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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 44 23 49.8 34.2-65.4 4 11.3 3.9-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.6 15 34.8 21.0-51.6
Other 61 30 41.4 26.0-58.8 7 8.1 3.4-17.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.2 3 5.0 1.5-15.2 19 42.9 25.0-63.0
AGE
18-44 14 1 5.6 0.7-33.3 1 7.1 0.9-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.8 0.3-19.4 11 84.6 54.6-96.1
45+ 91 52 57.5 46.2-68.1 10 10.0 5.1-18.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 4 5.3 1.9-13.7 23 25.0 16.5-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 32 37.3 23.9-53.0 8 10.2 4.5-21.3 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 26 47.7 30.8-65.0
Some College + 35 21 60.4 42.5-76.0 3 7.3 2.2-21.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 9.4 2.9-26.4 8 22.9 11.2-41.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 32 40.6 25.9-57.2 6 7.3 2.9-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.7 1.4-14.7 24 47.4 29.9-65.5
$50,000+ 13 7 53.8 27.0-78.5 1 7.4 1.0-38.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.1 1.0-37.2 4 31.8 11.8-61.9

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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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