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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

With your most recent diagnosis of cancer, did you have health insurance that paid for all
or part of your cancer treatment?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,671 1,538 91.3 88.6-93.4 133 8.7 6.6-11.4
-Western NC 386 355 92.1 88.2-94.7 31 7.9 5.3-11.8
GENDER
Male 137 124 91.2 84.5-95.2 13 8.8 4.8-15.5
Female 249 231 92.7 87.5-95.9 18 7.3 4.1-12.5
RACE
White 368 338 92.0 88.1-94.7 30 8.0 5.3-11.9
African American 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 12 11 91.2 56.4-98.8 1 8.8 1.2-43.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 5 46.5 8.9-88.6 1 53.5 11.4-91.1
Non-Hispanic 379 350 92.5 88.7-95.1 29 7.5 4.9-11.3
AGE
18-44 27 22 88.6 67.7-96.7 5 11.4 3.3-32.3
45-54 42 38 93.1 80.7-97.7 4 6.9 2.3-19.3
55-64 95 84 90.2 81.3-95.1 11 9.8 4.9-18.7
65+ 221 210 93.6 88.3-96.6 11 6.4 3.4-11.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 36 72.6 54.8-85.3 10 27.4 14.7-45.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 112 104 95.0 88.9-97.8 8 5.0 2.2-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 95 90 92.3 80.0-97.3 5 7.7 2.7-20.0
College Graduate 132 124 94.5 88.5-97.5 8 5.5 2.5-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 53 82.4 69.7-90.4 11 17.6 9.6-30.3
$15,000- 24,999 65 60 91.2 79.2-96.6 5 8.8 3.4-20.8
$25,000- 34,999 47 45 97.2 89.1-99.3 2 2.8 0.7-10.9
$35,000- 49,999 54 49 86.4 70.7-94.3 5 13.6 5.7-29.3
$50,000-74,999 52 49 96.3 83.1-99.3 3 3.7 0.7-16.9
$75,000+ 60 59 97.8 86.2-99.7 1 2.2 0.3-13.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 187 172 92.1 86.2-95.6 15 7.9 4.4-13.8
No 191 177 92.2 86.3-95.7 14 7.8 4.3-13.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 68 66 98.2 92.8-99.6 2 1.8 0.4- 7.2
Non-Veteran 289 262 90.6 85.6-93.9 27 9.4 6.1-14.4

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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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