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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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By treatment, we mean surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or chemotherapy drugs.

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,880 175 8.5 6.9-10.4 1,705 91.5 89.6-93.1
-Western NC 441 49 12.6 9.2-16.9 392 87.4 83.1-90.8
GENDER
Male 164 22 15.3 9.7-23.1 142 84.7 76.9-90.3
Female 277 27 10.3 6.7-15.4 250 89.7 84.6-93.3
RACE
White 421 48 12.8 9.4-17.3 373 87.2 82.7-90.6
African American 6 1 19.1 2.6-67.5 5 80.9 32.5-97.4
Other Minorities 12 0 0.0 . - . 12 100 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 0 0.0 . - . 6 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 434 49 12.7 9.3-17.0 385 87.3 83.0-90.7
AGE
18-44 30 3 12.7 3.8-34.8 27 87.3 65.2-96.2
45-54 48 6 15.4 6.4-32.7 42 84.6 67.3-93.6
55-64 108 11 7.9 4.0-15.2 97 92.1 84.8-96.0
65+ 253 28 13.5 9.2-19.4 225 86.5 80.6-90.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 58 10 25.6 12.9-44.4 48 74.4 55.6-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 126 13 12.4 6.7-21.8 113 87.6 78.2-93.3
Some Post-H.S. 111 15 14.9 8.6-24.7 96 85.1 75.3-91.4
College Graduate 144 10 6.6 3.4-12.3 134 93.4 87.7-96.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 71 7 11.9 5.1-25.2 64 88.1 74.8-94.9
$15,000- 24,999 78 12 17.4 8.9-31.2 66 82.6 68.8-91.1
$25,000- 34,999 51 4 6.0 2.1-15.5 47 94.0 84.5-97.9
$35,000- 49,999 61 5 14.8 6.2-31.6 56 85.2 68.4-93.8
$50,000-74,999 56 4 8.4 3.1-20.8 52 91.6 79.2-96.9
$75,000+ 66 6 9.7 3.9-22.2 60 90.3 77.8-96.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 225 35 19.7 14.0-27.1 190 80.3 72.9-86.0
No 208 14 6.8 3.6-12.5 194 93.2 87.5-96.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 82 11 18.4 10.0-31.3 71 81.6 68.7-90.0
Non-Veteran 325 33 10.5 7.1-15.3 292 89.5 84.7-92.9

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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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