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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 142 9.2 7.0-12.0 1,546 90.8 88.0-93.0
-Piedmont NC 865 76 8.5 6.2-11.5 789 91.5 88.5-93.8
GENDER
Male 292 21 6.8 4.1-10.9 271 93.2 89.1-95.9
Female 573 55 9.5 6.4-13.9 518 90.5 86.1-93.6
RACE
White 776 63 7.9 5.5-11.2 713 92.1 88.8-94.5
African American 64 9 15.2 7.5-28.4 55 84.8 71.6-92.5
Other Minorities 22 3 7.2 1.8-24.5 19 92.8 75.5-98.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 1 3.4 0.4-21.7 14 96.6 78.3-99.6
Non-Hispanic 849 75 8.7 6.3-11.8 774 91.3 88.2-93.7
AGE
18-44 58 5 10.3 2.8-31.7 53 89.7 68.3-97.2
45-54 111 16 12.3 7.2-20.2 95 87.7 79.8-92.8
55-64 186 24 10.1 6.0-16.7 162 89.9 83.3-94.0
65+ 502 31 5.8 3.8- 8.9 471 94.2 91.1-96.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 114 10 16.2 6.0-37.1 104 83.8 62.9-94.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 16 6.5 3.2-12.4 210 93.5 87.6-96.8
Some Post-H.S. 213 18 7.9 4.5-13.6 195 92.1 86.4-95.5
College Graduate 312 32 8.0 5.4-11.8 280 92.0 88.2-94.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 5 6.4 2.3-17.0 84 93.6 83.0-97.7
$15,000- 24,999 131 18 8.6 4.9-14.5 113 91.4 85.5-95.1
$25,000- 34,999 85 6 6.2 2.6-14.2 79 93.8 85.8-97.4
$35,000- 49,999 109 12 13.3 6.3-26.0 97 86.7 74.0-93.7
$50,000-74,999 120 10 7.7 3.7-15.3 110 92.3 84.7-96.3
$75,000+ 186 15 7.2 4.1-12.5 171 92.8 87.5-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 362 41 10.8 7.6-15.0 321 89.2 85.0-92.4
No 492 34 7.3 4.5-11.8 458 92.7 88.2-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 9 5.1 2.4-10.4 149 94.9 89.6-97.6
Non-Veteran 642 59 9.3 6.4-13.2 583 90.7 86.8-93.6

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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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