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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 126 73 56.7 47.2-65.8 15 12.9 7.8-20.6 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 32 26.2 18.6-35.6
GENDER
Male 126 73 56.7 47.2-65.8 15 12.9 7.8-20.6 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 32 26.2 18.6-35.6
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 109 65 61.0 50.9-70.3 12 11.7 6.7-19.8 4 3.2 1.2- 8.6 2 1.8 0.4- 7.0 26 22.2 15.0-31.6
Other 17 8 35.8 16.8-60.5 3 18.3 5.8-45.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 45.9 22.9-70.7
AGE
18-44 13 3 19.7 5.5-50.8 1 7.0 0.9-37.0 1 7.0 0.9-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 8 66.4 36.9-87.0
45+ 113 70 61.9 51.9-71.0 14 13.7 8.1-22.1 3 2.1 0.6- 6.6 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 24 20.6 13.7-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 23 57.0 39.7-72.8 5 14.4 6.0-30.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 10 28.5 15.2-47.0
Some College + 87 49 56.0 44.6-66.8 10 12.2 6.5-21.8 4 4.1 1.5-10.7 2 2.3 0.6- 8.7 22 25.4 16.7-36.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 51 27 53.7 38.9-67.9 5 10.3 4.3-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.5 0.9-13.4 17 32.4 20.0-47.9
$50,000+ 50 33 64.1 48.7-77.1 5 10.2 4.2-22.7 2 3.8 0.9-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 22.0 11.6-37.6

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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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