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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 1,661 1,153 69.8 66.3-73.1 508 30.2 26.9-33.7
-Piedmont NC 849 600 70.9 66.1-75.3 249 29.1 24.7-33.9
GENDER
Male 290 201 72.8 65.6-79.0 89 27.2 21.0-34.4
Female 559 399 69.7 63.3-75.4 160 30.3 24.6-36.7
RACE
White 761 538 71.3 66.3-75.7 223 28.7 24.3-33.7
African American 64 49 76.0 61.7-86.1 15 24.0 13.9-38.3
Other Minorities 21 12 54.1 19.5-85.1 9 45.9 14.9-80.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 13 96.5 84.9-99.3 2 3.5 0.7-15.1
Non-Hispanic 834 587 69.9 65.0-74.4 247 30.1 25.6-35.0
AGE
18-44 57 47 81.5 63.6-91.7 10 18.5 8.3-36.4
45-54 111 82 75.5 63.5-84.5 29 24.5 15.5-36.5
55-64 183 138 73.7 64.0-81.5 45 26.3 18.5-36.0
65+ 490 328 65.0 58.0-71.4 162 35.0 28.6-42.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 110 62 56.2 40.6-70.6 48 43.8 29.4-59.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 223 149 66.1 56.4-74.6 74 33.9 25.4-43.6
Some Post-H.S. 208 142 72.2 63.7-79.3 66 27.8 20.7-36.3
College Graduate 308 247 77.0 68.5-83.8 61 23.0 16.2-31.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 85 53 56.1 38.6-72.1 32 43.9 27.9-61.4
$15,000- 24,999 127 89 63.8 49.4-76.1 38 36.2 23.9-50.6
$25,000- 34,999 84 52 60.6 40.9-77.4 32 39.4 22.6-59.1
$35,000- 49,999 109 82 78.8 68.1-86.6 27 21.2 13.4-31.9
$50,000-74,999 120 92 73.7 62.2-82.7 28 26.3 17.3-37.8
$75,000+ 184 148 80.9 71.9-87.6 36 19.1 12.4-28.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 351 239 70.3 63.3-76.5 112 29.7 23.5-36.7
No 485 353 71.2 64.6-77.0 132 28.8 23.0-35.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 154 104 73.6 64.0-81.3 50 26.4 18.7-36.0
Non-Veteran 633 452 71.4 65.9-76.3 181 28.6 23.7-34.1

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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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