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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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By treatment, we mean surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or chemotherapy drugs.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,880 175 8.5 6.9-10.4 1,705 91.5 89.6-93.1
-Piedmont NC 954 81 7.4 5.6- 9.7 873 92.6 90.3-94.4
GENDER
Male 322 27 7.3 4.5-11.6 295 92.7 88.4-95.5
Female 632 54 7.5 5.3-10.4 578 92.5 89.6-94.7
RACE
White 855 72 7.3 5.4- 9.8 783 92.7 90.2-94.6
African American 73 8 10.6 4.7-22.3 65 89.4 77.7-95.3
Other Minorities 23 1 3.4 0.4-21.9 22 96.6 78.1-99.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 938 81 7.7 5.8-10.1 857 92.3 89.9-94.2
AGE
18-44 64 5 7.9 2.9-19.7 59 92.1 80.3-97.1
45-54 116 5 4.4 1.7-11.0 111 95.6 89.0-98.3
55-64 206 19 8.3 4.7-14.1 187 91.7 85.9-95.3
65+ 560 52 8.0 5.6-11.2 508 92.0 88.8-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 13 10.3 4.9-20.4 115 89.7 79.6-95.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 251 22 7.8 4.5-13.0 229 92.2 87.0-95.5
Some Post-H.S. 235 20 8.6 4.8-14.9 215 91.4 85.1-95.2
College Graduate 340 26 5.6 3.5- 8.9 314 94.4 91.1-96.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 8 8.1 2.8-21.4 91 91.9 78.6-97.2
$15,000- 24,999 145 13 11.2 5.8-20.6 132 88.8 79.4-94.2
$25,000- 34,999 96 11 8.2 3.7-16.9 85 91.8 83.1-96.3
$35,000- 49,999 124 14 11.8 5.6-23.4 110 88.2 76.6-94.4
$50,000-74,999 128 7 3.8 1.6- 8.4 121 96.2 91.6-98.4
$75,000+ 204 17 7.2 4.1-12.2 187 92.8 87.8-95.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 410 47 13.4 9.4-18.8 363 86.6 81.2-90.6
No 530 33 3.9 2.6- 5.9 497 96.1 94.1-97.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 170 12 5.4 2.7-10.5 158 94.6 89.5-97.3
Non-Veteran 711 62 7.8 5.6-10.7 649 92.2 89.3-94.4

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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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