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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Cancer Survivorship

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,661 1,153 69.8 66.3-73.1 508 30.2 26.9-33.7
-Eastern NC 428 286 68.1 60.5-74.8 142 31.9 25.2-39.5
GENDER
Male 147 103 76.3 65.3-84.6 44 23.7 15.4-34.7
Female 281 183 62.2 52.4-71.1 98 37.8 28.9-47.6
RACE
White 341 228 66.2 58.1-73.5 113 33.8 26.5-41.9
African American 57 41 77.2 53.2-91.0 16 22.8 9.0-46.8
Other Minorities 29 16 56.8 33.7-77.3 13 43.2 22.7-66.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 4 85.7 44.7-97.8 2 14.3 2.2-55.3
Non-Hispanic 421 281 67.6 60.0-74.5 140 32.4 25.5-40.0
AGE
18-44 38 27 77.1 55.8-90.0 11 22.9 10.0-44.2
45-54 59 43 70.3 50.1-84.8 16 29.7 15.2-49.9
55-64 77 59 77.7 60.6-88.7 18 22.3 11.3-39.4
65+ 250 155 58.7 48.4-68.2 95 41.3 31.8-51.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 59 34 67.9 49.6-82.0 25 32.1 18.0-50.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 147 92 59.8 45.7-72.5 55 40.2 27.5-54.3
Some Post-H.S. 113 76 60.8 45.9-73.9 37 39.2 26.1-54.1
College Graduate 109 84 88.7 81.6-93.2 25 11.3 6.8-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 29 47.0 27.4-67.6 29 53.0 32.4-72.6
$15,000- 24,999 77 52 74.8 57.9-86.5 25 25.2 13.5-42.1
$25,000- 34,999 57 44 76.0 57.3-88.2 13 24.0 11.8-42.7
$35,000- 49,999 61 38 54.4 35.5-72.0 23 45.6 28.0-64.5
$50,000-74,999 47 32 89.3 78.9-94.9 15 10.7 5.1-21.1
$75,000+ 58 46 69.7 48.0-85.1 12 30.3 14.9-52.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 229 147 68.3 57.2-77.7 82 31.7 22.3-42.8
No 196 137 68.0 57.8-76.8 59 32.0 23.2-42.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 54 66.1 49.2-79.8 21 33.9 20.2-50.8
Non-Veteran 316 200 67.3 58.2-75.2 116 32.7 24.8-41.8

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^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.

**Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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