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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Cancer Survivors

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had cancer?

(Also see CDC - Optional Module:Cancer Survivorship)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,615 1,906 10.3 9.6-11.0 10,709 89.7 89.0-90.4
-New Hanover County 391 68 10.4 7.8-13.7 323 89.6 86.3-92.2
GENDER
Male 147 23 7.9 4.8-12.7 124 92.1 87.3-95.2
Female 244 45 12.6 8.9-17.6 199 87.4 82.4-91.1
RACE
White 335 61 11.0 8.1-14.7 274 89.0 85.3-91.9
Other 54 7 7.5 3.1-17.0 47 92.5 83.0-96.9
AGE
18-44 79 0 0.0 . - . 79 100 . - .
45+ 305 66 19.2 14.9-24.5 239 80.8 75.5-85.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 122 20 8.0 4.6-13.5 102 92.0 86.5-95.4
Some College + 269 48 11.5 8.3-15.9 221 88.5 84.1-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 162 33 12.2 7.9-18.3 129 87.8 81.7-92.1
$50,000+ 169 22 9.6 6.1-14.9 147 90.4 85.1-93.9

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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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