2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you had skin cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 8,840 905 7.0 6.4- 7.6 7,935 93.0 92.4-93.6
GENDER
Male 3,444 365 7.3 6.4- 8.3 3,079 92.7 91.7-93.6
Female 5,396 540 6.7 6.1- 7.5 4,856 93.3 92.5-93.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 5,955 863 10.0 9.2-10.9 5,092 90.0 89.1-90.8
Non-Hispanic Black 1,667 11 0.6 0.3- 1.1 1,656 99.4 98.9-99.7
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 393 13 6.0 2.6-13.2 380 94.0 86.8-97.4
Non-Hispanic Other 271 *** *** *** 261 98.2 95.8-99.2
Hispanic 459 *** *** *** 458 99.8 98.6- 100
AGE
18-34 1,381 13 0.7 0.4- 1.3 1,368 99.3 98.7-99.6
35-44 1,165 32 2.1 1.4- 3.2 1,133 97.9 96.8-98.6
45-54 1,474 89 6.1 4.7- 7.8 1,385 93.9 92.2-95.3
55-64 1,812 167 9.4 7.9-11.2 1,645 90.6 88.8-92.1
65-74 1,626 282 17.3 15.1-19.9 1,344 82.7 80.1-84.9
75+ 1,292 316 24.9 21.8-28.2 976 75.1 71.8-78.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,192 92 5.4 4.1- 7.1 1,100 94.6 92.9-95.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,483 247 7.0 6.0- 8.3 2,236 93.0 91.7-94.0
Some Post-H.S. 2,390 238 6.3 5.4- 7.4 2,152 93.7 92.6-94.6
College Graduate 2,763 328 8.9 7.8-10.2 2,435 91.1 89.8-92.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,092 63 4.6 3.3- 6.4 1,029 95.4 93.6-96.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,568 138 5.1 4.1- 6.3 1,430 94.9 93.7-95.9
$25,000- 34,999 858 74 7.2 5.2- 9.9 784 92.8 90.1-94.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,038 122 8.9 7.1-11.1 916 91.1 88.9-92.9
$50,000-74,999 926 104 7.1 5.6- 8.9 822 92.9 91.1-94.4
$75,000+ 1,627 184 7.9 6.6- 9.3 1,443 92.1 90.7-93.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,524 355 11.0 9.6-12.5 2,169 89.0 87.5-90.4
No 6,194 540 5.8 5.2- 6.5 5,654 94.2 93.5-94.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,157 189 11.1 9.3-13.3 968 88.9 86.7-90.7
Non-Veteran 7,679 715 6.4 5.8- 7.0 6,964 93.6 93.0-94.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,554 466 7.6 6.7- 8.5 4,088 92.4 91.5-93.3
No 4,286 439 6.4 5.6- 7.2 3,847 93.6 92.8-94.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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.

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