2014 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 7,255 689 6.6 6.1- 7.2 6,566 93.4 92.8-93.9
-Whites 5,156 661 9.1 8.4-10.0 4,495 90.9 90.0-91.6
GENDER
Male 2,226 301 9.2 8.1-10.5 1,925 90.8 89.5-91.9
Female 2,930 360 9.0 8.0-10.2 2,570 91.0 89.8-92.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 182 *** *** *** 182 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 4,961 661 9.5 8.7-10.4 4,300 90.5 89.6-91.3
AGE
18-34 754 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 589 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 741 48 6.0 4.4- 8.1 693 94.0 91.9-95.6
55-64 1,114 141 12.7 10.7-15.1 973 87.3 84.9-89.3
65-74 1,100 220 20.6 18.0-23.5 880 79.4 76.5-82.0
75+ 801 227 28.1 24.7-31.7 574 71.9 68.3-75.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 512 70 10.5 8.1-13.6 442 89.5 86.4-91.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,359 161 8.6 7.3-10.2 1,198 91.4 89.8-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,381 160 7.7 6.5- 9.2 1,221 92.3 90.8-93.5
College Graduate 1,891 269 10.7 9.4-12.2 1,622 89.3 87.8-90.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 461 53 8.2 6.0-11.2 408 91.8 88.8-94.0
$15,000- 24,999 722 84 9.0 7.0-11.5 638 91.0 88.5-93.0
$25,000- 34,999 475 62 9.7 7.4-12.7 413 90.3 87.3-92.6
$35,000- 49,999 623 92 10.9 8.7-13.6 531 89.1 86.4-91.3
$50,000- 74,999 625 67 7.1 5.3- 9.5 558 92.9 90.5-94.7
$75,000+ 1,231 156 8.3 7.0- 9.9 1,075 91.7 90.1-93.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,435 260 14.6 12.8-16.7 1,175 85.4 83.3-87.2
No 3,575 388 7.4 6.6- 8.3 3,187 92.6 91.7-93.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 776 151 15.4 12.9-18.2 625 84.6 81.8-87.1
Non-Veteran 4,377 509 8.1 7.3- 9.0 3,868 91.9 91.0-92.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,082 395 9.3 8.4-10.4 2,687 90.7 89.6-91.6
No 2,074 266 8.8 7.7-10.1 1,808 91.2 89.9-92.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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