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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 86 42 45.5 34.8-56.7 9 11.0 5.7-20.1 5 7.0 2.9-16.2 3 2.5 0.7- 7.9 27 33.9 24.1-45.4
GENDER
Male 86 42 45.5 34.8-56.7 9 11.0 5.7-20.1 5 7.0 2.9-16.2 3 2.5 0.7- 7.9 27 33.9 24.1-45.4
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 74 34 42.6 31.4-54.6 9 12.5 6.5-22.6 5 8.0 3.3-18.2 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6 24 34.9 24.3-47.2
Other 12 8 67.6 37.4-87.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.4 0.7-30.9 3 27.0 8.8-58.5
AGE
18-44 14 2 10.4 2.2-37.1 1 11.2 1.6-49.4 2 18.6 4.7-51.6 1 3.7 0.5-23.0 8 56.1 29.1-79.9
45+ 72 40 52.4 40.3-64.3 8 11.0 5.5-20.6 3 4.7 1.5-14.2 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1 19 29.6 19.5-42.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 13 34.2 20.1-51.8 5 14.8 6.2-31.3 4 15.6 6.0-35.0 2 3.2 0.8-12.2 11 32.2 18.3-50.0
Some College + 51 29 52.8 38.4-66.8 4 8.6 3.1-21.2 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 16 35.1 22.4-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 37 19 50.7 34.3-66.9 4 11.3 4.2-26.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 2 3.1 0.8-11.7 11 32.7 18.8-50.5
$50,000+ 32 16 46.5 29.6-64.1 2 5.8 1.5-20.7 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 12 40.4 24.3-58.8

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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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