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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 81 44 52.5 40.6-64.1 6 8.2 3.5-18.1 2 2.7 0.7-10.2 2 3.8 0.9-14.3 27 32.8 22.7-44.8
GENDER
Male 81 44 52.5 40.6-64.1 6 8.2 3.5-18.1 2 2.7 0.7-10.2 2 3.8 0.9-14.3 27 32.8 22.7-44.8
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 53 28 51.8 37.4-65.9 5 9.5 3.8-21.6 1 1.8 0.2-11.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.0 18 34.5 22.1-49.6
Other 28 16 53.6 33.6-72.5 1 6.2 0.9-32.9 1 4.1 0.6-24.2 1 6.2 0.9-32.9 9 29.9 15.0-50.7
AGE
18-44 11 1 15.4 2.2-59.2 1 4.9 0.6-29.2 1 10.3 1.4-47.8 0 0.0 . - . 8 69.4 34.8-90.6
45+ 70 43 59.1 46.0-71.0 5 8.8 3.6-20.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 2 4.5 1.1-16.6 19 26.3 16.6-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 21 8 31.9 15.2-55.2 2 14.5 3.6-43.2 1 5.9 0.8-32.1 2 14.5 3.6-43.2 8 33.2 16.4-55.8
Some College + 60 36 59.8 45.7-72.5 4 6.0 2.1-15.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 19 32.6 20.9-47.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 34 19 54.8 36.5-71.8 1 4.0 0.6-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.6-23.6 13 37.2 21.7-55.9
$50,000+ 36 19 54.6 37.2-71.0 3 6.0 1.8-18.3 1 3.1 0.4-19.2 0 0.0 . - . 13 36.3 21.3-54.4

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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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