2017 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 any other types of cancer?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,897 432 6.8 5.9- 7.7 4,465 93.2 92.3-94.1
-Non-Hispanic White 3,193 322 8.1 7.0- 9.4 2,871 91.9 90.6-93.0
GENDER
Male 1,445 109 5.7 4.5- 7.3 1,336 94.3 92.7-95.5
Female 1,748 213 10.3 8.5-12.4 1,535 89.7 87.6-91.5
AGE
18-34 559 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 355 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 529 35 5.4 3.4- 8.5 494 94.6 91.5-96.6
55-64 629 64 9.2 6.8-12.3 565 90.8 87.7-93.2
65-74 628 103 16.8 13.1-21.4 525 83.2 78.6-86.9
75+ 467 104 22.6 17.6-28.5 363 77.4 71.5-82.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 206 29 13.7 8.6-21.2 177 86.3 78.8-91.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 753 75 7.5 5.5-10.0 678 92.5 90.0-94.5
Some Post-H.S. 913 88 7.5 5.7- 9.7 825 92.5 90.3-94.3
College Graduate 1,318 129 7.4 6.0- 9.2 1,189 92.6 90.8-94.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 249 33 10.4 6.6-16.1 216 89.6 83.9-93.4
$15,000- 24,999 376 34 9.7 6.4-14.4 342 90.3 85.6-93.6
$25,000- 34,999 303 36 10.9 7.0-16.4 267 89.1 83.6-93.0
$35,000- 49,999 367 36 6.2 4.1- 9.4 331 93.8 90.6-95.9
$50,000- 74,999 477 50 8.2 5.6-11.8 427 91.8 88.2-94.4
$75,000+ 919 68 4.5 3.3- 6.0 851 95.5 94.0-96.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 982 153 14.1 11.5-17.3 829 85.9 82.7-88.5
No 2,121 159 5.6 4.5- 7.0 1,962 94.4 93.0-95.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 501 55 8.8 6.3-12.0 446 91.2 88.0-93.7
Non-Veteran 2,690 267 8.0 6.8- 9.4 2,423 92.0 90.6-93.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 737 66 6.9 5.1- 9.1 671 93.1 90.9-94.9
Regional City or Suburban County 672 56 8.3 5.9-11.4 616 91.7 88.6-94.1
Rural 1,785 200 8.9 7.3-10.8 1,585 91.1 89.2-92.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,613 83 3.8 2.9- 4.9 1,530 96.2 95.1-97.1
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,003 174 16.1 13.2-19.4 829 83.9 80.6-86.8
Unable to Work 263 45 16.9 11.7-23.7 218 83.1 76.3-88.3
Other not in Labor Force 208 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 382 33 7.1 4.5-10.9 349 92.9 89.1-95.5
151% to 200% 232 33 14.4 9.3-21.6 199 85.6 78.4-90.7
More than 200% 1,726 163 6.5 5.3- 7.9 1,563 93.5 92.1-94.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 618 68 9.1 6.3-12.9 550 90.9 87.1-93.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,206 140 10.3 8.3-12.7 1,066 89.7 87.3-91.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,370 114 6.2 4.9- 7.8 1,256 93.8 92.2-95.1

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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