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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 80 34 45.8 34.3-57.7 9 12.8 5.9-25.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6 5 6.3 2.5-15.2 30 33.0 23.1-44.6
GENDER
Male 80 34 45.8 34.3-57.7 9 12.8 5.9-25.6 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6 5 6.3 2.5-15.2 30 33.0 23.1-44.6
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 69 32 49.4 36.8-62.0 7 12.3 5.0-26.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.8 4 5.6 1.9-15.3 24 30.4 20.4-42.6
Other 10 2 24.9 6.4-61.8 2 18.7 4.2-54.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 12.5 1.7-53.5 5 44.0 16.8-75.3
AGE
18-44 9 2 26.3 6.5-64.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 73.7 35.2-93.5
45+ 71 32 48.4 36.0-61.0 9 14.6 6.8-28.6 2 2.4 0.5- 9.7 5 7.2 2.8-17.1 23 27.5 18.0-39.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 18 42.6 28.2-58.4 7 16.6 6.8-35.2 2 3.4 0.8-13.6 3 4.7 1.4-14.6 17 32.7 20.3-48.2
Some College + 33 16 50.8 33.2-68.2 2 6.9 1.4-27.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 2.2-29.8 13 33.3 19.2-51.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 19 50.7 34.7-66.6 4 11.3 4.1-27.5 1 2.8 0.4-17.3 4 9.8 3.4-25.4 12 25.4 14.3-41.1
$50,000+ 19 8 47.5 25.8-70.2 1 2.7 0.4-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.2 0.9-33.4 9 43.6 23.0-66.6

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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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