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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1-12 months	1-2 years	2-3 years	> 3 years	Never
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	83	37	48.4	36.7-60.3	12	11.8	6.5-20.6	3	3.8	1.1-12.1	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	30	34.7	24.3-46.9
Buncombe	99	46	43.4	33.4-53.8	13	12.7	7.3-21.3	2	3.4	0.7-14.5	5	3.3	1.3- 8.2	33	37.2	27.5-48.1
Cabarrus	94	36	37.6	27.8-48.6	9	10.1	5.2-18.6	2	2.9	0.7-11.8	5	5.5	2.3-12.9	42	43.8	33.2-54.9
Catawba	100	46	41.1	31.4-51.6	8	7.8	3.6-16.2	3	2.8	0.8- 9.7	6	5.5	2.4-12.4	37	42.7	32.5-53.6
Cumberland	84	49	60.5	48.5-71.3	6	6.8	2.9-15.2	5	5.2	2.1-12.3	4	4.9	1.7-13.0	20	22.6	14.2-34.0
Davidson	97	41	42.1	31.2-53.8	13	15.2	8.6-25.3	1	1.0	0.1- 6.5	2	1.4	0.3- 6.0	40	40.4	29.8-51.9
Durham	81	44	52.5	40.6-64.1	6	8.2	3.5-18.1	2	2.7	0.7-10.2	2	3.8	0.9-14.3	27	32.8	22.7-44.8
Forsyth	112	58	51.8	41.7-61.8	10	9.1	4.6-17.1	0	0.0	. - .	3	2.9	0.8- 9.2	41	36.2	27.1-46.5
Gaston	87	41	50.1	38.4-61.7	11	11.2	6.0-19.8	3	2.9	0.9- 9.2	2	1.2	0.3- 4.7	30	34.6	24.2-46.7
Guilford	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
Iredell	114	51	40.7	31.5-50.6	15	13.4	8.0-21.6	4	3.1	1.1- 8.9	5	5.4	2.2-12.8	39	37.4	28.2-47.6
Johnston	104	42	33.0	23.9-43.5	13	10.8	6.1-18.5	5	5.0	1.9-12.4	2	1.7	0.4- 7.6	42	49.6	38.1-61.1
Mecklenburg	149	74	46.4	37.8-55.2	16	11.9	7.3-18.9	5	5.5	2.1-13.5	7	4.5	2.1- 9.4	47	31.8	24.1-40.6
New Hanover	92	53	55.8	44.6-66.4	5	7.6	2.9-18.4	1	0.6	0.1- 4.5	2	2.6	0.6- 9.7	31	33.4	23.8-44.5
Onslow	86	42	45.5	34.8-56.7	9	11.0	5.7-20.1	5	7.0	2.9-16.2	3	2.5	0.7- 7.9	27	33.9	24.1-45.4
Orange	88	39	45.6	34.4-57.3	12	13.4	7.2-23.5	4	3.2	1.1- 8.7	4	3.7	1.3-10.1	29	34.1	24.2-45.7
Pitt	78	36	49.8	37.9-61.7	8	9.0	4.3-18.0	3	3.2	1.0- 9.8	3	1.9	0.6- 5.8	28	36.2	25.5-48.4
Randolph	90	48	50.5	39.0-62.0	5	5.9	2.4-14.2	3	3.2	1.0- 9.9	4	5.7	1.9-15.6	30	34.6	24.2-46.8
Robeson	81	39	48.6	37.0-60.4	8	10.4	4.9-20.9	3	3.1	0.8-10.5	3	3.1	1.0- 9.7	28	34.8	24.4-46.8
Rowan	87	43	46.1	34.7-57.9	7	6.8	3.1-14.0	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	7	8.8	4.1-17.9	29	37.8	27.0-49.9
Union	94	42	48.9	37.3-60.6	5	5.2	2.0-12.6	1	0.8	0.1- 5.2	4	4.6	1.7-12.0	42	40.6	30.0-52.2
Wake	113	49	43.3	33.5-53.6	10	10.2	5.3-18.6	1	0.9	0.1- 6.2	5	4.1	1.5-10.7	48	41.5	32.0-51.8
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	95	51	53.7	42.7-64.4	10	11.0	5.8-19.9	5	4.5	1.8-10.7	0	0.0	. - .	29	30.8	21.4-42.0
Northeast Partnership II	113	56	48.2	38.6-58.1	12	10.5	6.0-18.0	4	3.4	1.3- 9.1	5	4.3	1.5-11.4	36	33.5	24.7-43.5
Northeast Partnership I	105	53	44.5	32.6-57.2	11	9.3	4.7-17.3	2	1.6	0.4- 6.4	5	4.7	1.9-11.3	34	39.9	26.8-54.6
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	89	50	52.9	41.0-64.4	10	11.6	6.0-21.4	2	2.1	0.5- 8.0	3	6.5	1.8-20.6	24	26.9	17.6-38.7
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
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	106	48	45.4	35.6-55.7	11	11.8	6.4-20.9	6	4.4	1.9- 9.9	3	2.7	0.8- 8.0	38	35.7	26.6-46.0
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	80	40	51.0	39.4-62.5	6	7.4	3.2-16.0	2	2.5	0.6- 9.6	2	2.2	0.5- 8.3	30	36.9	26.4-48.9
Chatham/Lee/Moore	126	73	56.7	47.2-65.8	15	12.9	7.8-20.6	4	2.7	1.0- 7.2	2	1.5	0.4- 5.9	32	26.2	18.6-35.6
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	137	77	57.2	47.7-66.2	9	6.7	3.3-12.8	3	1.4	0.4- 4.9	5	1.9	0.8- 4.8	43	32.8	24.5-42.3
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	80	34	45.8	34.3-57.7	9	12.8	5.9-25.6	2	2.1	0.5- 8.6	5	6.3	2.5-15.2	30	33.0	23.1-44.6
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	90	41	38.9	27.6-51.6	5	6.0	2.4-14.0	2	2.5	0.6-10.0	2	2.0	0.4- 8.9	40	50.6	37.3-63.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	105	53	47.8	37.3-58.5	9	8.5	4.1-16.6	5	5.8	2.0-15.5	3	3.1	1.0- 9.4	35	34.8	25.2-45.8
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	145	72	53.2	43.6-62.6	17	11.2	6.2-19.2	5	4.3	1.8-10.1	7	4.9	2.0-11.1	44	26.4	19.0-35.5
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	249	124	46.9	39.6-54.3	27	10.4	6.9-15.3	9	3.7	1.8- 7.1	10	3.7	1.9- 7.3	79	35.3	27.9-43.5
No	3,253	1,581	48.2	46.1-50.3	319	10.1	8.9-11.4	94	3.0	2.3- 3.9	122	3.8	3.0- 4.7	1,137	35.0	33.0-37.0
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,144	573	48.7	45.2-52.1	111	9.9	8.0-12.1	41	3.2	2.3- 4.4	41	3.7	2.5- 5.4	378	34.6	31.3-38.1
Piedmont	1,950	938	48.0	45.2-50.7	194	10.2	8.7-12.0	50	2.8	1.9- 4.0	73	3.6	2.7- 4.8	695	35.4	32.9-38.1
Western NC	408	194	47.7	42.0-53.5	41	10.0	7.0-14.1	12	3.6	2.0- 6.6	18	4.4	2.6- 7.5	143	34.3	28.9-40.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	235	113	50.1	42.5-57.7	30	12.3	8.0-18.4	7	4.3	2.0- 8.9	12	4.6	2.3- 9.1	73	28.7	22.5-35.9
Northwest	714	337	46.0	41.6-50.4	69	10.3	7.8-13.5	14	1.7	0.9- 3.1	28	3.6	2.4- 5.6	266	38.4	34.2-42.8
Charlotte	516	243	48.1	42.8-53.3	46	9.7	7.0-13.3	16	4.7	2.5- 8.9	19	3.5	2.1- 5.9	192	34.0	29.3-39.1
Greensboro	467	235	51.8	46.2-57.3	47	8.6	6.1-12.0	15	3.1	1.7- 5.8	19	4.5	2.7- 7.5	151	31.9	27.0-37.4
Southern Regional	349	182	52.3	46.4-58.2	33	9.3	6.5-13.2	11	3.1	1.6- 5.9	17	4.4	2.6- 7.4	106	30.8	25.6-36.7
Coastal	190	97	48.1	40.3-56.0	14	10.8	6.1-18.5	7	3.0	1.4- 6.4	5	2.6	1.1- 6.2	67	35.5	28.2-43.5
Wake	420	190	43.0	37.1-49.1	43	10.4	7.2-14.8	12	2.1	1.1- 4.1	11	3.1	1.5- 6.4	164	41.4	35.5-47.5
Area L	143	80	54.2	44.6-63.5	17	11.8	6.9-19.3	3	1.5	0.5- 5.0	7	7.4	3.0-17.0	36	25.1	17.8-34.2
Eastern	440	225	50.3	44.7-56.0	42	8.8	6.3-12.2	17	3.4	2.0- 5.6	12	2.1	1.0- 4.5	144	35.3	29.8-41.2

Total
Respond.^

1-12 months

1-2 years

2-3 years

> 3 years

Never

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

48.4

36.7-60.3

11.8

6.5-20.6

3.8

1.1-12.1

1.2

0.2- 8.2

34.7

24.3-46.9

Buncombe

43.4

33.4-53.8

12.7

7.3-21.3

3.4

0.7-14.5

3.3

1.3- 8.2

37.2

27.5-48.1

Cabarrus

37.6

27.8-48.6

10.1

5.2-18.6

2.9

0.7-11.8

5.5

2.3-12.9

43.8

33.2-54.9

Catawba

100

41.1

31.4-51.6

7.8

3.6-16.2

2.8

0.8- 9.7

5.5

2.4-12.4

42.7

32.5-53.6

Cumberland

60.5

48.5-71.3

6.8

2.9-15.2

5.2

2.1-12.3

4.9

1.7-13.0

22.6

14.2-34.0

Davidson

42.1

31.2-53.8

15.2

8.6-25.3

1.0

0.1- 6.5

1.4

0.3- 6.0

40.4

29.8-51.9

Durham

52.5

40.6-64.1

8.2

3.5-18.1

2.7

0.7-10.2

3.8

0.9-14.3

32.8

22.7-44.8

Forsyth

112

51.8

41.7-61.8

9.1

4.6-17.1

0.0

. - .

2.9

0.8- 9.2

36.2

27.1-46.5

Gaston

50.1

38.4-61.7

11.2

6.0-19.8

2.9

0.9- 9.2

1.2

0.3- 4.7

34.6

24.2-46.7

Guilford

120

51.9

42.2-61.6

8.9

4.9-15.6

2.9

0.9- 9.1

4.4

1.8-10.2

31.9

23.5-41.6

Iredell

114

40.7

31.5-50.6

13.4

8.0-21.6

3.1

1.1- 8.9

5.4

2.2-12.8

37.4

28.2-47.6

Johnston

104

33.0

23.9-43.5

10.8

6.1-18.5

5.0

1.9-12.4

1.7

0.4- 7.6

49.6

38.1-61.1

Mecklenburg

149

46.4

37.8-55.2

11.9

7.3-18.9

5.5

2.1-13.5

4.5

2.1- 9.4

31.8

24.1-40.6

New Hanover

55.8

44.6-66.4

7.6

2.9-18.4

0.6

0.1- 4.5

2.6

0.6- 9.7

33.4

23.8-44.5

Onslow

45.5

34.8-56.7

11.0

5.7-20.1

7.0

2.9-16.2

2.5

0.7- 7.9

33.9

24.1-45.4

Orange

45.6

34.4-57.3

13.4

7.2-23.5

3.2

1.1- 8.7

3.7

1.3-10.1

34.1

24.2-45.7

Pitt

49.8

37.9-61.7

9.0

4.3-18.0

3.2

1.0- 9.8

1.9

0.6- 5.8

36.2

25.5-48.4

Randolph

50.5

39.0-62.0

5.9

2.4-14.2

3.2

1.0- 9.9

5.7

1.9-15.6

34.6

24.2-46.8

Robeson

48.6

37.0-60.4

10.4

4.9-20.9

3.1

0.8-10.5

3.1

1.0- 9.7

34.8

24.4-46.8

Rowan

46.1

34.7-57.9

6.8

3.1-14.0

0.6

0.1- 4.2

8.8

4.1-17.9

37.8

27.0-49.9

Union

48.9

37.3-60.6

5.2

2.0-12.6

0.8

0.1- 5.2

4.6

1.7-12.0

40.6

30.0-52.2

Wake

113

43.3

33.5-53.6

10.2

5.3-18.6

0.9

0.1- 6.2

4.1

1.5-10.7

41.5

32.0-51.8

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

53.7

42.7-64.4

11.0

5.8-19.9

4.5

1.8-10.7

0.0

. - .

30.8

21.4-42.0

Northeast Partnership II

113

48.2

38.6-58.1

10.5

6.0-18.0

3.4

1.3- 9.1

4.3

1.5-11.4

33.5

24.7-43.5

Northeast Partnership I

105

44.5

32.6-57.2

9.3

4.7-17.3

1.6

0.4- 6.4

4.7

1.9-11.3

39.9

26.8-54.6

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

52.9

41.0-64.4

11.6

6.0-21.4

2.1

0.5- 8.0

6.5

1.8-20.6

26.9

17.6-38.7

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

40.2

30.3-51.0

9.7

4.5-19.8

1.3

0.2- 8.6

5.2

1.9-13.1

43.6

33.2-54.5

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

106

45.4

35.6-55.7

11.8

6.4-20.9

4.4

1.9- 9.9

2.7

0.8- 8.0

35.7

26.6-46.0

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

51.0

39.4-62.5

7.4

3.2-16.0

2.5

0.6- 9.6

2.2

0.5- 8.3

36.9

26.4-48.9

Chatham/Lee/Moore

126

56.7

47.2-65.8

12.9

7.8-20.6

2.7

1.0- 7.2

1.5

0.4- 5.9

26.2

18.6-35.6

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

137

57.2

47.7-66.2

6.7

3.3-12.8

1.4

0.4- 4.9

1.9

0.8- 4.8

32.8

24.5-42.3

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

45.8

34.3-57.7

12.8

5.9-25.6

2.1

0.5- 8.6

6.3

2.5-15.2

33.0

23.1-44.6

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

38.9

27.6-51.6

6.0

2.4-14.0

2.5

0.6-10.0

2.0

0.4- 8.9

50.6

37.3-63.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

105

47.8

37.3-58.5

8.5

4.1-16.6

5.8

2.0-15.5

3.1

1.0- 9.4

34.8

25.2-45.8

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

145

53.2

43.6-62.6

11.2

6.2-19.2

4.3

1.8-10.1

4.9

2.0-11.1

26.4

19.0-35.5

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

249

124

46.9

39.6-54.3

10.4

6.9-15.3

3.7

1.8- 7.1

3.7

1.9- 7.3

35.3

27.9-43.5

3,253

1,581

48.2

46.1-50.3

319

10.1

8.9-11.4

3.0

2.3- 3.9

122

3.8

3.0- 4.7

1,137

35.0

33.0-37.0

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,144

573

48.7

45.2-52.1

111

9.9

8.0-12.1

3.2

2.3- 4.4

3.7

2.5- 5.4

378

34.6

31.3-38.1

Piedmont

1,950

938

48.0

45.2-50.7

194

10.2

8.7-12.0

2.8

1.9- 4.0

3.6

2.7- 4.8

695

35.4

32.9-38.1

Western NC

408

194

47.7

42.0-53.5

10.0

7.0-14.1

3.6

2.0- 6.6

4.4

2.6- 7.5

143

34.3

28.9-40.0

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

235

113

50.1

42.5-57.7

12.3

8.0-18.4

4.3

2.0- 8.9

4.6

2.3- 9.1

28.7

22.5-35.9

Northwest

714

337

46.0

41.6-50.4

10.3

7.8-13.5

1.7

0.9- 3.1

3.6

2.4- 5.6

266

38.4

34.2-42.8

Charlotte

516

243

48.1

42.8-53.3

9.7

7.0-13.3

4.7

2.5- 8.9

3.5

2.1- 5.9

192

34.0

29.3-39.1

Greensboro

467

235

51.8

46.2-57.3

8.6

6.1-12.0

3.1

1.7- 5.8

4.5

2.7- 7.5

151

31.9

27.0-37.4

Southern Regional

349

182

52.3

46.4-58.2

9.3

6.5-13.2

3.1

1.6- 5.9

4.4

2.6- 7.4

106

30.8

25.6-36.7

Coastal

190

48.1

40.3-56.0

10.8

6.1-18.5

3.0

1.4- 6.4

2.6

1.1- 6.2

35.5

28.2-43.5

Wake

420

190

43.0

37.1-49.1

10.4

7.2-14.8

2.1

1.1- 4.1

3.1

1.5- 6.4

164

41.4

35.5-47.5

Area L

143

54.2

44.6-63.5

11.8

6.9-19.3

1.5

0.5- 5.0

7.4

3.0-17.0

25.1

17.8-34.2

Eastern

440

225

50.3

44.7-56.0

8.8

6.3-12.2

3.4

2.0- 5.6

2.1

1.0- 4.5

144

35.3

29.8-41.2

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers

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