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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Cancer Survivorship

Are you currently receiving treatment for cancer?
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
-Wake County 80 11 14.4 7.6-25.5 69 85.6 74.5-92.4
GENDER
Male 36 5 14.2 5.3-32.9 31 85.8 67.1-94.7
Female 44 6 14.5 6.3-30.3 38 85.5 69.7-93.7
RACE
White 75 10 13.9 7.0-25.6 65 86.1 74.4-93.0
Other 5 1 20.1 2.7-69.7 4 79.9 30.3-97.3
AGE
18-44 7 1 19.8 2.8-67.7 6 80.2 32.3-97.2
45+ 73 10 13.5 7.0-24.4 63 86.5 75.6-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 5 43.5 19.8-70.4 9 56.5 29.6-80.2
Some College + 66 6 8.5 3.2-20.7 60 91.5 79.3-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 26 5 28.4 12.4-52.6 21 71.6 47.4-87.6
$50,000+ 42 5 8.9 3.4-21.6 37 91.1 78.4-96.6

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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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