2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 5 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 4,897 432 6.8 5.9- 7.7 4,465 93.2 92.3-94.1
Region 3 & 5 925 78 7.3 5.5- 9.5 847 92.7 90.5-94.5
GENDER
Male 392 24 5.3 3.3- 8.4 368 94.7 91.6-96.7
Female 533 54 9.1 6.5-12.6 479 90.9 87.4-93.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 627 65 9.2 6.8-12.2 562 90.8 87.8-93.2
Non-Hispanic Black 178 *** *** *** 168 96.2 92.2-98.2
Other 120 *** *** *** 117 99.1 97.0-99.7
AGE
18-44 331 *** *** *** 327 98.9 96.2-99.7
45-64 333 27 6.3 4.2- 9.5 306 93.7 90.5-95.8
65+ 253 46 21.8 15.5-29.6 207 78.2 70.4-84.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 307 27 8.2 5.1-13.0 280 91.8 87.0-94.9
Some College + 614 51 6.7 4.9- 9.2 563 93.3 90.8-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 393 36 9.2 6.1-13.6 357 90.8 86.4-93.9
$50,000+ 374 28 5.1 3.3- 7.8 346 94.9 92.2-96.7

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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.

^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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