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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Prostate Cancer Screening

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  Total
Respond.^
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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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 117 18 16.5 10.4-25.3 21 17.2 11.2-25.6 50 42.3 32.7-52.5 13 10.8 6.0-18.8 15 13.1 7.6-21.7
GENDER
Male 117 18 16.5 10.4-25.3 21 17.2 11.2-25.6 50 42.3 32.7-52.5 13 10.8 6.0-18.8 15 13.1 7.6-21.7
RACE
White 111 18 17.5 11.0-26.7 20 17.2 11.0-25.9 46 40.7 30.9-51.3 12 10.7 5.7-19.0 15 13.9 8.1-22.9
Other 6 0 0.0 . - . 1 17.5 2.4-65.0 4 69.4 28.3-92.9 1 13.1 1.7-56.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 14 3 23.8 7.7-53.7 2 8.5 2.0-30.1 3 20.3 6.1-50.3 3 20.3 6.0-50.2 3 27.1 9.1-58.0
45+ 103 15 15.1 9.0-24.0 19 19.0 12.1-28.6 47 46.7 36.3-57.5 10 8.9 4.5-16.7 12 10.3 5.6-18.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 71 9 14.0 7.0-26.0 14 19.4 11.4-31.2 29 41.9 29.7-55.2 8 10.0 4.7-19.9 11 14.7 7.6-26.4
Some College + 46 9 20.2 10.6-35.1 7 14.0 6.5-27.6 21 42.8 28.2-58.8 5 12.1 4.6-27.9 4 10.9 4.0-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 7 11.0 5.2-22.1 11 17.9 9.6-30.8 28 42.2 29.5-56.1 7 14.3 6.6-28.1 8 14.6 6.9-28.3
$50,000+ 36 8 20.3 10.0-36.8 9 22.1 11.5-38.1 14 42.2 25.8-60.4 1 3.9 0.5-23.0 4 11.5 4.1-28.6

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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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