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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 1,688 138 9.5 7.3-12.2 1,550 90.5 87.8-92.7
-Western NC 388 36 9.8 6.7-14.1 352 90.2 85.9-93.3
GENDER
Male 139 12 8.8 4.5-16.6 127 91.2 83.4-95.5
Female 249 24 10.6 6.7-16.3 225 89.4 83.7-93.3
RACE
White 370 33 9.5 6.3-13.9 337 90.5 86.1-93.7
African American 5 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .
Other Minorities 12 3 26.6 7.0-63.4 9 73.4 36.6-93.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 382 36 9.9 6.7-14.2 346 90.1 85.8-93.3
AGE
18-44 27 1 4.0 0.6-24.0 26 96.0 76.0-99.4
45-54 42 7 16.1 6.3-35.7 35 83.9 64.3-93.7
55-64 97 9 10.2 4.9-20.3 88 89.8 79.7-95.1
65+ 221 19 9.2 5.6-14.8 202 90.8 85.2-94.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 6 11.5 4.3-27.3 40 88.5 72.7-95.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 112 6 4.8 1.9-11.5 106 95.2 88.5-98.1
Some Post-H.S. 95 7 7.4 3.1-16.8 88 92.6 83.2-96.9
College Graduate 134 17 14.6 8.6-23.8 117 85.4 76.2-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 13 22.4 12.1-37.8 50 77.6 62.2-87.9
$15,000- 24,999 66 7 12.1 5.4-24.8 59 87.9 75.2-94.6
$25,000- 34,999 47 4 17.1 6.1-39.5 43 82.9 60.5-93.9
$35,000- 49,999 56 3 4.9 1.2-17.5 53 95.1 82.5-98.8
$50,000-74,999 52 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 51 98.1 87.7-99.7
$75,000+ 60 6 9.1 3.8-20.4 54 90.9 79.6-96.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 186 29 17.9 11.8-26.3 157 82.1 73.7-88.2
No 194 7 4.2 1.9- 9.0 187 95.8 91.0-98.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 9 11.6 5.7-22.2 60 88.4 77.8-94.3
Non-Veteran 290 24 9.5 5.9-14.9 266 90.5 85.1-94.1

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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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