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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 1,066 694 68.3 63.8-72.4 372 31.7 27.6-36.2
-Western NC 244 158 62.9 54.8-70.3 86 37.1 29.7-45.2
GENDER
Male 85 57 64.8 50.6-76.8 28 35.2 23.2-49.4
Female 159 101 61.4 51.9-70.1 58 38.6 29.9-48.1
RACE
White 230 147 62.3 54.0-69.9 83 37.7 30.1-46.0
African American 5 3 70.7 27.9-93.7 2 29.3 6.3-72.1
Other Minorities 9 8 85.9 41.2-98.1 1 14.1 1.9-58.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 242 156 62.9 54.8-70.3 86 37.1 29.7-45.2
AGE
18-44 17 9 38.0 17.9-63.2 8 62.0 36.8-82.1
45-54 29 22 80.7 61.4-91.6 7 19.3 8.4-38.6
55-64 56 40 64.2 45.4-79.5 16 35.8 20.5-54.6
65+ 141 86 63.8 54.8-72.0 55 36.2 28.0-45.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 22 73.3 54.4-86.3 10 26.7 13.7-45.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 45 57.7 42.3-71.6 24 42.3 28.4-57.7
Some Post-H.S. 62 39 65.8 51.2-77.9 23 34.2 22.1-48.8
College Graduate 80 51 60.4 45.5-73.6 29 39.6 26.4-54.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 42 33 84.4 71.2-92.2 9 15.6 7.8-28.8
$15,000- 24,999 40 29 71.0 50.7-85.3 11 29.0 14.7-49.3
$25,000- 34,999 28 16 67.9 48.1-82.8 12 32.1 17.2-51.9
$35,000- 49,999 35 20 46.4 28.3-65.5 15 53.6 34.5-71.7
$50,000-74,999 31 19 66.9 46.8-82.2 12 33.1 17.8-53.2
$75,000+ 42 28 58.2 38.0-76.1 14 41.8 23.9-62.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 112 73 67.5 57.1-76.5 39 32.5 23.5-42.9
No 128 83 59.9 48.6-70.2 45 40.1 29.8-51.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 29 75.2 60.0-86.0 13 24.8 14.0-40.0
Non-Veteran 183 116 59.4 49.8-68.4 67 40.6 31.6-50.2

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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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