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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 88 39 45.6 34.4-57.3 12 13.4 7.2-23.5 4 3.2 1.1- 8.7 4 3.7 1.3-10.1 29 34.1 24.2-45.7
GENDER
Male 88 39 45.6 34.4-57.3 12 13.4 7.2-23.5 4 3.2 1.1- 8.7 4 3.7 1.3-10.1 29 34.1 24.2-45.7
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 68 31 48.3 35.4-61.5 8 11.2 5.1-23.1 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 4 4.7 1.7-12.5 23 34.3 23.2-47.4
Other 19 7 33.0 15.6-56.7 4 22.6 8.5-47.9 2 9.9 2.3-33.9 0 0.0 . - . 6 34.5 15.8-59.6
AGE
18-44 18 3 18.4 5.9-45.0 2 11.0 2.7-35.2 1 5.8 0.8-31.8 1 5.6 0.8-31.1 11 59.1 35.1-79.4
45+ 70 36 53.4 40.3-66.0 10 14.1 7.0-26.2 3 2.4 0.8- 7.4 3 3.2 0.9-10.1 18 26.9 17.1-39.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 25 9 39.4 20.2-62.5 3 10.0 3.0-28.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.9 1.3-22.6 11 44.6 24.9-66.2
Some College + 63 30 48.4 35.3-61.7 9 14.9 7.3-28.2 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 2 2.7 0.6-11.0 18 29.3 18.9-42.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 28 10 36.9 18.7-59.9 2 6.3 1.4-23.7 3 8.4 2.5-24.9 3 8.1 2.4-24.1 10 40.3 22.1-61.6
$50,000+ 45 20 43.4 28.6-59.5 10 21.8 11.2-38.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 14 33.7 20.5-50.0

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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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