2019 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Cancer Survivorship

A patient navigator is a trained professional who helps guide a patient through the healthcare system, which may include help going through the screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancer.
Patient navigators may also help patients communicate with healthcare providers, insurance companies, employers, case managers, and/or lawyers to assist patients in obtaining emotional, social, legal or financial support.
Did you work with one or more patient navigator at any point during or after the course of your cancer treatment?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 518 125 24.5 20.4-29.1 393 75.5 70.9-79.6
GENDER
Male 218 46 21.8 16.2-28.7 172 78.2 71.3-83.8
Female 300 79 26.3 20.9-32.6 221 73.7 67.4-79.1
Have Health Insurance
Yes 501 122 24.9 20.8-29.6 379 75.1 70.4-79.2
No 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Body Mass Index
Underweight 10 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 133 23 18.5 12.2-27.0 110 81.5 73.0-87.8
Overweight 190 50 27.2 20.3-35.4 140 72.8 64.6-79.7
Obese 154 47 30.1 22.5-39.1 107 69.9 60.9-77.5
Current Smoker
Yes 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 459 110 24.2 20.0-29.0 349 75.8 71.0-80.0
History of CVD**
Yes 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 410 92 22.5 18.2-27.6 318 77.5 72.4-81.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 463 106 22.4 18.4-27.0 357 77.6 73.0-81.6
COPD
Yes 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 435 102 23.5 19.2-28.4 333 76.5 71.6-80.8
Current Asthma
Yes 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 459 109 23.6 19.3-28.3 350 76.4 71.7-80.7
Functional Disability
Yes 252 66 25.5 19.7-32.2 186 74.5 67.8-80.3
No 261 57 23.0 17.5-29.5 204 77.0 70.5-82.5
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 382 94 25.5 20.7-31.0 288 74.5 69.0-79.3
No 136 31 21.6 14.8-30.4 105 78.4 69.6-85.2

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*Asked of respondents that have a cancer diagnosis.

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 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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