BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Has a doctor of other health professional ever talked with you about having any kind of screening test or exam to check for prostate cancer?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,732	2,496	67.0	65.2-68.9	1,236	33.0	31.1-34.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	98	61	54.6	41.2-67.4	37	45.4	32.6-58.8
GENDER
Male	98	61	54.6	41.2-67.4	37	45.4	32.6-58.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	87	59	64.9	53.0-75.2	28	35.1	24.8-47.0
Other	11	2	15.8	3.2-51.3	9	84.2	48.7-96.8
AGE
18-44	16	4	22.0	7.4-50.0	12	78.0	50.0-92.6
45+	82	57	60.0	44.0-74.1	25	40.0	25.9-56.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	29	40.4	25.9-56.7	28	59.6	43.3-74.1
Some College +	41	32	83.2	69.3-91.5	9	16.8	8.5-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	38	46.2	31.0-62.1	28	53.8	37.9-69.0
$50,000+	16	14	88.1	62.5-97.1	2	11.9	2.9-37.5

This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Prostate Cancer Counseling

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,732	2,496	67.0	65.2-68.9	1,236	33.0	31.1-34.8
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	98	61	54.6	41.2-67.4	37	45.4	32.6-58.8
GENDER
Male	98	61	54.6	41.2-67.4	37	45.4	32.6-58.8
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	87	59	64.9	53.0-75.2	28	35.1	24.8-47.0
Other	11	2	15.8	3.2-51.3	9	84.2	48.7-96.8
AGE
18-44	16	4	22.0	7.4-50.0	12	78.0	50.0-92.6
45+	82	57	60.0	44.0-74.1	25	40.0	25.9-56.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	29	40.4	25.9-56.7	28	59.6	43.3-74.1
Some College +	41	32	83.2	69.3-91.5	9	16.8	8.5-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	38	46.2	31.0-62.1	28	53.8	37.9-69.0
$50,000+	16	14	88.1	62.5-97.1	2	11.9	2.9-37.5