2021 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 4,927 393 6.9 6.0- 7.8 4,534 93.1 92.2-94.0
Region 8 797 83 8.1 6.1-10.8 714 91.9 89.2-93.9
GENDER
Male 331 25 6.2 3.7-10.3 306 93.8 89.7-96.3
Female 466 58 10.0 7.2-13.9 408 90.0 86.1-92.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 455 53 10.0 7.2-13.8 402 90.0 86.2-92.8
Non-Hispanic Black 149 *** *** *** 140 95.4 89.6-98.0
Other 185 21 4.8 2.5- 9.0 164 95.2 91.0-97.5
AGE
18-44 226 *** *** *** 221 99.0 96.7-99.7
45-64 241 16 8.1 4.6-13.8 225 91.9 86.2-95.4
65+ 309 60 20.1 14.7-26.9 249 79.9 73.1-85.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 298 30 8.2 5.0-13.2 268 91.8 86.8-95.0
Some Post-H.S. 218 34 9.8 6.4-14.7 184 90.2 85.3-93.6
College Graduate 278 19 5.6 3.1- 9.8 259 94.4 90.2-96.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 41 10.4 7.1-15.1 286 89.6 84.9-92.9
$50,000+ 286 19 3.3 1.8- 6.2 267 96.7 93.8-98.2
Don't know/Not Sure 182 23 13.5 7.8-22.4 159 86.5 77.6-92.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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