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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Cancer Survivors

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  Total
Respond.^
Only one Two Three or more
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,896 1,605 85.2 82.5-87.4 234 12.1 10.0-14.5 57 2.8 1.8- 4.1
-Wake County 81 67 86.3 76.9-92.3 12 11.8 6.3-20.9 2 2.0 0.4- 8.1
GENDER
Male 36 30 86.9 72.0-94.5 5 10.5 4.0-24.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.6
Female 45 37 85.7 71.8-93.4 7 13.0 5.7-27.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6
RACE
White 76 62 85.1 75.0-91.6 12 12.8 6.9-22.5 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8
Other 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 7 7 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 74 60 84.0 73.5-90.9 12 13.7 7.4-24.0 2 2.3 0.5- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 11 76.7 45.6-92.9 3 23.3 7.1-54.4 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 67 56 88.2 78.6-93.8 9 9.5 4.6-18.5 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 22 84.5 63.3-94.5 3 13.4 4.2-35.4 1 2.1 0.3-13.6
$50,000+ 42 34 87.0 74.1-94.0 7 10.6 4.6-22.8 1 2.3 0.3-15.0

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Due to small numbers no further breakdowns are available.

^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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