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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 109 23 22.4 13.9-33.9 31 25.2 17.3-35.1 29 26.6 18.4-36.8 9 6.3 3.1-12.4 17 19.5 11.0-32.1
GENDER
Male 109 23 22.4 13.9-33.9 31 25.2 17.3-35.1 29 26.6 18.4-36.8 9 6.3 3.1-12.4 17 19.5 11.0-32.1
RACE
White 65 18 30.2 19.5-43.6 16 22.5 13.7-34.7 18 30.0 19.4-43.3 5 6.3 2.5-15.3 8 11.0 5.3-21.3
Other 44 5 14.4 4.4-38.3 15 28.0 15.8-44.5 11 23.1 12.2-39.3 4 6.3 2.2-17.0 9 28.2 13.5-49.6
AGE
18-44 19 3 24.7 7.0-58.9 4 17.6 5.9-42.0 3 13.4 4.0-36.5 3 9.5 2.7-28.3 6 34.8 12.9-65.7
45+ 90 20 21.5 13.9-31.8 27 28.1 19.3-38.9 26 31.6 22.1-43.0 6 5.1 2.2-11.6 11 13.7 7.4-23.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 7 13.8 4.7-34.1 13 21.3 11.7-35.4 18 28.7 17.4-43.3 4 5.1 1.7-14.2 14 31.2 17.4-49.3
Some College + 53 16 34.3 21.9-49.3 18 30.6 19.3-44.9 11 23.8 13.3-38.8 5 8.0 3.2-18.7 3 3.3 1.0- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 57 10 17.8 7.3-37.3 15 23.8 13.4-38.6 16 26.0 15.2-40.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.8 13 29.9 15.9-49.0
$50,000+ 39 12 33.3 19.7-50.3 10 22.9 12.4-38.4 10 27.4 15.0-44.6 4 9.6 3.5-23.9 3 6.8 2.1-20.2

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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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