BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	156	105	71.7	62.8-79.2	51	28.3	20.8-37.2
GENDER
Male	156	105	71.7	62.8-79.2	51	28.3	20.8-37.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	139	100	74.9	65.8-82.3	39	25.1	17.7-34.2
Other	15	4	30.8	9.8-64.8	11	69.2	35.2-90.2
AGE
18-44	20	9	55.8	30.5-78.4	11	44.2	21.6-69.5
45+	135	95	73.7	64.1-81.4	40	26.3	18.6-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	35	58.7	44.4-71.7	32	41.3	28.3-55.6
Some College +	87	69	82.0	70.9-89.5	18	18.0	10.5-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	78	48	64.6	51.1-76.1	30	35.4	23.9-48.9
$50,000+	46	35	79.4	63.0-89.7	11	20.6	10.3-37.0

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 (Excludes Buncombe County)

Prostate Cancer Counseling

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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 (Excludes Buncombe County)	156	105	71.7	62.8-79.2	51	28.3	20.8-37.2
GENDER
Male	156	105	71.7	62.8-79.2	51	28.3	20.8-37.2
Female	0	0	.	. - .	0	.	. - .
RACE
White	139	100	74.9	65.8-82.3	39	25.1	17.7-34.2
Other	15	4	30.8	9.8-64.8	11	69.2	35.2-90.2
AGE
18-44	20	9	55.8	30.5-78.4	11	44.2	21.6-69.5
45+	135	95	73.7	64.1-81.4	40	26.3	18.6-35.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	67	35	58.7	44.4-71.7	32	41.3	28.3-55.6
Some College +	87	69	82.0	70.9-89.5	18	18.0	10.5-29.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	78	48	64.6	51.1-76.1	30	35.4	23.9-48.9
$50,000+	46	35	79.4	63.0-89.7	11	20.6	10.3-37.0