BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (Has a doctor of other health professional ever talked with you about having any kind of screening test or exam to check for prostate cancer?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,732	2,496	67.0	65.2-68.9	1,236	33.0	31.1-34.8
-Gaston County	93	64	72.0	61.3-80.7	29	28.0	19.3-38.7
GENDER
Male	93	64	72.0	61.3-80.7	29	28.0	19.3-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	81	53	68.4	56.6-78.2	28	31.6	21.8-43.4
Other	12	11	92.4	60.5-99.0	1	7.6	1.0-39.5
AGE
18-44	10	2	19.0	4.6-53.0	8	81.0	47.0-95.4
45+	83	62	78.9	68.6-86.5	21	21.1	13.5-31.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	48	32	71.7	56.9-83.0	16	28.3	17.0-43.1
Some College +	45	32	72.2	56.4-84.0	13	27.8	16.0-43.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	50	33	68.7	53.3-80.8	17	31.3	19.2-46.7
$50,000+	22	17	83.4	63.3-93.6	5	16.6	6.4-36.7

This question was asked only of male respondents who reported being age 40 and older

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Prostate Cancer Counseling

Has a doctor of other health professional ever talked with you about having any kind of screening test or exam to check for prostate cancer?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,732	2,496	67.0	65.2-68.9	1,236	33.0	31.1-34.8
-Gaston County	93	64	72.0	61.3-80.7	29	28.0	19.3-38.7
GENDER
Male	93	64	72.0	61.3-80.7	29	28.0	19.3-38.7
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	81	53	68.4	56.6-78.2	28	31.6	21.8-43.4
Other	12	11	92.4	60.5-99.0	1	7.6	1.0-39.5
AGE
18-44	10	2	19.0	4.6-53.0	8	81.0	47.0-95.4
45+	83	62	78.9	68.6-86.5	21	21.1	13.5-31.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	48	32	71.7	56.9-83.0	16	28.3	17.0-43.1
Some College +	45	32	72.2	56.4-84.0	13	27.8	16.0-43.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	50	33	68.7	53.3-80.8	17	31.3	19.2-46.7
$50,000+	22	17	83.4	63.3-93.6	5	16.6	6.4-36.7