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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^
Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,021 1,010 24.0 22.5-25.6 1,008 25.0 23.4-26.7 1,207 29.6 27.9-31.4 388 10.6 9.4-11.9 408 10.8 9.6-12.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 96 27 24.7 16.9-34.7 24 26.6 18.0-37.5 30 32.5 22.9-43.8 8 10.9 5.3-21.1 7 5.3 2.5-11.1
GENDER
Male 96 27 24.7 16.9-34.7 24 26.6 18.0-37.5 30 32.5 22.9-43.8 8 10.9 5.3-21.1 7 5.3 2.5-11.1
RACE
White 92 25 23.4 15.7-33.4 23 26.9 18.0-38.1 30 33.7 23.8-45.3 8 11.3 5.5-21.9 6 4.7 2.1-10.5
Other 4 2 59.2 15.6-91.9 1 19.5 2.3-71.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 21.4 2.6-73.5
AGE
18-44 11 1 5.0 0.6-29.6 1 5.0 0.6-29.6 4 47.8 18.5-78.6 2 24.9 6.1-62.6 3 17.4 4.9-46.2
45+ 85 26 28.1 19.2-39.1 23 30.3 20.6-42.1 26 29.9 20.5-41.2 6 8.5 3.6-18.6 4 3.3 1.2- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 9 16.6 8.4-30.4 8 16.5 7.9-31.0 17 41.3 26.4-58.0 6 17.1 7.5-34.5 5 8.4 3.4-19.5
Some College + 51 18 31.8 20.0-46.5 16 35.5 22.4-51.1 13 24.7 14.0-39.8 2 5.4 1.2-20.7 2 2.7 0.6-10.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 14 20.7 11.7-33.9 10 17.4 9.0-30.9 18 36.8 23.5-52.5 6 16.9 7.6-33.3 6 8.2 3.6-17.8
$50,000+ 30 8 25.8 12.9-44.9 10 37.6 21.1-57.6 10 31.9 17.0-51.7 2 4.7 1.1-17.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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