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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 80 40 51.0 39.4-62.5 6 7.4 3.2-16.0 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.3 30 36.9 26.4-48.9
GENDER
Male 80 40 51.0 39.4-62.5 6 7.4 3.2-16.0 2 2.5 0.6- 9.6 2 2.2 0.5- 8.3 30 36.9 26.4-48.9
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 49 24 53.7 39.1-67.7 4 7.3 2.7-18.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.4 20 36.9 24.3-51.7
Other 31 16 47.3 29.6-65.8 2 7.5 1.8-26.1 2 6.0 1.5-21.3 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 10 36.9 20.5-57.0
AGE
18-44 12 2 19.3 4.8-53.2 1 7.6 1.0-39.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 73.1 41.3-91.3
45+ 68 38 57.0 44.2-69.0 5 7.3 2.9-17.2 2 3.0 0.7-11.2 2 2.6 0.6- 9.8 21 30.1 19.7-43.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 21 51.4 35.8-66.7 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 2 3.9 1.0-14.6 17 40.3 25.8-56.6
Some College + 38 19 50.6 33.9-67.2 5 13.7 5.5-30.1 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 13 32.8 19.1-50.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 43 21 54.3 38.5-69.2 3 8.2 2.6-23.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 2 4.1 1.0-15.3 16 31.0 18.8-46.5
$50,000+ 21 10 46.6 26.2-68.2 2 7.2 1.6-26.5 1 5.0 0.7-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 41.2 21.8-63.8

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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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