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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Prostate Cancer Counseling

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?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-New Hanover County 96 64 67.7 56.9-76.8 32 32.3 23.2-43.1
GENDER
Male 96 64 67.7 56.9-76.8 32 32.3 23.2-43.1
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 77 49 63.7 51.5-74.4 28 36.3 25.6-48.5
Other 18 14 81.5 57.9-93.4 4 18.5 6.6-42.1
AGE
18-44 7 2 30.8 7.8-69.9 5 69.2 30.1-92.2
45+ 89 62 70.9 59.7-80.0 27 29.1 20.0-40.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 29 18 65.2 46.2-80.4 11 34.8 19.6-53.8
Some College + 67 46 68.8 55.4-79.6 21 31.2 20.4-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 28 63.9 47.2-77.8 16 36.1 22.2-52.8
$50,000+ 29 20 71.6 52.7-85.1 9 28.4 14.9-47.3

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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.

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