 12.3-26.7 41 16.9 10.8-25.4 23 7.1 4.3-11.5 94 32.0 23.6-41.8 63 25.6 18.2-34.7
$25,000- 34,999 183 29 10.8 6.3-17.8 28 21.9 11.9-37.0 15 11.1 6.0-19.6 74 36.7 26.3-48.4 37 19.6 13.0-28.4
$35,000- 49,999 222 37 22.3 14.5-32.5 22 6.1 3.7-10.1 25 9.2 5.3-15.5 95 44.7 35.3-54.6 43 17.7 11.5-26.1
$50,000- 74,999 209 36 16.9 11.0-25.2 22 10.8 6.4-17.7 22 10.6 6.4-17.0 91 40.1 31.7-49.1 38 21.6 14.7-30.7
$75,000+ 318 44 12.4 8.4-17.8 20 5.3 3.1- 8.9 33 10.1 6.5-15.4 156 52.3 45.1-59.5 65 19.9 14.8-26.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 761 126 17.5 13.7-22.0 86 13.9 9.9-19.2 65 9.1 6.7-12.3 277 34.7 29.8-39.9 207 24.8 20.6-29.4
No 853 145 14.3 11.4-17.9 98 9.9 7.5-13.1 86 9.6 7.3-12.5 381 46.8 41.9-51.8 143 19.3 15.6-23.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 290 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 86 27.6 21.2-35.2 130 48.0 39.7-56.3 70 23.8 17.8-31.1
Non-Veteran 1,237 251 19.6 16.5-23.1 172 14.4 11.5-17.9 60 5.2 3.8- 7.1 494 40.4 36.3-44.6 260 20.4 17.2-24.0

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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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