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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

Were you EVER denied health insurance or life insurance coverage because of your cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,688 142 9.2 7.0-12.0 1,546 90.8 88.0-93.0
-Western NC 388 30 8.2 5.3-12.5 358 91.8 87.5-94.7
GENDER
Male 139 12 11.2 6.0-19.9 127 88.8 80.1-94.0
Female 249 18 5.7 3.2-10.1 231 94.3 89.9-96.8
RACE
White 370 27 7.9 5.0-12.4 343 92.1 87.6-95.0
African American 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Other Minorities 12 3 20.0 5.5-52.1 9 80.0 47.9-94.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 381 30 8.2 5.3-12.6 351 91.8 87.4-94.7
AGE
18-44 27 1 4.4 0.6-25.4 26 95.6 74.6-99.4
45-54 42 3 10.1 2.5-33.0 39 89.9 67.0-97.5
55-64 96 15 16.6 9.5-27.6 81 83.4 72.4-90.5
65+ 222 11 4.1 1.8- 8.8 211 95.9 91.2-98.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 47 5 9.6 3.1-26.1 42 90.4 73.9-96.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 112 9 10.2 4.7-20.5 103 89.8 79.5-95.3
Some Post-H.S. 94 7 7.8 3.2-17.7 87 92.2 82.3-96.8
College Graduate 134 9 6.8 2.9-15.1 125 93.2 84.9-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 7 11.3 4.2-27.3 57 88.7 72.7-95.8
$15,000- 24,999 65 4 7.5 2.6-19.7 61 92.5 80.3-97.4
$25,000- 34,999 47 3 15.6 4.9-39.5 44 84.4 60.5-95.1
$35,000- 49,999 55 5 9.0 3.0-23.9 50 91.0 76.1-97.0
$50,000-74,999 52 4 5.3 1.7-15.8 48 94.7 84.2-98.3
$75,000+ 60 4 3.6 1.2-10.3 56 96.4 89.7-98.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 188 17 10.2 5.5-18.1 171 89.8 81.9-94.5
No 192 12 6.8 3.6-12.6 180 93.2 87.4-96.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 5 7.6 2.9-18.8 63 92.4 81.2-97.1
Non-Veteran 291 22 7.4 4.3-12.4 269 92.6 87.6-95.7

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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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