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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

Did any doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER give you a written summary
of all the treatments that you received?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,570 622 38.7 34.9-42.5 948 61.3 57.5-65.1
-Western NC 369 150 37.7 32.0-43.8 219 62.3 56.2-68.0
GENDER
Male 135 50 32.8 24.0-42.9 85 67.2 57.1-76.0
Female 234 100 41.7 34.6-49.2 134 58.3 50.8-65.4
RACE
White 351 142 37.9 32.0-44.1 209 62.1 55.9-68.0
African American 5 1 22.5 3.0-73.0 4 77.5 27.0-97.0
Other Minorities 12 6 30.2 9.5-64.0 6 69.8 36.0-90.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 5 3 28.0 4.3-77.0 2 72.0 23.0-95.7
Non-Hispanic 364 147 37.8 32.0-43.9 217 62.2 56.1-68.0
AGE
18-44 26 4 12.8 4.4-32.1 22 87.2 67.9-95.6
45-54 40 22 48.8 32.0-66.0 18 51.2 34.0-68.0
55-64 91 44 47.2 34.9-60.0 47 52.8 40.0-65.1
65+ 211 79 35.6 28.8-43.1 132 64.4 56.9-71.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 42 16 38.2 23.2-55.8 26 61.8 44.2-76.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 105 42 33.0 23.6-44.0 63 67.0 56.0-76.4
Some Post-H.S. 91 37 36.5 26.0-48.5 54 63.5 51.5-74.0
College Graduate 130 54 40.5 30.8-51.0 76 59.5 49.0-69.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 56 31 59.3 44.0-73.0 25 40.7 27.0-56.0
$15,000- 24,999 63 23 32.9 21.2-47.3 40 67.1 52.7-78.8
$25,000- 34,999 47 16 36.4 21.8-53.9 31 63.6 46.1-78.2
$35,000- 49,999 52 17 23.6 13.5-38.0 35 76.4 62.0-86.5
$50,000-74,999 50 16 29.9 17.0-46.9 34 70.1 53.1-83.0
$75,000+ 59 31 47.9 33.5-62.7 28 52.1 37.3-66.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 175 79 43.4 34.9-52.2 96 56.6 47.8-65.1
No 187 70 34.3 26.8-42.8 117 65.7 57.2-73.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 27 34.2 22.9-47.7 40 65.8 52.3-77.1
Non-Veteran 275 111 38.4 31.7-45.7 164 61.6 54.3-68.3

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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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