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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 572 81 9.0 7.1-11.5 491 91.0 88.5-92.9
GENDER
Male 218 36 8.8 6.1-12.7 182 91.2 87.3-93.9
Female 354 45 9.2 6.7-12.7 309 90.8 87.3-93.3
RACE
White 444 76 11.9 9.2-15.2 368 88.1 84.8-90.8
Other 123 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2 118 97.5 93.8-99.0
AGE
18-44 206 7 2.2 1.0- 4.7 199 97.8 95.3-99.0
45+ 359 74 18.9 15.0-23.6 285 81.1 76.4-85.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 14 6.1 3.3-11.0 104 93.9 89.0-96.7
Some College + 454 67 10.0 7.7-12.9 387 90.0 87.1-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 26 10.6 6.7-16.2 141 89.4 83.8-93.3
$50,000+ 326 42 8.5 6.1-11.9 284 91.5 88.1-93.9

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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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