2017 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 4,897 432 6.8 5.9- 7.7 4,465 93.2 92.3-94.1
Region 8 718 65 6.9 5.1- 9.4 653 93.1 90.6-94.9
GENDER
Male 313 22 5.9 3.6- 9.5 291 94.1 90.5-96.4
Female 405 43 7.9 5.3-11.6 362 92.1 88.4-94.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 41 7.5 5.2-10.7 365 92.5 89.3-94.8
Non-Hispanic Black 137 13 8.6 4.4-16.2 124 91.4 83.8-95.6
Other 175 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 164 97.6 95.2-98.8
AGE
18-44 231 *** *** *** 227 98.9 95.4-99.7
45-64 253 24 9.7 5.9-15.5 229 90.3 84.5-94.1
65+ 231 37 15.3 10.4-21.9 194 84.7 78.1-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 20 4.1 2.2- 7.2 289 95.9 92.8-97.8
Some College + 408 45 9.4 6.5-13.4 363 90.6 86.6-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 374 34 7.5 4.8-11.3 340 92.5 88.7-95.2
$50,000+ 204 16 7.0 3.9-12.1 188 93.0 87.9-96.1

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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.

^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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