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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 105 27 26.1 17.8-36.5 25 22.5 15.0-32.3 35 33.0 23.9-43.4 9 9.5 4.8-18.1 9 8.9 4.5-16.9
GENDER
Male 105 27 26.1 17.8-36.5 25 22.5 15.0-32.3 35 33.0 23.9-43.4 9 9.5 4.8-18.1 9 8.9 4.5-16.9
RACE
White 90 20 21.6 13.8-32.1 22 23.8 15.6-34.6 32 35.6 25.7-46.9 7 8.0 3.7-16.3 9 11.0 5.6-20.5
Other 15 7 45.2 21.1-71.9 3 17.0 4.6-46.5 3 21.7 6.5-52.6 2 16.0 3.7-48.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 15 2 16.3 4.0-47.5 5 28.2 11.2-55.1 4 28.2 10.8-55.9 2 16.3 4.0-47.5 2 11.0 2.6-35.9
45+ 90 25 28.7 19.4-40.1 20 21.0 13.4-31.5 31 34.2 24.4-45.6 7 7.7 3.6-15.8 7 8.3 3.8-17.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 35 7 19.7 8.9-38.3 8 22.2 10.8-40.4 12 31.6 17.8-49.8 5 15.7 6.0-35.3 3 10.7 3.4-29.3
Some College + 69 20 29.7 19.2-43.0 17 23.0 14.0-35.4 23 34.1 23.0-47.4 3 5.1 1.6-14.7 6 8.1 3.5-17.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 10 18.2 9.5-32.1 17 27.3 16.9-40.8 23 34.9 23.3-48.5 6 8.7 3.8-18.6 6 11.0 4.7-23.4
$50,000+ 28 12 40.5 23.4-60.3 5 16.0 5.8-36.9 9 35.0 18.4-56.2 2 8.6 2.1-28.6 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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