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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 98 41 40.2 30.3-51.0 8 9.7 4.5-19.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 5 5.2 1.9-13.1 43 43.6 33.2-54.5
GENDER
Male 98 41 40.2 30.3-51.0 8 9.7 4.5-19.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 5 5.2 1.9-13.1 43 43.6 33.2-54.5
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 70 31 42.8 30.9-55.5 5 9.5 3.6-22.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 4 5.6 1.8-16.1 29 40.4 28.7-53.4
Other 27 9 28.8 14.4-49.1 3 11.1 3.4-31.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-24.5 14 55.9 35.8-74.3
AGE
18-44 12 3 22.9 6.7-55.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 77.1 44.7-93.3
45+ 86 38 42.6 31.8-54.1 8 11.1 5.1-22.3 1 1.5 0.2- 9.6 5 5.9 2.2-14.8 34 39.0 28.5-50.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 17 27.6 17.1-41.2 7 14.6 6.5-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.8 2.8-20.1 30 50.0 36.1-63.9
Some College + 39 23 60.5 43.4-75.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 1 3.5 0.5-20.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 13 33.5 19.8-50.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 22 35.6 23.5-50.0 3 7.8 2.1-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 8.5 3.0-21.7 26 48.1 33.9-62.6
$50,000+ 24 12 53.7 33.4-72.9 1 2.6 0.4-16.6 1 5.0 0.7-28.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 38.7 21.2-59.6

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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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