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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 75 45 58.6 46.2-70.0 2 3.2 0.8-12.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 2 3.2 0.8-12.1 25 34.1 23.4-46.6
Other 16 8 46.6 23.1-71.7 3 25.0 7.5-57.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 28.4 11.3-55.1
AGE
18-44 6 2 36.4 9.3-76.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 63.6 23.9-90.7
45+ 86 51 57.3 45.6-68.2 5 8.2 3.2-19.6 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 2 2.8 0.7-10.4 27 31.0 21.4-42.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 26 11 47.2 28.5-66.7 2 6.9 1.7-23.9 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 43.7 25.7-63.5
Some College + 66 42 59.4 45.6-71.8 3 7.9 2.4-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.9-13.4 19 29.1 18.4-42.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 42 25 57.4 40.7-72.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 40.2 25.2-57.2
$50,000+ 28 15 55.6 36.5-73.1 2 7.0 1.7-24.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 1 3.9 0.5-23.1 9 31.6 16.7-51.6

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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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