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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 1,688 138 9.5 7.3-12.2 1,550 90.5 87.8-92.7
-Piedmont NC 867 66 9.7 6.7-13.9 801 90.3 86.1-93.3
GENDER
Male 292 17 5.2 2.8- 9.6 275 94.8 90.4-97.2
Female 575 49 12.4 8.0-18.7 526 87.6 81.3-92.0
RACE
White 778 56 9.3 6.0-13.9 722 90.7 86.1-94.0
African American 64 9 16.1 7.6-30.9 55 83.9 69.1-92.4
Other Minorities 22 1 7.3 1.0-39.1 21 92.7 60.9-99.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 851 66 10.1 6.9-14.4 785 89.9 85.6-93.1
AGE
18-44 58 3 18.7 6.2-44.3 55 81.3 55.7-93.8
45-54 111 19 20.0 11.6-32.3 92 80.0 67.7-88.4
55-64 187 18 7.8 4.4-13.3 169 92.2 86.7-95.6
65+ 503 25 3.8 2.4- 6.1 478 96.2 93.9-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 114 13 24.9 11.4-46.2 101 75.1 53.8-88.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 226 21 12.6 6.2-24.1 205 87.4 75.9-93.8
Some Post-H.S. 214 16 8.2 4.6-14.1 198 91.8 85.9-95.4
College Graduate 313 16 4.7 2.5- 8.8 297 95.3 91.2-97.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 90 15 32.5 17.7-51.8 75 67.5 48.2-82.3
$15,000- 24,999 131 9 4.2 1.8- 9.4 122 95.8 90.6-98.2
$25,000- 34,999 84 7 16.8 5.1-43.1 77 83.2 56.9-94.9
$35,000- 49,999 110 6 5.4 2.2-12.7 104 94.6 87.3-97.8
$50,000-74,999 121 7 6.0 2.7-12.7 114 94.0 87.3-97.3
$75,000+ 186 11 6.2 3.0-12.6 175 93.8 87.4-97.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 360 49 17.5 11.6-25.6 311 82.5 74.4-88.4
No 496 17 5.7 2.8-11.2 479 94.3 88.8-97.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 9 3.7 1.7- 7.8 148 96.3 92.2-98.3
Non-Veteran 646 50 11.3 7.4-16.8 596 88.7 83.2-92.6

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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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