2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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 skin cancer that is not melanoma?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 312 5.7 4.9- 6.6 4,169 94.3 93.4-95.1
Western 506 54 7.3 5.4-10.0 452 92.7 90.0-94.6
GENDER
Male 229 22 8.0 4.9-12.6 207 92.0 87.4-95.1
Female 277 32 6.8 4.5-10.0 245 93.2 90.0-95.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 434 50 8.0 5.7-11.0 384 92.0 89.0-94.3
Non-Hispanic Black 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 109 22 19.0 12.1-28.5 87 81.0 71.5-87.9
75+ 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 214 32 14.2 9.4-20.8 182 85.8 79.2-90.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 174 22 8.2 4.9-13.3 152 91.8 86.7-95.1
No 317 31 6.9 4.6-10.3 286 93.1 89.7-95.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 442 46 7.1 5.0- 9.9 396 92.9 90.1-95.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 261 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 165 32 16.6 11.3-23.6 133 83.4 76.4-88.7
Unable to Work 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 26 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 142 18 11.4 6.7-18.6 124 88.6 81.4-93.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 281 36 10.1 7.0-14.6 245 89.9 85.4-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 379 46 8.7 6.2-12.1 333 91.3 87.9-93.8
Rent 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 185 17 7.0 4.1-11.9 168 93.0 88.1-95.9
Rural 321 37 7.5 5.1-10.9 284 92.5 89.1-94.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 171 21 8.5 5.2-13.5 150 91.5 86.5-94.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 199 21 8.1 5.0-12.9 178 91.9 87.1-95.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 292 30 8.3 5.5-12.3 262 91.7 87.7-94.5
2nd Quartile 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 122 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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