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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 123 36 27.4 19.8-36.6 34 28.4 20.3-38.2 39 33.3 24.3-43.7 8 5.7 2.7-11.5 6 5.2 2.3-11.2
GENDER
Male 123 36 27.4 19.8-36.6 34 28.4 20.3-38.2 39 33.3 24.3-43.7 8 5.7 2.7-11.5 6 5.2 2.3-11.2
RACE
White 109 32 27.9 19.8-37.7 31 28.9 20.3-39.4 33 30.9 21.9-41.6 7 6.1 2.8-12.8 6 6.2 2.8-13.1
Other 13 4 26.1 9.0-55.7 3 26.4 8.4-58.1 5 44.0 18.2-73.4 1 3.6 0.5-22.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 14 1 5.8 0.8-32.2 4 29.3 11.1-58.1 7 53.3 27.2-77.8 2 11.6 2.8-37.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 109 35 32.5 23.7-42.6 30 28.2 19.7-38.6 32 28.6 20.1-39.1 6 4.3 1.9- 9.6 6 6.4 2.9-13.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 12 25.4 14.3-41.0 10 18.8 9.4-34.0 17 42.8 27.1-60.1 3 6.3 1.9-18.9 3 6.7 2.1-19.1
Some College + 78 24 28.6 19.1-40.4 24 33.9 23.1-46.7 22 27.8 18.0-40.4 5 5.3 2.1-12.9 3 4.4 1.4-12.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 15 26.8 16.0-41.2 14 25.1 14.4-40.1 16 32.6 19.6-49.0 5 8.2 3.2-19.4 4 7.4 2.8-18.3
$50,000+ 50 15 28.6 17.2-43.5 13 29.4 17.1-45.8 18 34.0 21.0-49.9 2 3.6 0.9-13.5 2 4.5 1.1-16.2

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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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