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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 105 29 26.7 18.5-36.9 25 24.9 16.8-35.3 35 29.7 21.2-40.0 11 12.6 6.4-23.3 5 6.1 2.5-14.3
GENDER
Male 105 29 26.7 18.5-36.9 25 24.9 16.8-35.3 35 29.7 21.2-40.0 11 12.6 6.4-23.3 5 6.1 2.5-14.3
RACE
White 86 25 28.0 18.9-39.4 21 26.0 16.8-37.9 31 33.7 23.6-45.5 7 8.8 3.4-20.8 2 3.5 0.9-13.4
Other 18 4 23.1 8.3-50.0 4 22.3 8.2-48.0 4 15.8 5.6-37.3 4 28.8 11.0-56.8 2 10.1 2.2-35.5
AGE
18-44 10 2 18.1 4.3-51.8 2 18.1 3.8-55.5 3 24.9 6.9-59.5 1 20.3 3.1-67.3 2 18.7 4.5-52.8
45+ 95 27 28.1 19.3-39.0 23 26.1 17.4-37.1 32 30.6 21.6-41.3 10 11.3 5.7-21.1 3 3.9 1.2-12.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 58 12 16.9 9.1-29.3 14 26.4 15.4-41.4 19 28.1 17.3-42.1 8 18.0 8.3-34.5 5 10.6 4.3-23.9
Some College + 47 17 39.7 25.8-55.6 11 22.9 12.6-38.0 16 31.9 19.5-47.6 3 5.5 1.6-16.8 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 12 17.3 9.6-29.4 14 19.9 11.5-32.2 26 35.8 24.2-49.3 8 18.8 8.9-35.2 4 8.2 3.0-20.8
$50,000+ 31 15 43.6 26.3-62.6 6 23.1 10.2-44.3 7 25.0 11.7-45.7 2 3.9 0.9-15.5 1 4.3 0.6-25.2

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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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