2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

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%)
North Carolina 8,840 905 7.0 6.4- 7.6 7,935 93.0 92.4-93.6
-Whites 6,137 869 9.8 9.0-10.6 5,268 90.2 89.4-91.0
GENDER
Male 2,403 343 9.9 8.6-11.3 2,060 90.1 88.7-91.4
Female 3,734 526 9.7 8.7-10.8 3,208 90.3 89.2-91.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 5,980 866 10.1 9.2-11.0 5,114 89.9 89.0-90.8
AGE
18-34 818 13 1.2 0.7- 2.1 805 98.8 97.9-99.3
35-44 718 29 3.1 2.0- 4.8 689 96.9 95.2-98.0
45-54 1,015 82 8.0 6.1-10.4 933 92.0 89.6-93.9
55-64 1,274 156 11.7 9.8-14.0 1,118 88.3 86.0-90.2
65-74 1,232 275 21.4 18.6-24.4 957 78.6 75.6-81.4
75+ 1,035 308 29.5 25.9-33.3 727 70.5 66.7-74.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 618 87 9.9 7.4-13.1 531 90.1 86.9-92.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,678 236 9.8 8.3-11.6 1,442 90.2 88.4-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,706 229 8.5 7.2-10.0 1,477 91.5 90.0-92.8
College Graduate 2,128 317 11.2 9.8-12.9 1,811 88.8 87.1-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 587 61 8.6 6.1-12.0 526 91.4 88.0-93.9
$15,000- 24,999 922 134 9.1 7.3-11.3 788 90.9 88.7-92.7
$25,000- 34,999 549 71 10.8 7.8-14.8 478 89.2 85.2-92.2
$35,000- 49,999 762 116 11.5 9.2-14.4 646 88.5 85.6-90.8
$50,000- 74,999 726 99 8.6 6.8-10.9 627 91.4 89.1-93.2
$75,000+ 1,357 178 9.2 7.7-10.9 1,179 90.8 89.1-92.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,793 336 14.1 12.3-16.2 1,457 85.9 83.8-87.7
No 4,273 524 8.4 7.5- 9.3 3,749 91.6 90.7-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 872 179 14.2 11.8-16.9 693 85.8 83.1-88.2
Non-Veteran 5,264 689 9.1 8.2-10.0 4,575 90.9 90.0-91.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,114 446 10.3 9.1-11.5 2,668 89.7 88.5-90.9
No 3,023 423 9.2 8.2-10.4 2,600 90.8 89.6-91.8

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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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