BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC**: (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
-Mountain AHEC	251	175	71.9	64.8-78.0	76	28.1	22.0-35.2
RACE
White	221	159	74.0	66.7-80.2	62	26.0	19.8-33.3
African American	18	12	58.1	32.0-80.4	6	41.9	19.6-68.0
Other Minorities	1	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .
AGE
40-44	34	14	45.9	27.5-65.4	20	54.1	34.6-72.5
45-54	57	33	63.3	48.2-76.2	24	36.7	23.8-51.8
55-64	63	48	74.2	58.4-85.5	15	25.8	14.5-41.6
65-74	53	44	86.9	72.7-94.3	9	13.1	5.7-27.3
75+	43	35	78.2	59.7-89.7	8	21.8	10.3-40.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	39	22	60.1	40.3-77.1	17	39.9	22.9-59.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	60	36	61.3	46.3-74.4	24	38.7	25.6-53.7
Some Post-H.S.	67	49	79.2	66.6-87.9	18	20.8	12.1-33.4
College Graduate	83	67	80.5	68.4-88.7	16	19.5	11.3-31.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	27	14	59.4	36.9-78.5	13	40.6	21.5-63.1
$15,000- 24,999	40	28	71.9	52.0-85.9	12	28.1	14.1-48.0
$25,000- 34,999	24	17	71.7	45.5-88.5	7	28.3	11.5-54.5
$35,000- 49,999	37	21	55.8	36.4-73.6	16	44.2	26.4-63.6
$50,000-74,999	40	30	82.1	67.2-91.1	10	17.9	8.9-32.8
$75,000+	32	26	75.8	53.2-89.6	6	24.2	10.4-46.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	91	67	76.8	65.0-85.5	24	23.2	14.5-35.0
No	148	98	68.3	58.8-76.4	50	31.7	23.6-41.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	122	92	77.4	67.2-85.2	30	22.6	14.8-32.8
Non-Veteran	128	82	66.3	56.1-75.2	46	33.7	24.8-43.9
Currently Serving	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .

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: Mountain AHEC**

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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
-Mountain AHEC	251	175	71.9	64.8-78.0	76	28.1	22.0-35.2
RACE
White	221	159	74.0	66.7-80.2	62	26.0	19.8-33.3
African American	18	12	58.1	32.0-80.4	6	41.9	19.6-68.0
Other Minorities	1	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .
AGE
40-44	34	14	45.9	27.5-65.4	20	54.1	34.6-72.5
45-54	57	33	63.3	48.2-76.2	24	36.7	23.8-51.8
55-64	63	48	74.2	58.4-85.5	15	25.8	14.5-41.6
65-74	53	44	86.9	72.7-94.3	9	13.1	5.7-27.3
75+	43	35	78.2	59.7-89.7	8	21.8	10.3-40.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	39	22	60.1	40.3-77.1	17	39.9	22.9-59.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	60	36	61.3	46.3-74.4	24	38.7	25.6-53.7
Some Post-H.S.	67	49	79.2	66.6-87.9	18	20.8	12.1-33.4
College Graduate	83	67	80.5	68.4-88.7	16	19.5	11.3-31.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	27	14	59.4	36.9-78.5	13	40.6	21.5-63.1
$15,000- 24,999	40	28	71.9	52.0-85.9	12	28.1	14.1-48.0
$25,000- 34,999	24	17	71.7	45.5-88.5	7	28.3	11.5-54.5
$35,000- 49,999	37	21	55.8	36.4-73.6	16	44.2	26.4-63.6
$50,000-74,999	40	30	82.1	67.2-91.1	10	17.9	8.9-32.8
$75,000+	32	26	75.8	53.2-89.6	6	24.2	10.4-46.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	91	67	76.8	65.0-85.5	24	23.2	14.5-35.0
No	148	98	68.3	58.8-76.4	50	31.7	23.6-41.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	122	92	77.4	67.2-85.2	30	22.6	14.8-32.8
Non-Veteran	128	82	66.3	56.1-75.2	46	33.7	24.8-43.9
Currently Serving	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .