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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 106 48 45.4 35.6-55.7 11 11.8 6.4-20.9 6 4.4 1.9- 9.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.0 38 35.7 26.6-46.0
GENDER
Male 106 48 45.4 35.6-55.7 11 11.8 6.4-20.9 6 4.4 1.9- 9.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.0 38 35.7 26.6-46.0
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 86 42 47.7 36.8-58.9 6 8.7 3.8-18.9 5 4.1 1.6- 9.9 3 3.2 1.0- 9.6 30 36.3 26.2-47.8
Other 20 6 34.2 15.4-59.8 5 27.0 10.9-52.8 1 6.0 0.8-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 8 32.9 15.4-56.9
AGE
18-44 16 1 6.1 0.8-33.4 2 9.2 2.1-32.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 84.7 59.7-95.4
45+ 90 47 52.8 41.9-63.5 9 12.3 6.3-22.7 6 5.2 2.2-11.6 3 3.2 1.0- 9.5 25 26.5 18.1-37.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 20 39.6 26.6-54.3 6 12.6 5.4-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 25 46.3 32.6-60.6
Some College + 54 28 50.7 36.6-64.7 5 11.1 4.4-25.3 6 8.4 3.6-18.3 2 3.7 0.9-13.6 13 26.2 15.2-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 26 41.7 29.5-55.0 8 14.2 7.0-26.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 3 4.5 1.4-13.2 25 37.9 26.2-51.3
$50,000+ 21 13 59.5 35.6-79.5 1 10.1 1.5-45.8 4 15.3 5.4-36.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.1 4.5-40.2

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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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