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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,676 82 5.5 3.9- 7.6 1,594 94.5 92.4-96.1
-Western NC 385 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 371 96.2 93.2-97.9
GENDER
Male 139 5 3.9 1.5- 9.8 134 96.1 90.2-98.5
Female 246 9 3.8 1.8- 7.8 237 96.2 92.2-98.2
RACE
White 367 12 3.8 2.1- 6.9 355 96.2 93.1-97.9
African American 5 1 22.5 3.0-73.0 4 77.5 27.0-97.0
Other Minorities 12 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 11 99.0 92.7-99.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 378 14 3.9 2.1- 6.9 364 96.1 93.1-97.9
AGE
18-44 27 0 0.0 . - . 27 100 . - .
45-54 42 2 4.1 0.8-18.5 40 95.9 81.5-99.2
55-64 97 6 6.5 2.5-15.9 91 93.5 84.1-97.5
65+ 218 6 3.3 1.4- 7.3 212 96.7 92.7-98.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 45 2 5.5 1.2-22.4 43 94.5 77.6-98.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 6 4.7 2.0-10.4 104 95.3 89.6-98.0
Some Post-H.S. 95 3 4.5 1.4-14.2 92 95.5 85.8-98.6
College Graduate 134 3 2.5 0.6- 9.0 131 97.5 91.0-99.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 3 7.5 1.8-26.4 60 92.5 73.6-98.2
$15,000- 24,999 64 2 3.9 0.9-15.4 62 96.1 84.6-99.1
$25,000- 34,999 46 2 4.4 1.1-16.1 44 95.6 83.9-98.9
$35,000- 49,999 56 0 0.0 . - . 56 100 . - .
$50,000-74,999 52 3 3.3 0.9-12.0 49 96.7 88.0-99.1
$75,000+ 60 3 5.7 1.8-16.7 57 94.3 83.3-98.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 184 6 3.5 1.3- 8.7 178 96.5 91.3-98.7
No 193 8 4.2 2.0- 8.7 185 95.8 91.3-98.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 2 3.0 0.7-11.3 66 97.0 88.7-99.3
Non-Veteran 288 12 4.4 2.3- 8.4 276 95.6 91.6-97.7

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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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