BRFSS 2004 - Northeastern Partnership**: (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
-Northeastern Partnership	264	180	64.7	56.8-71.9	84	35.3	28.1-43.2
RACE
White	158	112	67.2	58.4-74.9	46	32.8	25.1-41.6
African American	103	65	60.2	45.9-72.9	38	39.8	27.1-54.1
AGE
40-44	31	11	30.3	14.8-52.3	20	69.7	47.7-85.2
45-54	72	40	52.4	39.8-64.8	32	47.6	35.2-60.2
55-64	73	60	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
65-74	57	48	83.1	70.0-91.2	9	16.9	8.8-30.0
75+	31	21	68.9	49.3-83.4	10	31.1	16.6-50.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	69	39	55.1	42.1-67.6	30	44.9	32.4-57.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	87	54	54.7	39.7-68.8	33	45.3	31.2-60.3
Some Post-H.S.	48	36	75.3	60.2-86.0	12	24.7	14.0-39.8
College Graduate	60	51	82.5	69.1-90.9	9	17.5	9.1-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	35	21	58.0	40.0-74.1	14	42.0	25.9-60.0
$15,000- 24,999	47	27	43.5	25.5-63.4	20	56.5	36.6-74.5
$25,000- 34,999	35	21	61.4	43.2-76.9	14	38.6	23.1-56.8
$35,000- 49,999	36	28	77.2	58.9-88.9	8	22.8	11.1-41.1
$50,000-74,999	26	21	82.9	63.8-93.0	5	17.1	7.0-36.2
$75,000+	32	26	76.7	55.4-89.7	6	23.3	10.3-44.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	107	73	68.8	58.2-77.6	34	31.2	22.4-41.8
No	148	102	66.1	57.2-74.0	46	33.9	26.0-42.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	97	75	76.5	65.7-84.7	22	23.5	15.3-34.3
Non-Veteran	166	104	58.1	47.9-67.6	62	41.9	32.4-52.1
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: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership	264	180	64.7	56.8-71.9	84	35.3	28.1-43.2
RACE
White	158	112	67.2	58.4-74.9	46	32.8	25.1-41.6
African American	103	65	60.2	45.9-72.9	38	39.8	27.1-54.1
AGE
40-44	31	11	30.3	14.8-52.3	20	69.7	47.7-85.2
45-54	72	40	52.4	39.8-64.8	32	47.6	35.2-60.2
55-64	73	60	84.7	74.0-91.5	13	15.3	8.5-26.0
65-74	57	48	83.1	70.0-91.2	9	16.9	8.8-30.0
75+	31	21	68.9	49.3-83.4	10	31.1	16.6-50.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	69	39	55.1	42.1-67.6	30	44.9	32.4-57.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	87	54	54.7	39.7-68.8	33	45.3	31.2-60.3
Some Post-H.S.	48	36	75.3	60.2-86.0	12	24.7	14.0-39.8
College Graduate	60	51	82.5	69.1-90.9	9	17.5	9.1-30.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	35	21	58.0	40.0-74.1	14	42.0	25.9-60.0
$15,000- 24,999	47	27	43.5	25.5-63.4	20	56.5	36.6-74.5
$25,000- 34,999	35	21	61.4	43.2-76.9	14	38.6	23.1-56.8
$35,000- 49,999	36	28	77.2	58.9-88.9	8	22.8	11.1-41.1
$50,000-74,999	26	21	82.9	63.8-93.0	5	17.1	7.0-36.2
$75,000+	32	26	76.7	55.4-89.7	6	23.3	10.3-44.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	107	73	68.8	58.2-77.6	34	31.2	22.4-41.8
No	148	102	66.1	57.2-74.0	46	33.9	26.0-42.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	97	75	76.5	65.7-84.7	22	23.5	15.3-34.3
Non-Veteran	166	104	58.1	47.9-67.6	62	41.9	32.4-52.1
Currently Serving	1	1	100	. - .	0	0.0	. - .