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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 137 77 57.2 47.7-66.2 9 6.7 3.3-12.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9 5 1.9 0.8- 4.8 43 32.8 24.5-42.3
GENDER
Male 137 77 57.2 47.7-66.2 9 6.7 3.3-12.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.9 5 1.9 0.8- 4.8 43 32.8 24.5-42.3
Female 0 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - . 0 . . - .
RACE
White 101 60 60.9 49.8-70.9 6 5.6 2.4-12.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.9 4 2.1 0.8- 5.9 28 29.4 20.3-40.6
Other 36 17 48.1 30.6-66.0 3 9.4 2.9-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 15 41.1 24.8-59.6
AGE
18-44 18 5 27.5 10.1-56.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 72.5 43.9-89.9
45+ 119 72 61.4 51.1-70.7 9 7.6 3.8-14.5 3 1.6 0.5- 5.6 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 30 27.2 18.9-37.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 41 57.0 44.5-68.6 5 6.0 2.3-15.0 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6 4 2.4 0.9- 6.6 26 33.5 23.0-46.0
Some College + 59 36 57.6 43.0-71.0 4 7.6 2.9-18.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 17 31.7 19.5-47.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 43 59.5 47.0-71.0 4 4.9 1.6-13.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 27 32.8 22.3-45.4
$50,000+ 26 17 66.0 45.0-82.2 4 15.6 5.9-35.4 1 3.9 0.5-23.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 3 13.5 4.3-35.2

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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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