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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

How long has it been since you had your last PSA test?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-12 months 1-2 years 2-3 years > 3 years Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,568 705 43.0 39.4-46.7 164 11.1 9.0-13.6 53 3.3 2.3- 4.7 77 4.5 3.3- 6.2 569 38.0 34.5-41.6
Henderson/ Transylvania 131 68 48.3 38.5-58.2 9 6.2 3.0-12.4 4 2.6 1.0- 6.7 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7 45 39.0 29.5-49.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 107 38 33.1 24.1-43.5 13 11.1 6.1-19.6 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2 5 4.4 1.7-10.7 49 50.2 39.6-60.9
Forsyth 108 56 54.4 43.9-64.6 12 9.0 4.8-16.1 4 3.2 1.2- 8.5 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 32 29.7 21.0-40.1
Guilford 92 44 48.1 36.9-59.5 8 5.8 2.7-12.1 3 3.7 1.0-12.5 6 6.1 2.6-13.2 31 36.4 25.8-48.5
Mecklenburg 85 35 39.7 29.1-51.4 8 10.4 5.0-20.4 3 3.0 0.8-10.0 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6 37 45.0 33.8-56.7
Orange 104 49 47.8 37.5-58.4 10 8.5 4.3-16.1 5 5.4 2.1-13.1 4 2.6 0.9- 7.2 36 35.8 26.2-46.6
Pitt 77 29 37.6 26.2-50.7 10 12.5 6.4-23.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 5 3.8 1.4- 9.6 32 44.8 32.3-58.0
Randolph 109 46 41.8 31.9-52.4 14 10.9 6.2-18.3 3 2.5 0.8- 7.4 8 8.8 4.3-17.2 38 36.1 26.8-46.6
Robeson 107 49 38.8 29.0-49.7 6 4.8 2.1-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 7.7 3.7-15.2 43 48.7 37.5-60.1
Wake 94 44 44.8 33.9-56.1 14 13.8 7.7-23.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 34 40.1 29.7-51.4
Western NC 184 81 40.2 32.8-48.1 23 12.9 8.5-19.3 10 5.2 2.7-10.0 6 3.5 1.4- 8.2 64 38.2 30.4-46.6
Piedmont NC 202 86 42.3 34.1-50.9 21 11.8 7.5-18.1 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 14 6.1 3.3-11.0 75 37.4 29.6-45.9
Eastern NC 168 80 44.4 36.2-52.8 16 11.0 6.6-17.7 11 5.0 2.5- 9.5 8 4.8 2.3- 9.8 53 34.9 27.2-43.6

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Henderson/Transylvania Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of male respondents who reported having a PSA test and those respondents who were not asked formed NEVER category.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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