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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,705 445 11.5 10.2-12.9 2,260 88.5 87.1-89.8
GENDER
Male 1,036 166 11.1 9.1-13.3 870 88.9 86.7-90.9
Female 1,669 279 11.9 10.3-13.7 1,390 88.1 86.3-89.7
RACE
White 2,491 425 12.3 10.9-13.9 2,066 87.7 86.1-89.1
African American 72 6 2.0 0.8- 4.8 66 98.0 95.2-99.2
Other Minorities 130 12 3.9 1.9- 7.8 118 96.1 92.2-98.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 54 6 2.2 0.7- 6.9 48 97.8 93.1-99.3
Non-Hispanic 2,645 438 11.8 10.5-13.3 2,207 88.2 86.7-89.5
AGE
18-44 603 30 3.1 2.1- 4.8 573 96.9 95.2-97.9
45-54 474 48 9.2 6.6-12.6 426 90.8 87.4-93.4
55-64 631 108 17.2 13.9-21.2 523 82.8 78.8-86.1
65+ 977 257 25.5 22.5-28.8 720 74.5 71.2-77.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 372 59 9.1 6.3-13.0 313 90.9 87.0-93.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 873 126 10.0 8.0-12.4 747 90.0 87.6-92.0
Some Post-H.S. 671 113 10.9 8.6-13.7 558 89.1 86.3-91.4
College Graduate 785 145 14.8 12.1-17.8 640 85.2 82.2-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 347 72 12.3 9.1-16.5 275 87.7 83.5-90.9
$15,000- 24,999 495 78 11.2 8.6-14.6 417 88.8 85.4-91.4
$25,000- 34,999 339 51 11.4 8.3-15.6 288 88.6 84.4-91.7
$35,000- 49,999 362 61 12.9 9.6-17.2 301 87.1 82.8-90.4
$50,000-74,999 354 56 11.1 8.0-15.3 298 88.9 84.7-92.0
$75,000+ 395 67 13.3 9.8-17.8 328 86.7 82.2-90.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,038 225 16.9 14.4-19.6 813 83.1 80.4-85.6
No 1,615 210 9.3 7.9-11.0 1,405 90.7 89.0-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 339 83 23.5 18.7-29.0 256 76.5 71.0-81.3
Non-Veteran 2,141 327 10.0 8.7-11.5 1,814 90.0 88.5-91.3

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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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