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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 128 38 26.9 19.4-36.1 39 29.6 21.3-39.5 31 25.5 17.6-35.6 12 8.8 4.8-15.4 8 9.2 4.0-19.9
GENDER
Male 128 38 26.9 19.4-36.1 39 29.6 21.3-39.5 31 25.5 17.6-35.6 12 8.8 4.8-15.4 8 9.2 4.0-19.9
RACE
White 108 35 32.6 23.7-42.9 33 29.8 21.2-40.1 25 23.4 15.8-33.2 9 7.8 3.9-15.1 6 6.4 2.8-14.0
Other 19 3 9.4 2.5-29.6 5 20.8 7.3-46.6 6 36.3 14.8-65.1 3 13.1 4.0-35.7 2 20.4 4.5-58.5
AGE
18-44 10 2 14.7 3.4-46.0 1 11.4 1.5-51.5 4 38.7 13.0-72.8 2 12.4 2.8-41.2 1 22.8 3.5-70.5
45+ 118 36 29.0 20.9-38.7 38 32.8 23.8-43.2 27 23.2 15.7-33.0 10 8.1 4.2-15.1 7 6.9 3.2-14.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 45 9 18.1 8.8-33.7 17 39.2 24.1-56.7 10 17.4 8.9-31.3 6 10.7 4.4-23.8 3 14.6 4.1-40.6
Some College + 83 29 32.1 22.2-43.9 22 23.9 15.0-35.9 21 30.3 19.6-43.7 6 7.6 3.3-16.4 5 6.1 2.5-13.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 13 18.1 9.8-31.2 19 25.5 15.3-39.4 19 34.0 20.9-50.1 6 7.7 3.1-17.8 5 14.6 5.3-34.4
$50,000+ 53 22 36.8 24.4-51.2 17 35.3 22.1-51.1 6 12.7 5.6-26.2 5 10.2 4.2-22.7 3 5.0 1.6-14.5

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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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