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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 356 61 13.1 9.9-17.2 295 86.9 82.8-90.1
GENDER
Male 135 19 10.5 6.5-16.5 116 89.5 83.5-93.5
Female 221 42 15.1 10.6-20.9 179 84.9 79.1-89.4
RACE
White 286 56 16.6 12.5-21.7 230 83.4 78.3-87.5
Other 64 5 4.7 1.8-12.0 59 95.3 88.0-98.2
AGE
18-44 91 5 3.8 1.4- 9.7 86 96.2 90.3-98.6
45+ 259 55 20.0 15.2-25.9 204 80.0 74.1-84.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 13 10.9 5.7-19.8 68 89.1 80.2-94.3
Some College + 273 48 13.9 10.1-18.7 225 86.1 81.3-89.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 20 12.4 7.2-20.5 79 87.6 79.5-92.8
$50,000+ 202 34 15.0 10.5-20.9 168 85.0 79.1-89.5

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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.

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