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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

With your most recent diagnosis of cancer, did you have health insurance that paid for all
or part of your cancer treatment?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,671 1,538 91.3 88.6-93.4 133 8.7 6.6-11.4
-Piedmont NC 859 803 91.6 87.4-94.5 56 8.4 5.5-12.6
GENDER
Male 292 282 97.9 95.8-98.9 10 2.1 1.1- 4.2
Female 567 521 87.6 81.2-92.1 46 12.4 7.9-18.8
RACE
White 770 724 92.2 87.5-95.2 46 7.8 4.8-12.5
African American 64 56 87.0 73.5-94.1 8 13.0 5.9-26.5
Other Minorities 22 20 86.6 56.6-97.0 2 13.4 3.0-43.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 14 14 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 844 789 91.3 87.0-94.3 55 8.7 5.7-13.0
AGE
18-44 58 50 78.4 56.5-91.0 8 21.6 9.0-43.5
45-54 111 103 90.4 76.5-96.5 8 9.6 3.5-23.5
55-64 184 171 91.1 81.3-96.0 13 8.9 4.0-18.7
65+ 498 471 95.8 93.3-97.4 27 4.2 2.6- 6.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 112 96 78.8 61.1-89.8 16 21.2 10.2-38.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 208 85.2 72.6-92.5 18 14.8 7.5-27.4
Some Post-H.S. 211 200 96.4 92.6-98.3 11 3.6 1.7- 7.4
College Graduate 310 299 96.3 90.9-98.5 11 3.7 1.5- 9.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 89 73 66.9 47.4-81.9 16 33.1 18.1-52.6
$15,000- 24,999 130 117 92.7 86.7-96.1 13 7.3 3.9-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 84 80 87.8 56.4-97.6 4 12.2 2.4-43.6
$35,000- 49,999 108 103 96.8 90.5-99.0 5 3.2 1.0- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 120 116 92.8 78.5-97.9 4 7.2 2.1-21.5
$75,000+ 186 185 99.8 98.5- 100 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 356 319 86.9 78.2-92.5 37 13.1 7.5-21.8
No 492 475 94.1 88.9-97.0 17 5.9 3.0-11.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 152 97.8 95.0-99.1 6 2.2 0.9- 5.0
Non-Veteran 636 594 90.4 84.8-94.1 42 9.6 5.9-15.2

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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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