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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Routine Checkup--MALE Respondents Only

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  Total
Respond.#		 Within the past year Within past 2 years Within past 5 years 5 or more years ago Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,508 1,669 65.3 62.4-68.2 358 14.4 12.4-16.6 232 9.6 7.9-11.7 225 9.3 7.7-11.3 24 1.3 0.6- 2.9
RACE
White 1,897 1,255 65.4 62.0-68.7 282 15.7 13.3-18.5 172 9.3 7.5-11.5 170 8.7 7.0-10.8 18 0.8 0.4- 1.6
African American 357 267 77.0 70.4-82.4 43 11.1 7.5-16.1 26 7.5 4.2-12.8 21 4.5 2.5- 8.0 0 0.0 . - .
Asian 32 20 77.4 54.9-90.6 5 11.7 3.8-30.7 5 10.0 2.6-31.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 67 48 70.3 50.4-84.7 8 17.6 6.5-39.4 7 5.9 2.4-13.5 3 5.4 1.0-23.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8
Other Minorities 141 70 41.4 30.1-53.7 17 7.2 3.8-13.1 21 17.4 9.1-30.7 28 25.5 15.9-38.4 5 8.4 2.3-26.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 150 74 40.9 29.4-53.4 13 4.2 2.0- 8.5 25 18.3 10.1-30.9 31 28.1 17.8-41.4 7 8.5 2.5-25.3
-English Speaking 52 30 58.2 39.2-75.1 4 5.0 1.4-16.8 10 20.5 9.7-38.2 8 16.3 6.1-36.7 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 98 44 36.0 23.3-51.0 9 4.0 1.7- 9.1 15 17.7 8.3-33.8 23 31.4 18.9-47.5 7 10.9 3.2-31.2
Non-Hispanic 2,353 1,591 67.8 64.8-70.6 344 15.3 13.2-17.7 207 8.8 7.2-10.7 194 7.5 6.1- 9.1 17 0.6 0.3- 1.3
AGE
18-24 174 88 51.0 39.7-62.1 44 23.8 16.0-33.8 21 11.7 6.3-20.8 18 10.2 5.4-18.4 3 3.4 0.5-18.5
25-34 433 231 53.5 46.7-60.3 83 19.0 14.4-24.7 54 10.5 7.1-15.4 57 15.1 10.5-21.4 8 1.8 0.7- 4.6
35-44 544 305 60.3 54.4-65.9 90 14.1 10.5-18.6 75 13.5 9.9-18.1 72 12.0 8.7-16.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
45-54 510 332 68.2 62.1-73.7 79 13.4 9.9-17.9 54 10.3 6.8-15.4 37 6.2 4.1- 9.2 8 1.9 0.7- 5.1
55-64 359 286 80.3 73.6-85.6 36 8.9 5.7-13.8 17 6.2 3.0-12.4 18 3.9 2.1- 7.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5
65-74 288 249 87.3 80.7-91.9 17 4.3 1.9- 9.5 9 3.5 1.4- 8.5 12 4.4 2.1- 9.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
75+ 179 160 91.6 84.7-95.5 7 3.0 1.1- 7.6 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 10 4.9 2.0-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 417 267 56.0 48.2-63.5 48 12.8 8.5-18.7 34 11.3 6.6-18.4 58 15.9 11.2-22.1 10 4.1 1.2-13.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 739 507 68.5 63.1-73.4 94 11.4 8.4-15.3 59 7.4 5.2-10.4 72 11.6 8.3-16.1 7 1.1 0.4- 3.2
Some Post-H.S. 513 334 66.5 59.8-72.6 79 15.4 11.1-20.9 54 11.8 7.9-17.2 44 6.2 4.1- 9.1 2 0.2 0.0- 0.7
College Graduate 833 556 67.0 62.1-71.5 137 18.3 14.6-22.6 85 9.5 7.0-12.8 51 4.7 3.2- 6.6 4 0.6 0.1- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 139 70.3 58.0-80.2 20 8.3 4.1-16.3 15 7.7 3.8-15.2 23 13.5 6.3-26.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2
$15,000- 24,999 389 230 55.2 47.2-63.0 54 13.4 9.2-19.2 44 9.7 6.5-14.3 50 16.7 11.3-23.9 11 5.0 1.5-15.2
$25,000- 34,999 304 190 65.6 57.1-73.2 49 15.9 10.5-23.3 29 9.4 5.2-16.4 35 9.0 5.9-13.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
$35,000- 49,999 389 265 68.4 60.8-75.2 51 12.5 7.9-19.1 38 11.4 7.1-17.8 31 6.6 4.0-10.6 4 1.2 0.3- 4.2
$50,000-74,999 285 197 71.5 63.4-78.4 34 10.4 6.5-16.2 28 9.4 5.6-15.1 24 7.5 4.5-12.2 2 1.3 0.2- 6.9
$75,000+ 427 303 68.8 62.3-74.7 65 17.6 12.9-23.6 39 9.6 6.3-14.2 20 4.0 2.2- 7.1 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 151 95 58.7 49.2-67.5 21 16.7 10.2-26.3 15 10.7 6.3-17.6 20 13.9 8.7-21.4 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 173 115 63.5 54.5-71.6 25 16.7 10.4-25.8 15 9.2 5.3-15.3 15 8.8 5.0-14.9 3 1.9 0.6- 5.6
Guilford 148 94 60.6 51.0-69.4 18 15.3 9.4-23.8 16 8.8 5.0-15.1 18 12.9 7.7-20.9 2 2.4 0.4-11.6
Henderson/Transylvania 181 125 64.9 56.4-72.6 33 19.5 13.7-27.0 15 9.9 5.8-16.5 7 4.7 2.0-10.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
Mecklenburg 155 102 59.4 48.9-69.0 21 18.1 10.7-28.9 14 9.7 5.5-16.6 18 12.8 7.5-20.9 0 0.0 . - .
Orange 175 117 66.7 58.4-74.0 25 13.8 9.1-20.5 16 8.8 5.1-14.7 14 8.7 4.9-14.9 3 2.0 0.6- 7.0
Pitt 156 98 59.4 51.1-67.3 29 20.6 15.2-27.3 17 11.6 7.0-18.6 12 8.4 4.7-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
Randolph 168 107 60.1 50.9-68.7 30 18.9 13.1-26.4 16 10.1 6.0-16.3 14 10.7 5.1-20.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Robeson 168 109 58.2 47.9-67.8 20 13.8 7.3-24.8 16 12.1 7.0-20.1 19 13.5 7.7-22.5 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4
Wake 177 116 64.0 55.4-71.8 29 18.3 12.4-26.2 19 10.2 6.4-15.9 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8
Western NC 272 178 62.2 55.1-68.9 36 15.1 10.5-21.4 26 11.5 7.4-17.4 28 9.8 6.5-14.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.5
Piedmont NC 308 219 69.7 62.8-75.8 42 13.7 9.8-18.9 18 7.2 4.1-12.2 25 8.1 4.9-13.2 4 1.3 0.4- 3.8
Eastern NC 276 194 67.8 60.3-74.4 29 10.2 6.5-15.6 29 10.8 6.8-16.7 23 9.4 5.8-14.7 1 1.8 0.3-11.8

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#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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