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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 95 51 53.7 42.7-64.4 10 11.0 5.8-19.9 5 4.5 1.8-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 29 30.8 21.4-42.0
GENDER
Male 95 51 53.7 42.7-64.4 10 11.0 5.8-19.9 5 4.5 1.8-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 29 30.8 21.4-42.0
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 79 44 57.8 45.9-68.9 9 12.9 6.6-23.5 5 5.5 2.2-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 21 23.8 15.3-35.0
Other 15 6 34.5 14.4-62.3 1 3.5 0.5-21.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 62.0 34.7-83.4
AGE
18-44 12 3 24.7 7.7-56.3 1 10.4 1.5-47.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 64.9 34.3-86.7
45+ 83 48 59.3 47.4-70.2 9 11.2 5.7-20.8 5 5.3 2.1-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 21 24.2 15.4-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 12 31.1 17.7-48.7 4 11.1 4.0-27.2 4 8.2 2.9-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 18 49.7 32.7-66.7
Some College + 56 39 70.1 55.9-81.3 6 11.1 4.8-23.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 0 0.0 . - . 10 16.9 8.8-30.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 42 23 53.3 36.7-69.2 3 7.4 2.4-20.8 3 6.2 1.9-18.4 0 0.0 . - . 13 33.1 18.9-51.1
$50,000+ 37 21 57.7 40.4-73.3 5 12.8 5.1-28.8 1 2.6 0.4-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 10 26.8 14.4-44.5

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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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