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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^
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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 119 27 20.2 13.5-29.2 38 34.1 25.1-44.4 29 24.8 16.8-34.9 11 10.1 5.5-18.0 14 10.7 6.1-18.3
GENDER
Male 119 27 20.2 13.5-29.2 38 34.1 25.1-44.4 29 24.8 16.8-34.9 11 10.1 5.5-18.0 14 10.7 6.1-18.3
RACE
White 109 24 18.6 12.1-27.5 36 35.1 25.6-46.0 25 24.1 15.9-34.9 10 10.4 5.5-18.9 14 11.7 6.6-19.8
Other 10 3 38.5 11.8-74.5 2 22.1 4.9-60.7 4 32.3 10.6-65.8 1 7.1 0.9-38.4 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 16 4 18.1 6.0-43.5 5 41.5 18.6-68.8 3 15.4 4.4-41.6 1 5.0 0.7-28.6 3 20.0 6.5-47.5
45+ 103 23 20.8 13.4-30.7 33 32.3 23.2-42.9 26 27.0 18.1-38.4 10 11.4 6.0-20.6 11 8.5 4.5-15.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 14 19.7 11.1-32.7 18 33.1 20.8-48.3 15 24.4 14.4-38.3 7 10.9 5.0-22.1 8 11.8 5.5-23.5
Some College + 57 13 20.8 11.6-34.5 20 35.1 22.9-49.6 14 25.2 14.0-41.0 4 9.3 3.4-23.1 6 9.6 4.0-21.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 17 21.4 12.8-33.6 18 23.5 13.8-37.0 22 32.5 21.2-46.4 7 10.1 4.7-20.2 10 12.5 6.3-23.4
$50,000+ 34 8 19.4 9.0-37.0 17 54.6 36.6-71.5 5 11.5 4.2-27.6 2 9.5 2.4-30.9 2 5.0 1.1-20.2

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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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