2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 7 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 6 & 7 1,012 69 5.2 3.7- 7.2 943 94.8 92.8-96.3
GENDER
Male 484 15 1.9 1.0- 3.5 469 98.1 96.5-99.0
Female 528 54 8.2 5.6-11.9 474 91.8 88.1-94.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 577 42 6.7 4.5-10.0 535 93.3 90.0-95.5
Non-Hispanic Black 280 20 3.6 2.1- 6.1 260 96.4 93.9-97.9
Other 155 *** *** *** 148 98.5 95.9-99.4
AGE
18-44 388 *** *** *** 382 98.3 94.7-99.5
45-64 399 25 5.1 3.1- 8.2 374 94.9 91.8-96.9
65+ 216 38 14.9 9.8-22.2 178 85.1 77.8-90.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 343 31 6.4 3.9-10.3 312 93.6 89.7-96.1
Some College + 666 38 4.5 2.9- 6.9 628 95.5 93.1-97.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 447 41 6.8 4.5- 9.9 406 93.2 90.1-95.5
$50,000+ 378 15 2.0 1.1- 3.6 363 98.0 96.4-98.9

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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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