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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 105 53 47.8 37.3-58.5 9 8.5 4.1-16.6 5 5.8 2.0-15.5 3 3.1 1.0- 9.4 35 34.8 25.2-45.8
GENDER
Male 105 53 47.8 37.3-58.5 9 8.5 4.1-16.6 5 5.8 2.0-15.5 3 3.1 1.0- 9.4 35 34.8 25.2-45.8
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 94 47 47.4 36.4-58.7 9 9.5 4.6-18.4 5 6.5 2.3-17.2 3 3.5 1.1-10.5 30 33.1 23.2-44.8
Other 11 6 50.9 21.4-79.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 49.1 20.2-78.6
AGE
18-44 23 4 15.4 5.4-36.6 2 12.0 2.8-38.7 1 2.6 0.4-16.9 0 0.0 . - . 16 70.0 46.8-86.1
45+ 82 49 56.7 44.2-68.4 7 7.5 3.3-16.2 4 6.7 2.1-19.0 3 4.0 1.3-11.9 19 25.1 15.7-37.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 25 41.0 27.5-56.0 5 10.0 3.9-23.3 3 4.3 1.1-15.1 2 4.7 1.2-16.9 21 40.1 26.6-55.2
Some College + 49 28 54.3 38.6-69.2 4 7.0 2.3-19.5 2 7.3 1.7-26.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 14 29.8 17.3-46.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 32 52.6 38.2-66.5 6 9.6 4.0-21.4 2 2.7 0.5-13.4 3 5.6 1.8-16.1 16 29.5 17.7-44.9
$50,000+ 23 10 37.6 19.5-60.0 1 7.5 1.1-37.8 2 16.2 3.9-47.9 0 0.0 . - . 10 38.8 19.9-61.7

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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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