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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,456 966 9.7 8.8-10.6 5,490 90.3 89.4-91.2
GENDER
Male 2,428 326 7.6 6.5- 8.9 2,102 92.4 91.1-93.5
Female 4,028 640 11.7 10.4-13.1 3,388 88.3 86.9-89.6
RACE
White 5,211 867 12.1 11.0-13.4 4,344 87.9 86.6-89.0
African American 879 73 4.1 3.1- 5.4 806 95.9 94.6-96.9
Other Minorities 315 23 3.7 1.8- 7.2 292 96.3 92.8-98.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 224 15 3.9 1.9- 7.6 209 96.1 92.4-98.1
Non-Hispanic 6,212 949 10.2 9.3-11.2 5,263 89.8 88.8-90.7
AGE
18-44 1,797 64 2.6 1.8- 3.6 1,733 97.4 96.4-98.2
45-54 1,295 117 8.1 6.5-10.1 1,178 91.9 89.9-93.5
55-64 1,328 207 14.9 12.5-17.8 1,121 85.1 82.2-87.5
65+ 1,977 570 29.2 26.3-32.3 1,407 70.8 67.7-73.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 772 131 8.2 6.1-11.0 641 91.8 89.0-93.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,753 255 9.4 7.8-11.4 1,498 90.6 88.6-92.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,579 237 9.2 7.6-11.2 1,342 90.8 88.8-92.4
College Graduate 2,344 343 10.7 9.3-12.4 2,001 89.3 87.6-90.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 582 101 9.2 6.7-12.6 481 90.8 87.4-93.3
$15,000- 24,999 901 146 8.8 6.8-11.5 755 91.2 88.5-93.2
$25,000- 34,999 610 96 12.2 8.6-17.0 514 87.8 83.0-91.4
$35,000- 49,999 807 124 10.3 8.0-13.1 683 89.7 86.9-92.0
$50,000-74,999 933 129 9.8 7.8-12.1 804 90.2 87.9-92.2
$75,000+ 1,641 205 8.8 7.4-10.5 1,436 91.2 89.5-92.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,113 416 13.0 11.2-15.0 1,697 87.0 85.0-88.8
No 4,190 532 8.6 7.6- 9.7 3,658 91.4 90.3-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 759 173 16.7 13.6-20.5 586 83.3 79.5-86.4
Non-Veteran 5,163 720 8.8 7.9- 9.8 4,443 91.2 90.2-92.1

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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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