2018 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 4,718 448 7.0 6.2- 7.8 4,270 93.0 92.2-93.8
Region 8 534 56 7.5 5.5-10.1 478 92.5 89.9-94.5
GENDER
Male 256 21 4.9 3.1- 7.8 235 95.1 92.2-96.9
Female 278 35 10.0 6.8-14.6 243 90.0 85.4-93.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 362 43 9.0 6.4-12.4 319 91.0 87.6-93.6
Non-Hispanic Black 70 *** *** *** 67 98.3 93.7-99.5
Other 102 *** *** *** 92 92.1 83.0-96.6
AGE
18-44 182 *** *** *** 177 97.8 93.8-99.2
45-64 166 13 7.9 4.4-13.7 153 92.1 86.3-95.6
65+ 177 37 17.9 12.5-24.9 140 82.1 75.1-87.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 14 4.9 2.6- 9.0 197 95.1 91.0-97.4
Some Post-H.S. 167 18 7.8 4.5-13.1 149 92.2 86.9-95.5
College Graduate 155 24 12.6 8.1-19.2 131 87.4 80.8-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 271 30 8.1 5.3-12.2 241 91.9 87.8-94.7
$50,000+ 160 18 8.3 4.9-13.7 142 91.7 86.3-95.1
Don't know/Not Sure 91 *** *** *** 83 94.5 87.3-97.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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