2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Females

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

(Ever told) you had any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,687 582 7.2 6.6- 8.0 6,105 92.8 92.0-93.4
-FEMALES 3,816 380 9.0 8.0-10.1 3,436 91.0 89.9-92.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,549 301 10.7 9.3-12.2 2,248 89.3 87.8-90.7
Non-Hispanic Black 815 55 6.4 4.6- 8.7 760 93.6 91.3-95.4
Other 411 22 5.0 3.0- 8.2 389 95.0 91.8-97.0
AGE
18-34 656 13 2.6 1.4- 4.7 643 97.4 95.3-98.6
35-44 520 24 4.7 3.0- 7.3 496 95.3 92.7-97.0
45-54 647 57 10.5 7.8-14.0 590 89.5 86.0-92.2
55-64 737 83 12.8 10.0-16.2 654 87.2 83.8-90.0
65-74 693 117 17.0 13.9-20.7 576 83.0 79.3-86.1
75+ 503 83 16.8 13.2-21.0 420 83.2 79.0-86.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 392 58 14.8 11.1-19.4 334 85.2 80.6-88.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,031 110 9.1 7.3-11.3 921 90.9 88.7-92.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,118 117 9.2 7.5-11.3 1,001 90.8 88.7-92.5
College Graduate 1,266 95 5.5 4.3- 6.9 1,171 94.5 93.1-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 424 60 13.0 9.6-17.4 364 87.0 82.6-90.4
$15,000- 24,999 637 63 9.0 6.8-11.9 574 91.0 88.1-93.2
$25,000- 34,999 331 34 11.3 7.7-16.2 297 88.7 83.8-92.3
$35,000- 49,999 402 41 8.5 5.8-12.2 361 91.5 87.8-94.2
$50,000- 74,999 407 29 6.1 3.7- 9.7 378 93.9 90.3-96.3
$75,000+ 721 47 6.5 4.6- 9.0 674 93.5 91.0-95.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,069 171 16.3 13.8-19.3 898 83.7 80.7-86.2
No 2,673 202 6.4 5.4- 7.6 2,471 93.6 92.4-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 *** *** *** 119 93.7 85.7-97.3
Non-Veteran 3,681 372 9.1 8.1-10.3 3,309 90.9 89.7-91.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,116 84 6.5 5.0- 8.2 1,032 93.5 91.8-95.0
Regional City or Suburban 809 79 9.4 7.3-12.0 730 90.6 88.0-92.7
Rural 1,891 217 10.8 9.1-12.7 1,674 89.2 87.3-90.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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