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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 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 3,502 1,705 48.1 46.1-50.2 346 10.1 8.9-11.4 103 3.0 2.4- 3.9 132 3.8 3.1- 4.6 1,216 35.0 33.1-37.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 90 41 38.9 27.6-51.6 5 6.0 2.4-14.0 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 40 50.6 37.3-63.8
GENDER
Male 90 41 38.9 27.6-51.6 5 6.0 2.4-14.0 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 40 50.6 37.3-63.8
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 79 39 45.8 34.4-57.7 5 7.7 3.2-17.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 2 2.6 0.5-11.3 32 42.6 31.1-54.9
Other 11 2 15.8 3.2-51.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.8 0.8-38.9 0 0.0 . - . 8 77.4 41.6-94.3
AGE
18-44 15 1 10.5 1.5-47.6 1 6.7 0.9-35.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 82.8 50.7-95.7
45+ 75 40 43.8 30.3-58.4 4 5.8 2.1-15.0 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 2 2.3 0.5-10.4 27 45.0 30.0-61.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 22 35.0 21.2-51.9 3 5.2 1.6-15.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.9 0 0.0 . - . 26 57.4 39.9-73.3
Some College + 38 19 46.7 30.7-63.5 2 7.5 1.8-25.8 1 3.0 0.4-18.4 2 6.0 1.3-23.7 14 36.9 22.0-54.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 25 34.4 21.4-50.2 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 2 3.9 0.9-14.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 29 58.0 41.2-73.1
$50,000+ 15 10 59.0 32.0-81.6 2 20.5 5.5-53.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.2 1.5-46.6 2 10.2 2.3-35.3

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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 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.

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