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1-12 months | 1-2 years | 2-3 years | > 3 years | Never | |||||||||||
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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 |
-Buncombe County | 99 | 46 | 43.4 | 33.4-53.8 | 13 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.7-14.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.2 | 33 | 37.2 | 27.5-48.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 99 | 46 | 43.4 | 33.4-53.8 | 13 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0.7-14.5 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.2 | 33 | 37.2 | 27.5-48.1 |
Female | 0 | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . | 0 | . | . - . |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 87 | 39 | 42.0 | 31.6-53.2 | 10 | 10.2 | 5.4-18.4 | 2 | 3.9 | 0.9-16.4 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.7 | 32 | 40.7 | 30.1-52.2 |
Other | 11 | 6 | 47.5 | 19.9-76.6 | 3 | 32.5 | 10.6-66.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 5.0 | 0.7-29.5 | 1 | 15.0 | 2.2-58.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 16 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-21.5 | 3 | 20.2 | 6.6-47.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 3.3 | 0.4-20.8 | 11 | 73.0 | 47.1-89.2 |
45+ | 83 | 45 | 51.6 | 40.2-62.9 | 10 | 11.2 | 5.8-20.5 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-17.1 | 4 | 3.3 | 1.1- 9.2 | 22 | 29.7 | 20.1-41.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 34 | 18 | 45.8 | 29.3-63.2 | 4 | 12.0 | 4.2-29.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 42.2 | 25.8-60.6 |
Some College + | 65 | 28 | 42.0 | 29.9-55.1 | 9 | 13.1 | 6.7-24.0 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.2-21.5 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.7 | 21 | 34.3 | 23.0-47.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 51 | 23 | 43.2 | 29.6-58.0 | 5 | 9.2 | 3.5-22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 23 | 47.6 | 33.3-62.2 |
$50,000+ | 27 | 12 | 41.2 | 24.0-60.9 | 4 | 15.4 | 5.8-34.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 7.1 | 2.0-22.0 | 8 | 36.3 | 19.6-57.2 |
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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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