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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 120 60 51.9 42.2-61.6 13 8.9 4.9-15.6 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 6 4.4 1.8-10.2 38 31.9 23.5-41.6
GENDER
Male 120 60 51.9 42.2-61.6 13 8.9 4.9-15.6 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 6 4.4 1.8-10.2 38 31.9 23.5-41.6
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 92 47 52.9 41.7-63.7 10 9.2 4.6-17.3 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 5 5.2 2.0-12.6 28 30.2 21.1-41.3
Other 28 13 48.7 29.4-68.4 3 7.9 2.3-24.2 1 4.2 0.6-24.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 10 37.5 20.3-58.7
AGE
18-44 17 1 4.4 0.6-26.1 3 17.0 5.1-44.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 78.6 52.3-92.4
45+ 103 59 60.9 50.3-70.5 10 7.4 3.7-14.0 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 6 5.2 2.1-12.0 25 23.1 15.5-33.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 15 48.0 30.4-66.0 3 7.3 2.2-21.3 2 8.0 2.0-27.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 13 35.2 20.1-53.9
Some College + 85 45 53.9 42.2-65.1 10 9.6 4.8-18.2 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 5 5.5 2.1-13.6 24 30.1 20.5-41.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 24 47.1 33.0-61.7 4 6.0 2.1-15.9 2 5.0 1.2-18.9 4 5.3 1.8-14.4 19 36.6 23.7-51.8
$50,000+ 53 29 52.1 38.1-65.7 6 10.7 4.6-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.6 1.1-17.1 16 32.6 20.7-47.2

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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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