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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Cancer Survivors

Have you EVER been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had cancer?

(Also see CDC - Optional Module:Cancer Survivorship)

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 12,615 1,906 10.3 9.6-11.0 10,709 89.7 89.0-90.4
-Union County 352 43 7.3 5.0-10.6 309 92.7 89.4-95.0
GENDER
Male 110 11 6.5 2.9-13.9 99 93.5 86.1-97.1
Female 242 32 7.9 5.2-11.7 210 92.1 88.3-94.8
RACE
White 306 42 8.9 6.1-12.9 264 91.1 87.1-93.9
Other 46 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 45 99.7 97.8- 100
AGE
18-44 136 6 2.3 1.0- 5.5 130 97.7 94.5-99.0
45+ 213 37 14.0 9.4-20.4 176 86.0 79.6-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 15 6.5 3.8-11.1 109 93.5 88.9-96.2
Some College + 228 28 7.8 4.7-12.4 200 92.2 87.6-95.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 138 22 8.2 5.2-12.8 116 91.8 87.2-94.8
$50,000+ 171 16 6.2 3.4-10.8 155 93.8 89.2-96.6

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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.

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