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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Prostate Cancer Screening

Have you ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that you had prostate cancer?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,738 197 5.3 4.4- 6.2 3,541 94.7 93.8-95.6
-Onslow County 93 6 8.0 3.0-19.5 87 92.0 80.5-97.0
GENDER
Male 93 6 8.0 3.0-19.5 87 92.0 80.5-97.0
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 81 4 6.4 1.8-20.1 77 93.6 79.9-98.2
Other 12 2 21.7 5.6-56.1 10 78.3 43.9-94.4
AGE
18-44 16 0 0.0 . - . 16 100 . - .
45+ 77 6 9.6 3.7-23.0 71 90.4 77.0-96.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 1 3.0 0.4-18.4 37 97.0 81.6-99.6
Some College + 55 5 11.2 3.8-28.6 50 88.8 71.4-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 41 2 10.7 2.4-37.0 39 89.3 63.0-97.6
$50,000+ 33 3 7.2 2.2-21.2 30 92.8 78.8-97.8

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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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