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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 1,661 1,153 69.8 66.3-73.1 508 30.2 26.9-33.7
-Western NC 384 267 68.9 63.1-74.2 117 31.1 25.8-36.9
GENDER
Male 137 93 67.8 58.0-76.3 44 32.2 23.7-42.0
Female 247 174 69.8 62.6-76.1 73 30.2 23.9-37.4
RACE
White 366 253 69.0 63.1-74.4 113 31.0 25.6-36.9
African American 5 5 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 12 9 62.0 28.1-87.2 3 38.0 12.8-71.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 8.9 1.4-40.1 4 91.1 59.9-98.6
Non-Hispanic 377 265 69.5 63.6-74.7 112 30.5 25.3-36.4
AGE
18-44 27 18 76.8 56.5-89.4 9 23.2 10.6-43.5
45-54 42 31 74.0 57.1-85.8 11 26.0 14.2-42.9
55-64 93 60 63.5 50.8-74.6 33 36.5 25.4-49.2
65+ 221 157 68.3 60.6-75.1 64 31.7 24.9-39.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 35 73.5 55.6-86.0 11 26.5 14.0-44.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 111 76 66.3 54.5-76.4 35 33.7 23.6-45.5
Some Post-H.S. 95 67 72.8 61.4-81.8 28 27.2 18.2-38.6
College Graduate 131 88 66.6 56.6-75.3 43 33.4 24.7-43.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 63 44 68.6 53.9-80.4 19 31.4 19.6-46.1
$15,000- 24,999 66 45 69.8 56.0-80.7 21 30.2 19.3-44.0
$25,000- 34,999 46 30 69.7 53.2-82.3 16 30.3 17.7-46.8
$35,000- 49,999 53 39 69.5 53.3-82.0 14 30.5 18.0-46.7
$50,000-74,999 51 33 65.5 47.9-79.6 18 34.5 20.4-52.1
$75,000+ 60 44 69.5 54.6-81.1 16 30.5 18.9-45.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 185 126 65.5 56.9-73.2 59 34.5 26.8-43.1
No 191 137 71.7 63.6-78.6 54 28.3 21.4-36.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 69 45 60.0 45.8-72.8 24 40.0 27.2-54.2
Non-Veteran 287 200 70.6 63.9-76.4 87 29.4 23.6-36.1

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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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