2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 Demographics

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 any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,521 530 6.2 5.6- 6.9 5,991 93.8 93.1-94.4
Region 8 587 41 5.9 4.2- 8.2 546 94.1 91.8-95.8
GENDER
Male 275 16 4.2 2.4- 7.3 259 95.8 92.7-97.6
Female 312 25 7.5 4.9-11.4 287 92.5 88.6-95.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 365 32 7.3 4.9-10.6 333 92.7 89.4-95.1
Non-Hispanic Black 119 *** *** *** 115 97.4 92.6-99.1
Other 97 *** *** *** 92 95.6 89.3-98.3
AGE
18-44 191 *** *** *** 187 98.4 95.7-99.4
45-64 212 *** *** *** 203 95.7 91.3-97.9
65+ 181 28 17.7 11.9-25.4 153 82.3 74.6-88.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 18 5.0 3.0- 8.4 251 95.0 91.6-97.0
Some College + 317 23 6.8 4.3-10.5 294 93.2 89.5-95.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 302 18 5.2 3.1- 8.5 284 94.8 91.5-96.9
$50,000+ 166 15 6.9 3.9-12.0 151 93.1 88.0-96.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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